iPhone Battery Widget (macOS)
A lightweight, translucent floating macOS desktop widget and comprehensive battery dashboard for MacBooks, iPhones, and iPads.
📥 Download
Latest release: v1.0.24
✨ Features
- Live Multi-Device Battery Tracking: Real-time battery levels, charging state, wattages, amperage, voltage, and accurate cycle counts for both your Mac and connected iPhones/iPads.
- Hardware NTC Thermistor Readings: Live temperature monitoring directly from internal sensors with thermal gradient indicators and alert thresholds.
- Dual Connection Engine: Native
usbmuxd lockdown communication prioritizing direct USB high-speed connection with seamless Wi-Fi sync fallback.
- Lid Session & Screen Tracker: Automatic tracking of MacBook lid open/close times, work sessions, and screen-on durations.
- Battery Health Degradation Curves: Historical analytics, degradation trend curves, and 24-hour temperature charts.
- Smart Audio Cues & Charging Alerts: Stereo panned USB-PD handshake audio chime, cable connection alerts, and 80% charge notifications.
- Glassmorphic Floating UI: Always-on-top translucent dark glass widget designed to blend seamlessly into macOS.
🚀 Quick Start & Build
Prerequisites
- macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or later (Apple Silicon)
- Xcode Command Line Tools (
xcode-select --install)
Build & Run
To compile and automatically install to /Applications:
chmod +x build.sh
./build.sh
For an optimized release build:
./build.sh --release
🛠️ LaunchAgent Auto-Start (Optional)
To have the widget automatically start on login:
cp com.londonvista.iphone-battery-widget.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.londonvista.iphone-battery-widget.plist
☕ Support
If you find iPhone Battery Widget useful, you can support development on Ko-fi:
👉 ko-fi.com/london_vista
📄 License
MIT License
