AllDente high disk write count (4GB/week)

[smiba]

MacBook (please complete the following information):

• MacBook Model (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201608): MacBook Pro M3 Max (16") 16-core
• macOS Version (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201260): MacOS 15.1
• Charger Model (Apple, Third Party, Wattage,...): 90W USB-C Dock (Dell Ultrasharp display)
• Charging Cable (MagSafe 2, MagSafe 3, USB-C, Apple, Third Party,...): Third Party USB-C thunderbolt
• AlDente Pro or AlDente Free: AlDente Free
• AlDente Version: 1.28.6
• List or add screenshots of all enabled/disabled settings in AlDente: It's the free version, so just the default stuff. I have my limit currently set to 68%
• Please share a debug file the next time this happens so that we can assess this issue better. You can find a guide on How to generate and share a debug file on our blog(https://apphousekitchen.com/how-to-generate-and-share-a-debug-file/).
  aldentepro-debug-2024-11-22-18:53:17.pasta.zip
• External Monitor connected? Yes
• MacBook used in Clamshell Mode (with the lid closed)? Yes

Describe the bug
AllDente seems to write about ~700MB to disk a day, resulting in currently 5.3GB written in 9 days. Although this is not the end of the world, it does seem like quite a lot for a tool I merely run to limit my battery charge. It would be nice if AlDente wouldn't run through a full SSD wear cycle every year.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open AlDente
2. Check in after a week or so

Expected Behavior
I expect this tool to write no more than 10MB/day, ideally even less? I don't understand what it could possibly be writing about really.

[dinkopetkoff]

I can confirm the same issue on MacBook M1 Pro too. AlDente shows ~770MB in Bytes written in Activity Monitor (for about 8h of working on the Mac per day). Wondering if those are real writes or some buffer/OS interaction from the app that is visualized wrongly. In any case - we need confirmation (or a fix), since it is concerning for the SSD.

[nthekim]

Exactly the same by me on M3 Macbook Pro 16 with Aldente Pro. Why need a small tool like that so much write operations on disk?

[LIJiongyi]

I used it for 5 hours and it has about 70MB written to the disk. So about 51GB a year if we calculate...
Does it run a bit better on my Mac?(Macbook 14inch 2021)(macOS 15.1.1) I guess it's a problem with the frequency of calling the system API. Maybe the software can have an option to adjust the power monitoring frequency?