Thanks for releasing this. I have Installed the helper and restarted machine but not working on 16" Pro - Catalina 10.15.2 #3

New Issue

adam · 2025-12-30T01:31:54+01:00

adam commented

2025-12-30 01:31:54 +01:00

Originally created by @MichaelHillary on GitHub (Apr 17, 2020).

adam closed this issue

2025-12-30 01:31:54 +01:00

adam commented

2025-12-30 01:31:55 +01:00

@davidwernhart commented on GitHub (Apr 17, 2020):

Hi @soundbanana !

Is the application starting and the battery does not stop charging or does the application not even start at all?

If it does start, please try the following:
Drain your battery to about 60%, then set max charging percentage to 70% and start charging your macbook again. Charging should stop at about 73% (It should say "battery is not charging" when you click on the battery icon in the status bar).
I have a 16" macbook with catalina myself and it works for me.

Best regards,
David

@davidwernhart commented on GitHub (Apr 17, 2020): Hi @soundbanana ! Is the application starting and the battery does not stop charging or does the application not even start at all? If it does start, please try the following: Drain your battery to about 60%, then set max charging percentage to 70% and start charging your macbook again. Charging should stop at about 73% (It should say "battery is not charging" when you click on the battery icon in the status bar). I have a 16" macbook with catalina myself and it works for me. Best regards, David

adam commented

2025-12-30 01:31:55 +01:00

@MichaelHillary commented on GitHub (Apr 17, 2020):

Yep I guessed it needed to be below the percentage you choose. I let it drain to 70 and set it the limit above that and now it's working.

Delighted with it, I've been looking for this feature for years. I saw apple announced that they are adding some form of battery health feature in a future update but I doubt it will allow manual limits to be set like this.

Thanks a bunch, I'd be happy to donate for your work!

@MichaelHillary commented on GitHub (Apr 17, 2020): Yep I guessed it needed to be below the percentage you choose. I let it drain to 70 and set it the limit above that and now it's working. Delighted with it, I've been looking for this feature for years. I saw apple announced that they are adding some form of battery health feature in a future update but I doubt it will allow manual limits to be set like this. Thanks a bunch, I'd be happy to donate for your work!

adam commented

2025-12-30 01:31:55 +01:00

@davidwernhart commented on GitHub (Apr 17, 2020):

Glad it worked out for you!
In my testing, it should also stop charging when you are above the threshold, although MacOS usually takes pretty long (about 5 minutes for me) to realize and display this.

I also was pretty frustrated finding that there were no tools for this available, especially since the batteries in MacBooks are pretty hard to replace. I am curious what future MacOS versions bring though.

Feel free to donate using the the button located in AlDente's settings, I would very much appreciate it!

Take care,
David

@davidwernhart commented on GitHub (Apr 17, 2020): Glad it worked out for you! In my testing, it should also stop charging when you are above the threshold, although MacOS usually takes pretty long (about 5 minutes for me) to realize and display this. I also was pretty frustrated finding that there were no tools for this available, especially since the batteries in MacBooks are pretty hard to replace. I am curious what future MacOS versions bring though. Feel free to donate using the the button located in AlDente's settings, I would very much appreciate it! Take care, David

Sign in to join this conversation.

1 Participants

Notifications

Due Date

No due date set.

Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: starred/AlDente-Battery_Care_and_Monitoring#3