![]() If a particular device is charging at the time, it’ll have a small ‘lightning bolt’ icon next to it. Ta-da! A dedicated section of your Today panel will now contain the battery percentages of your devices.Use the ‘3 dashes’ icon to drag the newly added panel up or down until you find the location where you’d like it to reside.Locate the newly added BATTERIES item and click the ‘plus sign’ (see screenshot below) to add it to your Today screen.Click the New button at the bottom of the panel.Click the Open Notification Center button from the very upper-right corner of your screen.When you’ve adjusted your preferences to suit you, exit out of this window. Then place a check next to each of the devices that you want to monitor and if you’d like to be notified when that specific device is running low on power. There isn’t very much to it – just make sure to check the Enabled box next to Notifications. Now launch Batteries from your Applications folder.Make sure that your iPhone and/or iPad is configured to allow WiFi sync in iTunes (macOS Mojave) or Show this device when on Wi-Fi in Finder (macOS Catalina) and that your iOS devices are on the same WiFi network as your computer.Drag that file to your Applications folder to install Batteries for Mac. zip file) – just double-click it and the Archive Utility will open and extract the Batteries.app file. ![]() Head over to the Batteries for Mac home page and download the.Update: if you’d like a (currently) free alternative, try out iBetterCharge. There’s a 14 day completely free trial, so you’ll have two weeks to decide if you want to buy it. Batteries for Mac is neither, but it’s very reasonably priced at $5 – and we’re big fans of supporting truly great software. If you’ve visited Simple Help before, you’ll know we typically prefer to utilize free and/or Open Source software. Using the fantastic Batteries for Mac app you’ll be able to monitor the battery levels from the Today panel in the Notification Center of your Mac. You’ll even get a notification when a battery is running low. Following the steps outlined in this guide you’ll be able to monitor the battery charge of your iPhone or iPad right from within your Mac.
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