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Charging limit not working after update
Hello,
since the last update, the charge limit no longer works for me. my macbook now charges to 100% and the unload function doesn't work either.
👾 Battery CLI logs:
07/01/25-15:32:29 - Debug trail. User: USER, config folder: /Users/USER/.battery, logfile: /Users/USER/.battery/battery.log, file called with 1: maintain_synchronous, 2: recover 07/01/25-15:32:29 - No setting to recover, exiting 07/01/25-15:32:30 - Triggering discharge to 80 before enabling charging limiter 07/01/25-15:32:30 - Discharging to 80% from 100% 07/01/25-15:32:30 - 🔽🪫 Enabling battery discharging Error: SMCWriteKey() = e00002bc 07/01/25-15:32:30 - Battery at 100% (target 80%) 07/01/25-15:33:30 - Battery at 100% (target 80%) 07/01/25-15:34:30 - Battery at 100% (target 80%) 07/01/25-15:35:30 - Battery at 100% (target 80%) 07/01/25-15:36:30 - Battery at 100% (target 80%) 07/01/25-15:36:31 - Not triggering discharge as it is not requested 07/01/25-15:36:31 - Charging to and maintaining at 80% from 100% 07/01/25-15:37:06 - Triggering discharge to 80 before enabling charging limiter 07/01/25-15:37:06 - Discharging to 80% from 100% 07/01/25-15:37:06 - 🔽🪫 Enabling battery discharging Error: SMCWriteKey() = e00002bc 07/01/25-15:37:06 - Battery at 100% (target 80%) 07/01/25-15:37:30 - Battery at 100% (target 80%) 07/01/25-15:38:06 - Battery at 100% (target 80%) 07/01/25-15:38:30 - Battery at 100% (target 80%) 07/01/25-15:39:06 - Battery at 100% (target 80%)
🖥️ Battery GUI logs:
Interface enabled limiter, percentage remaining: 100 Refreshing tray icon... Battery status: {"percentage":"100","remaining":"0:00","charging":false,"discharging":true,"maintain_percentage":"80","battery_state":"100% (0:00 remaining)","daemon_state":"forcing discharge to 80%"} Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status Limiter status message: 07/01/25-15:37:08 - Battery at 100% (0:00 remaining), 13.07V, smc charging disabled 07/01/25-15:37:08 - Your battery is currently being maintained at 80%
Force discharge setting: boolean true Generate app menu percentage: 100 (discharge allowed, limited on) Found image: /Applications/battery.app/Contents/Resources/battery-active-100-Template.png Resetting interface timer speed Display percentage 100 based on 100 Get active logo for 100 Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status_csv Refreshing interface update timer Battery status: {"percentage":"100","remaining":"0:00","charging":false,"discharging":true,"maintain_percentage":"80","battery_state":"100% (0:00 remaining)","daemon_state":"forcing discharge to 80%"} Setting interface refresh speed to 0.5 minutes Refreshing tray icon... Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status_csv Battery status: {"percentage":"100","remaining":"0:00","charging":false,"discharging":true,"maintain_percentage":"80","battery_state":"100% (0:00 remaining)","daemon_state":"forcing discharge to 80%"} Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status Force discharge setting: boolean true Limiter status message: 07/01/25-15:37:38 - Battery at 100% (0:00 remaining), 13.071V, smc charging disabled 07/01/25-15:37:38 - Your battery is currently being maintained at 80%
Display percentage 100 based on 100 Found image: /Applications/battery.app/Contents/Resources/battery-active-100-Template.png Get active logo for 100 Resetting interface timer speed Refreshing interface update timer Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status_csv Generate app menu percentage: 100 (discharge allowed, limited on) Setting interface refresh speed to 0.5 minutes Battery status: {"percentage":"100","remaining":"0:00","charging":false,"discharging":true,"maintain_percentage":"80","battery_state":"100% (0:00 remaining)","daemon_state":"forcing discharge to 80%"} Refreshing tray icon... Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status_csv Battery status: {"percentage":"100","remaining":"0:00","charging":false,"discharging":true,"maintain_percentage":"80","battery_state":"100% (0:00 remaining)","daemon_state":"forcing discharge to 80%"} Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status Limiter status message: 07/01/25-15:38:09 - Battery at 100% (0:00 remaining), 13.071V, smc charging disabled 07/01/25-15:38:09 - Your battery is currently being maintained at 80%
Generate app menu percentage: 100 (discharge allowed, limited on) Display percentage 100 based on 100 Force discharge setting: boolean true Get active logo for 100 Refreshing interface update timer Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status_csv Resetting interface timer speed Found image: /Applications/battery.app/Contents/Resources/battery-active-100-Template.png Battery status: {"percentage":"100","remaining":"0:00","charging":false,"discharging":true,"maintain_percentage":"80","battery_state":"100% (0:00 remaining)","daemon_state":"forcing discharge to 80%"} Setting interface refresh speed to 0.5 minutes Refreshing tray icon... Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status_csv Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status Battery status: {"percentage":"100","remaining":"0:00","charging":false,"discharging":true,"maintain_percentage":"80","battery_state":"100% (0:00 remaining)","daemon_state":"forcing discharge to 80%"} Limiter status message: 07/01/25-15:38:39 - Battery at 100% (0:00 remaining), 13.07V, smc charging disabled 07/01/25-15:38:39 - Your battery is currently being maintained at 80%
Get active logo for 100 Generate app menu percentage: 100 (discharge allowed, limited on) Display percentage 100 based on 100 Found image: /Applications/battery.app/Contents/Resources/battery-active-100-Template.png Refreshing interface update timer Resetting interface timer speed Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status_csv Force discharge setting: boolean true Battery status: {"percentage":"100","remaining":"0:00","charging":false,"discharging":true,"maintain_percentage":"80","battery_state":"100% (0:00 remaining)","daemon_state":"forcing discharge to 80%"} Setting interface refresh speed to 0.5 minutes Refreshing tray icon... Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status_csv Battery status: {"percentage":"100","remaining":"0:00","charging":false,"discharging":true,"maintain_percentage":"80","battery_state":"100% (0:00 remaining)","daemon_state":"forcing discharge to 80%"} Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status Force discharge setting: boolean true Display percentage 100 based on 100 Generate app menu percentage: 100 (discharge allowed, limited on) Found image: /Applications/battery.app/Contents/Resources/battery-active-100-Template.png Resetting interface timer speed Limiter status message: 07/01/25-15:39:09 - Battery at 100% (0:00 remaining), 13.07V, smc charging disabled 07/01/25-15:39:09 - Your battery is currently being maintained at 80%
Refreshing interface update timer Executing PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin battery status_csv Get active logo for 100 Battery status: {"percentage":"100","remaining":"0:00","charging":false,"discharging":true,"maintain_percentage":"80","battery_state":"100% (0:00 remaining)","daemon_state":"forcing discharge to 80%"} Setting interface refresh speed to 0.5 minutes
📁 Config folder details:
total 112 drwxr-xr-x@ 7 USER staff 224B 1 Jul 15:37 . drwxr-x---+ 31 USER staff 992B 1 Jul 15:35 .. -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 USER staff 1,3K 1 Jul 15:39 battery.log -rw-r--r--@ 1 USER staff 6B 1 Jul 15:37 battery.pid -rw-r--r--@ 1 USER staff 37K 1 Jul 15:39 gui.log -rw-r--r--@ 1 USER staff 3B 1 Jul 15:37 maintain.percentage -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 965B 1 Jul 15:32 visudo.tmp
⚙️ Battery data:
07/01/25-15:39:25 - Battery at 100% (0:00 remaining), 13.07V, smc charging disabled 07/01/25-15:39:25 - Your battery is currently being maintained at 80% Battery CLI utility v1.2.7
I'm seeing Error: SMCWriteKey() = e00002bc in your logs. Can you run battery visudo and let me know if that fixes things?
07/04/25-15:16:55 - Setting visudo file permissions to USER Password: The existing battery visudo file is what it should be for version v1.2.7
I think that's not the solution.
Have you ever installed macOS 26 Beta? Even on separate volume on your disk or a USB stick?
Yes. On a secound partition on my ssd. Is this the reason and how can I fix the problem?
It seems that your issue might be related to an issue with similar tool found here. Apparently installing the beta of macOS Tahoe updates the battery control firmware (or something like this?) to a newer version that is incompatible. You cannot downgrade this firmware by simply reinstalling or booting macOS Sequoia, the only way is to do a full DFU restore, which should also restore the low-level firmware. Hope that helps.
Any update guys? From what I understand, AlDente found a way to tweak it. The fork @iammicloud mentioned also but I don't like the way it works with no UI etc...
I'm not a tech guys, just love what you guys are doing :D
