Have you tried AlDente? What percentage do you lock your MacBook at? Let me know in the comments below!

Let’s be honest. Most of us are guilty of the "laptop vampire" lifestyle. You wake up, unplug your MacBook at 100%, work at a coffee shop until it hits 15%, panic, plug it in, and repeat.

Heat is the silent killer. If AlDente detects your battery is too hot (e.g., during a Final Cut Pro export), it automatically stops charging to prevent thermal damage.

If that sounds like you, your battery health is silently suffering. Enter . The Lithium-Ion Problem MacBooks use lithium-ion batteries. They hate two things: extreme heat and extreme charge states (0% or 100%).

AlDente costs nothing (or a cheap one-time purchase for Pro) and can extend your battery’s lifespan by . For a $200+ battery replacement, that is a no-brainer.