10 less known macOS apps you will legitimately want to use every day

Increase your Mac’s capabilities with these apps

The Useful Tech
Mac O’Clock
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7 min readSep 27, 2021

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Aldente

It is a well-known fact that frequently charging your Mac’s battery or any Li-ion battery for that matter and leaving it connected to the charger all the time will have a significant negative impact on the battery’s lifespan.

So, using a smart charging manager app like Aldente will help you to extend the lifespan of your Mac’s battery by features like charging limit, heat protection, automatic calibration, and more.

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You can use the Aldente app to set a charging limit so your Mac won’t be charged above a certain percentage. The discharge feature also allows you to run your Mac on battery, even if connected to the charger.

Background Music

Background Music is a great utility that automatically pauses and unpauses your music player when any other audio is played on your Mac. This is a great way to ensure you won’t miss any important notifications and save the time spent pausing and unpausing music whenever you open an audio or a video file.

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Apart from this, the app also has a per-application volume control feature, so you can do things like listening to songs in the background while a meeting is ongoing by reducing the volume of the meeting app. The app even allows you to record your system audio which is a terrific addition to an already great app.

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