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lihaoyun6 / AirBattery

Get the battery usage of all your devices on your Mac and put them on the Dock / Menu Bar / Widget! && 在Mac上获取你所有设备的电量信息并显示在Dock / 状态栏 / 小组件上!
https://lihaoyun6.github.io/airbattery/
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Battery info from other macOS/Macbook devices? #29

Closed varoudis closed 3 months ago

varoudis commented 4 months ago

when you are on your stationary mac (imac,mini etc) it would be nice to see your macbook charge. is that possible?

lihaoyun6 commented 4 months ago

I should be able to do this, but I can't do it "zero configuration"
You will get the status of your other Macs that are nearby as well as their peripherals, but you have to install AirBattery on all your Macs, just like Cloud Battery.
Is this tolerable?🤔

lihaoyun6 commented 4 months ago

If this is tolerable, I'll add it to my todo list.

varoudis commented 4 months ago

I should be able to do this, but I can't do it "zero configuration" You will get the status of your other Macs that are nearby as well as their peripherals, but you have to install AirBattery on all your Macs, just like Cloud Battery. Is this tolerable?🤔

Sound ok! no prob.

How is the power saving on mobile devices in relation to your app? I think the probing timing can be even slower/longer.

If all macOS devices run your app, pulling will probably be a lot of "wake-up" from deeper power states. no?

lihaoyun6 commented 4 months ago

Pulling data from an iOS device does not significantly affect its battery life. Because before communicating with the device, AirBattery will detect whether it is "online" (the sleeping iPhone/iPad will wake up periodically to receive messages, update weather, upload backup, etc.) So AirBattery will only communicate with these devices when they are already in a "half-awake" state, instead of forcing them to wake up.

varoudis commented 4 months ago

What is the "long" pulling rate? Can you add an option for "custom minutes". Thanks!

lihaoyun6 commented 4 months ago

And for BLE peripherals, reading their battery data will not reduce battery life
Because whether you read them or not, they are sending public broadcasts on their own. Just like when you listen to FM radio, the transmission power of the radio station has nothing to do with the number of listeners

lihaoyun6 commented 4 months ago

What is the "long" pulling rate? Can you add an option for "custom minutes". Thanks!

short = 1min
medium = 2min
long = 3min

lihaoyun6 commented 4 months ago

"Can you add an option for custom minutes"

Ok, I'll put it on my todo list

lihaoyun6 commented 3 months ago

AirBattery v1.3.5 has been released. In the new version, you can set any update interval (between 1 ~ 99 minutes)

lihaoyun6 commented 3 months ago

when you are on your stationary mac (imac,mini etc) it would be nice to see your macbook charge. is that possible?

AirBattery v1.3.6 has been released!
You can use the new "Nearcast" feature to check the battery status of other Macs and their peripherals in the same LAN at any time.