Settings Guide
Open Settings from the menu bar dropdown (⌘,) or by clicking "Settings" in the menu.
- Launch at login — Start Stasis automatically when you log in to your Mac.
- Show battery percentage — Display the current percentage next to the battery icon in the menu bar.
- Show battery state — Show a charging bolt or plug icon on the battery to indicate charging state.
- App language — Choose between System Default and 17 supported languages (including English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Português Brasil/Portugal, Slovenčina, Slovenščina, Tiếng Việt, Türkçe, Русский, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, and 한국어). Selecting a new language automatically restarts Stasis to apply localized tokens.
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Daemon Status — Displays whether
com.dinanathdash.stasis.charging-helperis active, connected, or needs approval. - Reinstall / Remove Daemon — Reinstall the privileged helper daemon if permissions are out of sync, or uninstall it completely.
- Disable all notifications — Turn off all Stasis notifications.
- Charging status changed — Get notified when charging starts or stops (e.g., "Charging Paused — Battery has reached the charge limit of 80%").
- Calibration guidance notifications — Receive step-by-step guidance during battery calibration cycles.
Controls which metrics appear in the menu bar dropdown. Toggle each one on or off depending on what you want to see.
- Power source
- Time until discharge / time to full
- Uptime
- Battery mode (Charging / Plugged In / Discharging)
- Apps using significant energy — Show running applications consuming significant battery power in real time.
- Cycle count
- Health percentage
- Temperature
- Battery power metrics (voltage, current, wattage)
- Adapter power metrics (voltage, current, wattage)
- Two-Decimal Power Precision — Toggle between standard precision and high precision (0.01W / 0.01A) for power readouts.
- Power distribution diagram (Sankey flow visualization)
This tab only appears in full when "Manage Charging" is enabled. Enabling it installs a privileged helper daemon — macOS will ask you to approve it in System Settings → Login Items.
- Manage charging — Master toggle. Enables charge limit enforcement.
- Charge limit (50–100%) — The maximum level the battery will charge to.
- Automatic discharge — Force the system to run on battery when plugged in above the limit. Requires adapter control support.
- Disable sleep until charge limit — Keep the Mac awake (display off) while charging toward the limit. Sleep re-enables once the limit is reached or the adapter is disconnected.
- Enable sailing mode — Avoid micro-charging by allowing the battery to drift within a range before resuming charging.
- Threshold below limit (1–20%) — How far below the limit the battery can drop before charging resumes.
- Charging resumes at — Shows the calculated resume percentage (limit minus threshold).
- Enable heat protection — Pause charging when battery temperature exceeds the threshold.
- Temperature limit (30–50°C) — The temperature at which charging pauses.
Only visible on MacBooks with MagSafe.
- Manage MagSafe LED — Override the LED to reflect Stasis's charging state (green = at limit, orange = charging).
- LED during heat protection — Choose the LED behavior when heat protection is active: Off, Green, Orange, Blinking Orange Slow, or Blinking Orange Fast.
The Calibration tab allows you to run an interactive cycle to recalibrate your battery gauge and SMC voltage sensors.
- Start Calibration — Initiates a guided 3-stage calibration cycle (Discharge to 15% → Recharge to 100% → Rest at 100%).
- Cancel Calibration — Immediately stops an active calibration cycle and restores your standard charging limit and Sailing Mode settings.
- Learn more in the Battery Calibration Guide.
For MacBooks with a hardware camera notch (or simulated notch mode).
- Enable Notch HUD — Display sleek, animated status pills around the notch during charging transitions and limit alerts.
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Elevate Above Lock Screen — Powered by
TopWindowElevator, keeping Notch HUD notifications cleanly visible above macOS lock screens and full-screen applications.
- Use hardware percentage — Use the raw battery percentage from the firmware instead of the macOS-calibrated value. See Hardware Battery Percentage for details.
This tab provides information about Stasis, developer details, community links, and several system management controls.
- Automatically check for updates — Let Stasis periodically check for new versions and notify you.
- Check frequency — Choose between Daily, Weekly, or Monthly checks.
- When updates are found — Select "Notify only" or "Auto-download" to download updates seamlessly in the background.
- Check for updates now — Manually check for an update immediately.
- Install / Uninstall helper daemon — Manage the background daemon required for charging control directly from the UI. If you encounter permissions issues, you can uninstall and reinstall the helper here.
- Reset all preferences — Restores all settings to their defaults, uninstalls the helper daemon, and disables launch at login.