ZenithMac

System Modes & Battery Management

• Normal, Battery Saver, and Performance modes
• Battery charge limiting with configurable charge limits
• Preserve Battery Health mode
• Station Mode
• Low-battery protection
• Battery status, charging information, and health monitoring
• Low Power Mode controls
• Automatic power-management adjustments
• Battery-friendly system configuration
• Automatic screen brightness adjustments
• Keyboard backlight brightness management
• System animation adjustments
• Wi-Fi Low Data Mode integration
• Save and restore system settings when switching modes
• Quick system mode switching from the menu bar

Audio Management

• Independent per-application volume control (0–100%)
• Individual application muting and unmuting
• Master system volume control
• Automatic detection of applications with active audio
• Remember individual application volume settings
• Control the focused application’s volume using keyboard volume keys
• Automatically control master volume when Finder or the desktop is active
• Floating volume mixer
• Floating audio controls displayed in the top-right corner
• Dynamic volume slider for the currently focused application
• Persistent volume slider while adjusting audio
• Quick access through the Volumes… menu option
• Automatically dismiss the floating mixer when clicking outside it
• Frosted-glass appearance with rounded corners
• Smooth interface transitions
• Enable or disable enhanced audio management
• Touch Bar volume control integration where supported
• Native macOS audio framework integration

Note: Advanced per-application volume controls require macOS 14.2 or newer.

Windows & Desktop

• Enhanced macOS window management
• Improved maximize behaviour
• True fullscreen window support
• Drag a window to the top of the screen to enter fullscreen
• Automatically hide the Dock and menu bar in fullscreen
• Reveal fullscreen controls at the top edge
• Restore windows to their previous size when leaving fullscreen
• Remember previous window states
• Double-tap-and-drag window interaction
• Improved handling of fullscreen and minimized windows
• Prevent unintended application termination during fullscreen transitions

Dock Enhancements

• Click an active Dock application to minimize or restore it
• Dock window previews
• Application and task progress indicators
• Dock magnification controls
• Automatic handling of applications without open windows
• Automatically quit applications when their last window closes
• Configurable no-window timeout:
  • 1 minute
  • 3 minutes
  • 5 minutes
  • 10 minutes
  • 30 minutes
  • 1 hour
• Improved detection of minimized and fullscreen applications

Finder Enhancements

• Native Finder integration
• Show or hide hidden files
• Windows-style file deletion
• Cut files
• Paste files
• Quickly create a New Text File
• Finder Sync extension integration

Clipboard History

• Built-in clipboard manager
• Global Ctrl + Shift + Z shortcut
• Clipboard history for text, images, and files
• Choose which clipboard content types are captured
• Text-only clipboard capture option
• Configurable history size: 10, 20, 50, 100, or 200 items
• Quickly access previously copied content

Keyboard Enhancements

• Keyboard remapping
• Global key remapping
• Per-application key remapping
• Left Option key customization
• Configure Left Option to open Launchpad
• Configure Left Option to open Spotlight
• Restore default macOS Option key behaviour
• Additional keyboard productivity shortcuts

Mouse & Trackpad

• Double-tap-and-drag support
• Mouse side-button support
• Middle-click functionality
• Middle-click auto-scroll
• Additional mouse interaction enhancements

AI Integration

• Built-in AI functionality
• OpenAI support
• Google Gemini support
• OpenRouter support
• Selectable AI provider
• Secure API-key storage
• Ask AI directly from macOS

Siri & Shortcuts

• Siri integration
• Ask AI using Siri
• macOS Shortcuts integration
• App Intents support
• AI actions accessible through Siri and Shortcuts
• Independently enable or disable Siri and AI integration

macOS & Security Convenience

• Touch ID for sudo
• Easier configuration of supported macOS security features
• System-level productivity shortcuts
• Convenient access to macOS configuration options

Permissions Management

• Centralized permissions screen
• Check required ZenithMac permissions
• Accessibility permission management
• Screen Recording permission management
• Apple Events permissions
• Input and Event Monitoring permissions
• Quick access to relevant macOS System Settings pages

Startup & Background Operation

• Automatically start ZenithMac when logging into macOS
• Run primarily from the menu bar
• Lightweight background operation
• Features continue working without keeping the Settings window open
• Background license verification
• Background software update checking
• Persistent user preferences

Menu-Bar Controls

• Quickly switch between Normal, Battery Saver, and Performance modes
• Battery controls
• Charge-limit controls
• Appearance controls
• Audio management controls
• Open the floating volume mixer
• Open ZenithMac Settings
• Check for updates
• Quit ZenithMac

Appearance

• Light and dark appearance controls
• Quick theme switching
• Native macOS-style toggle controls

Updates

• Automatic update checking when ZenithMac launches
• Background update checks every 12 hours
• Manual Check for Updates… option
• Update-available notifications
• Display available version information
• Release notes
• Download new ZenithMac releases
• Versioned software releases
• Cloud-hosted update distribution

Maintenance

• Built-in ZenithMac uninstall tools
• Clean removal of ZenithMac components
• Manage login and startup integration
• Manage Finder integration

Compatibility

• Intel Mac support
• Apple Silicon Mac support
• Universal 2 application
• macOS 13 Ventura or newer
• Advanced per-application audio management requires macOS 14.2 or newer