bclm
macOS command-line utility to limit max battery charge (by zackelia)
battery
CLI for managing the battery charging status for M1 Macs (by actuallymentor)
| bclm | battery | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 27 | |
| 1,467 | 3,058 | |
| - | - | |
| 5.0 | 6.5 | |
| 15 days ago | 2 days ago | |
| Swift | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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bclm
Posts with mentions or reviews of bclm.
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- BCLM – macOS command-line utility to limit max battery charge
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Charging a lithium battery to 80% only?
BCLM can set charging thresholds on Intel Macbooks https://github.com/zackelia/bclm
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14" MBP M2 Max - Battery Cycle After 1 Week of Use!??!
If when you’re using your mac always plugged in or docked, I recommend using BCLM so it limit your maximum percentage of charge. E.g I set mine to charge maximum at 58%, if will not charge beyond that.
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I have a brand new map 16 2021 - might there be a good reason why my MBP might not be charging to the fullest unless I press "charge to the fullest now?" I'm wondering if it's a new feature that I can trust or if it's some sort of an issue that would I need to press "full charge" every time?
You can, with Battery.sh . The version for Intel Macs is BCLM.
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Ask HN: Host a website from a living room in 2022?
Constantly keeping the battery at 100% can be an issue, but modern versions of macOS allow you to limit charging. There are also utilities that work on older OS versions (they just issue an SMC command to achieve the same thing), like this one: https://github.com/zackelia/bclm
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How to keep battery percentage constant when on power (MacOS & Windows)
If you have an Intel-based laptop, you can use https://github.com/zackelia/bclm to set a "max" charging value.
- Should I remove the battery on the old Mac I am using for AirMessage?
battery
Posts with mentions or reviews of battery.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-28.
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Unplug Your Laptop Now, or It Will Stay Plugged in Forever
Apple took this out of Mac OS somewhat recently. You can try to rely on their power management, but given battery decay is a common reason to buy a new machine I don’t trust them really.
If you have an Apple Silicon Mac I can recommend Battery [1]. It can keep your Mac at 80%, and even force discharge while plugged in to get there. It’s a CLI and status bar utility, I love it.
[1: https://github.com/actuallymentor/battery]
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BatteryKid – yet another macOS charge limiter
After trying Battery (https://github.com/actuallymentor/battery, it is Electron UI, big in size), I created batteryKid (https://github.com/alaneuler/batteryKid) with native Swift as a coding exercise out of curiosity.
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How to do it right with a new Macbook
Otherwise, some other things I like is keeping my battery at 80% with this app: https://github.com/actuallymentor/battery
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Charging a lithium battery to 80% only?
FYI, on Apple Silicon Apple included a firmware-level "hard-switch" to limit the charge to 75/80% only. It was discovered by marcan while working on Asahi and in my experience it's much more convenient than the built-in ML-based solution (and also less hacky and bloated than AlDente).
See this discussion on GitHub[0] for the explanation and this snippet[1] for easy use.
[0] https://github.com/actuallymentor/battery/pull/163
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Tips for a first time owner ?
Another AlDente alternate (which I use already) is Battery.
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Battery health is decreasing fast
I just keep the charge always under 80% https://github.com/actuallymentor/battery
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Does anyone know how to fix this or who to contact?
But not sure if its the same utility I use https://github.com/actuallymentor/battery Both commands: battery adapter off
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Thoughts on Aldente Pro
Anyways, al dente didn’t do the job for me. I found this https://github.com/actuallymentor/battery it also discharges and keep it to whatever percentage you feel comfortable with with. So now it’s always on 80, which I prefer.
- Optimized Battery Charging
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Is it fine to leave M2 MacBook on charge for days at a time?
https://github.com/actuallymentor/battery free and does the same
What are some alternatives?
When comparing bclm and battery you can also consider the following projects:
charge-limiter - macOS app to set battery charge limit for Intel MacBooks
AlDente-Charge-Limiter - macOS menubar tool to set Charge Limits and prolong battery lifespan
free-for-dev - A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev
macs-fan-control - Control fans on Apple computers
cloudflared - Cloudflare Tunnel client (formerly Argo Tunnel)
homebrew-wine
tailscale - The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.
gopsutil - psutil for golang
acc - Advanced Charging Controller
awesome-mac - Now we have become very big, Different from the original idea. Collect premium software in various categories.