![]() ![]() Running the application is straightforward enough and then you can learn more on how to use it at the GitHub site (click on the Code tab, which will default to displaying the readme file.) Click on the icon to be taken to the GitHub page where you can download a zip file containing the application. You can find SwiftBar at SwiftBar.app, which is a simple landing page. Before I get into detail on how I did that, let me describe SwiftBar a bit more. SwiftBar to the rescue! All I needed to do was write a script that would display the battery levels of each device, so I would always be able to see the level and choose an appropriate time to charge. The problem to be solved was how to know when a device was nearing empty, ideally not just in a single notification at some arbitrary battery level. With 10% remaining this gave me a decent amount of time to remember to do this, but somewhere along the line, these warnings started appearing much later, usually when a device reached 2%! Suddenly my leeway was gone. The simple solution was to plug it in when I left the computer. I am fairly sure that macOS used to warn me when the charge level of a device got to 10% and I usually had no problem plugging in for a charge of the trackpad or keyboard, but the design of the mouse means it can not be used while charging. I use Apple’s complete set of Bluetooth Mac input devices - Magic Trackpad 2, Magic Keyboard, and Magic Mouse 2. Around this time I had a problem come along that I decided SwiftBar could solve. Jason was using it to display information from his weather station and, as San Francisco area resident, he was also fetching his local air quality so he knew if local wildfires were a breathing hazard in his area at any given time.īeing the owner of a weather station myself, I made a note to check out BitBar, but I had not done so before Jason mentioned that BitBar seemed to be falling into disrepair and he had discovered a “spiritual successor” called SwiftBar, which remains in active development. This utility puts customisable information in the macOS menu bar by means of downloaded or user-created scripts. On an episode of the Upgrade podcast Jason Snell talked about an open source utility called BitBar. Hello Allison and NosillaCastaways, Allister from New Zealand here, once again, with a review of a geeky tool that will let you flex your Taming the Terminal muscles. ![]()
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