AlDente

AlDente is a MacBook battery-care app designed to extend battery lifespan by letting you set smart charge limits and monitor health over time. Instead of always charging to 100%, you can cap the maximum percentage so the battery spends less time at high voltage—one of the biggest contributors to wear. A compact menu-bar UI exposes live status, charge target, temperature, and optional protections like pausing charging when the laptop runs hot. Advanced modes help with real-world workflows: you can maintain around a target level while on AC power, calibrate periodically, or temporarily allow full charge before travel. The project emphasizes pragmatic defaults and clear explanations, so it’s approachable for non-experts yet flexible for tinkerers. By aligning day-to-day charging with best practices, AlDente helps users trade a small amount of peak capacity for meaningfully better long-term battery health.