[.macos] Hide battery percentage (com.apple.menuextra.battery user defaults)

[ktgvv]

In reply to this commit, it is still possible to hide battery percentage [at least on OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks]. However, display remaining battery time has been removed by Apple.

defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowPercent -bool false # Hide battery percentage.

[mattarau]

The correct values to be set on High Sierra are YES and NO:

defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowPercent -string "YES" defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowPercent -string "NO"

I'm not sure since which macOS version, though.

[esaruoho]

what @kvpb posted does not work with OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan, at least.

[jidicula]

Works with macOS 10.15.7, remember to killall SystemUIServer for it to take effect.

[arturoherrero]

In macOS Monterey, we should use the following commands to show the battery percentage:

defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.controlcenter.plist BatteryShowPercentage -bool true

defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.controlcenter.plist BatteryShowPercentage -bool false

It is not necessary to reset any module/application to see the changes.

[tshu-w]

You can just use -curentHost

defaults -currentHost write com.apple.controlcenter.plist BatteryShowPercentage -bool true