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contact@nthcube.comFrequently asked
I don't see Battery Watcher in my menu bar.
Battery Watcher has no Dock icon by design. It lives only in the menu bar, at the top-right of your screen. Look for the small battery-and-bolt icon near the clock.
If your menu bar is crowded, macOS can hide icons behind the notch or other items. Try closing a few other menu-bar apps, then relaunch Battery Watcher from your Applications folder.
The percentage is a point or two off from System Settings.
That's expected. To qualify for the Mac App Store, Battery Watcher uses only sandbox-safe, on-device power APIs, never privileged system tools. Those APIs can report values like maximum capacity about a percentage point differently than Apple's own readout.
The charge level the warnings act on is read from the same live power source you see in the menu bar, so your alerts still fire at the right moment.
Notifications aren't appearing.
Open System Settings → Notifications → Battery Watcher and make sure alerts are allowed. Notifications are opt-in, and macOS has to grant permission first.
If notifications are off or denied, Battery Watcher falls back to a floating alert window so you never miss a warning. The critical alert always uses a floating window regardless of your notification setting, because it's too important to risk a missed banner.
How do I unlock Pro, or restore it on a new Mac?
Click the menu-bar icon, open Settings, and choose Upgrade to Pro. It's a single one-time purchase of $4.99. No subscription.
Already bought it? Tap Restore Purchase in the same screen and StoreKit will re-check your Apple ID. One purchase covers every Mac signed into the same Apple ID.
Can I choose when each warning fires?
Yes. With Pro you can set your own soft, hard and critical percentages. The app keeps them correctly ordered for you, so you can never accidentally put the critical alert above the soft one.
On the free tier the warnings use sensible defaults: 25% / 20% / 10%.
Which Macs and macOS versions are supported?
Battery Watcher is a universal app that runs natively on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs, and requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
Will it drain my battery?
No. Battery Watcher polls your power state lightly every 20 seconds using efficient built-in APIs, does no background networking, and has no Dock presence. Its own footprint is negligible.
Curious what data the app handles? See our privacy policy (spoiler: none).