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Ese

A Battery Menu Bar That Predicts, Not Just Reports

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  • Utilities
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  • On-device

About Ese

Ese is a menu bar battery manager that answers the questions the percentage can't: when the battery will actually be empty, how much longer it would last if you quit the app draining it, and when this Mac's health is likely to reach Apple's 80% service mark. It holds a charge limit between 60 and 95%, tracks AirPods and iPhone alongside the Mac, and works from this Mac's own data.

Features

  • Extra Minutes if You Quit a Heavy App: See how much longer the battery lasts without one app, worked out from that app's share of real system watts.
  • A Charge Limit Without Living at 100%: Hold the pack between 60 and 95%. One tap charges to full before a trip, and the limit comes back when you unplug.
  • When Health May Hit 80%: A forecast for Apple's 80% service mark, with a what-if for keeping a charge limit, built on this Mac's data, not an average.
  • Insights Over 7, 30 and 90 Days: Time plugged in, time above 80% charge, daily temperature and cycles, as cards you can scan rather than a spreadsheet.
  • Alerts You Actually Set: Rules for dropping below, rising above, plugging in, unplugging, unusually fast drain, a hot pack or a low accessory, each with its own sound, glow colour and stay-until-dismissed option.
  • Desktop Widgets: Small and medium Notification Center widgets showing battery and the predicted empty or full time, without opening Ese.

Why Ese?

A battery percentage is a number without a decision attached to it. 38% means nothing until you know whether that is two hours or forty minutes, and whether closing the thing spinning up the fans would buy back enough of it to finish what you are doing. Ese is built around turning the reading into those answers.

See the Time, Not the Percent

A predicted empty time in the menu bar, and how much of the drain each app is responsible for.

Hold the Charge Where It Helps

Keep the pack between 60 and 95% day to day, and take it to full on demand before you travel.

Watch the Long Curve

7, 30 and 90-day insights and an 80% health forecast, so the habit you change now is one you can see the effect of.

Questions

What is Ese?

A macOS menu bar battery manager covering predicted empty time, a charge limit, a health forecast, and levels for AirPods and iPhone.

How does the 'quit a heavy app' figure work?

It takes that app's share of real system watts and works out how much longer the battery would last without it.

What range does the charge limit hold?

Between 60 and 95%. One tap charges to full before a trip, and the limit returns when you unplug.

Is the health forecast generic?

No, the developer states it is built on this Mac's own data, with a what-if for keeping a charge limit.

Can I control the alerts?

Each rule can have its own sound, glow colour and stay-until-I-dismiss behaviour, and a single device can be muted or hidden without turning the rest off.

Is there a desktop widget?

Yes, small and medium Notification Center widgets showing battery and the predicted empty or full time.

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