1.0.0 · build 101
· First public version
QuietWatch brings sustained-usage alerts, task details and manual actions together, helping you understand a background task before deciding to stop it.
- A task-first overview with process details, history, settings and a menu bar interface.
- Adjustable rules for sustained CPU usage, with notifications, muting and pause controls.
- Separate confirmation for requesting an exit and force stopping, followed by a check of the task’s state.
- Up to 500 local events retained for up to 30 days, with search, filters, clearing and export.
- Optional AI advice with a preview before every request. Local features work independently.
- System, light and dark appearances across the main window, dialogs and menu bar.
Less overhead from monitoring
This version reduces repeated task-source parsing, list sorting and view work while the menu panel is closed, making subsequent samples more efficient. Sampling intervals, CPU calculations and process identity checks before an action retain their existing rules.
Actual resource use depends on process count, changing tasks and window activity. Current short-run functional and performance checks were carried out on an Intel Mac running macOS 15.7.9. They do not establish battery use or long-term memory behavior across devices. Native Apple Silicon operation and the minimum macOS 13 target still need additional testing on those systems.
What this version covers
QuietWatch flags sustained CPU usage in readable processes owned by your current user. High usage does not necessarily mean a task is stuck. Version 1.0 shows resident memory for context; it does not detect memory leaks or temperature, disk, network or GPU anomalies. It never stops tasks automatically.
The universal package targets macOS 13 or later and includes Intel and Apple Silicon binaries. The app interface is currently in Simplified Chinese.
Download and update
The app and DMG are signed by JINGREN CHEN and Apple notarized. Quit the previous version, then drag the new app into Applications to replace it. Updating from a development build may require new Keychain or login-item approval. See the user guide for installation steps.
Download 1.0.0