Free Better Battery Stats and Time Remaining for Mac OS
TL;DR;
Do you miss the time remaining indicator on your MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro? Here is how to get it back and even get something more. You can accomplish on your own and for FREE or you can proceed directly to the download ☕️.
Tutorial
Because this project is open source, you can download it and build on your own. OK it’s a little bit complicated, but on the end you might feel like a real programmer. But first thing first.
- Download and install Xcode
- Download Better Battery Stats Project (“Clone or Download” → “Download Zip“)
- Run Xcode and open better-battery-stats-project you have download in previous step
- Enable automatic signing here is how
- Click “Product” → “Build“
- Select “Products” folder in the left pane and right-click on “Battery Time Remaining 2.app” → “Show in Finder“
- Drag and drop the app in to your “Application folder” and run it
Download
If you can’t manage to do it yourself you can download the final app here:
DOWNLOAD
References
- [1] https://github.com/codler/Battery-Time-Remaining
- [2] https://www.cnet.com/how-to/macos-removed-battery-time-remaining-heres-how-to-bring-it-back/#comments
- [3] https://blog.macsales.com/41199-tech-tip-adding-back-a-macbooks-battery-time-remaining-indicator
- [4] https://www.imore.com/how-get-your-mac-battery-time-remaining-estimate-back-dont
- [5] https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8161717
- [6] https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/13/how-to-check-macbook-battery-time-remaining-activity-monitor/