AlDente Pro - Charge Limiter

The battery on my M2 MacBook pro routinely keeps me going more than 14 hours on a single charge. Because replacing batteries is environmentally disruptive and expensive ($200 or more), I want mine to last as long as possible. To help me achieve this, I use AlDente Pro, a multifeatured battery app that starts at login and keeps my battery from exceeding a 70% charge. Li-ion batteries work best and last longest when they are kept between 20% and 80%. To stay calibrated, they occasionally need to run a full cycle (once a month or so). AlDente can handle this for me. Another feature is heat protection. Charging your battery when temperatures are high can result in damage. High temperatures can happen because of excessive CPU usage or a demand for rapid charging. Heat protection guards against this. If I am going to be away from a power source for a prolonged period of time, I can easily change the app's settings to allow me to top off my battery at 100%. For automation fans, AlDente Pro has a full range of Apple Shortcuts support. Licensing is three-fold - a free version featuring only charge limiting is available. A full featured one-year subscription costs $10.43 and a lifetime license is $21.97. The program is also available on SetApp.