When you’re running on battery power, you want to make sure your Mac is using as little energy as possible. But there are plenty of times when you don’t want your system to go to sleep.

Check out these Mac Menu Bar Battery Apps:

Watts

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Watts reminds you to do all the right things for your battery, like doing an initial battery calibration when you get a new battery, then re-calibrating it on occasion.

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Juice!

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The menu bar app Juice! keeps an eye on your MacBook’s battery charge level and can play a sound when it’s time to plug in or when it’s OK to disconnect from the mains.

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Batteries

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Batteries allows you to track all of your devices’ batteries (your Mac, iPhone/iPad/iPod, AirPods and bluetooth devices) from one place. When any of your devices are running low on battery, you’ll receive a low battery notification.

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Battery Charging Alert

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With the menu bar app, you receive an alert when your MacBook is plugged in or unplugged, and when your battery percentage reaches a preset level, so you know when to plug in your computer to keep it from dying or to unplug it and save your battery life.

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