Estimated watts in bmtop — attribution, not a wattmeter
bmtop surfaces Apple Silicon–oriented telemetry and energy-related process signals. Estimated watts are an attribution model with explicit boundaries.
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Plain explanations of what our products do, what they do not do, and why.
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How Continuity Camera shows up as a Mac camera source
Continuity Camera appears as an AVFoundation capture device. Better Recorder Pro lists it beside built-in and USB cameras, and keeps microphone selection separate.
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Local-first — what we mean when we say files stay on your Mac
BetterMac tools process archives, recordings, and transfers on your device by default. Here is what that covers, and what still leaves the machine.
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Preview before you extract — why full unpack is the wrong default
Large ZIP and RAR deliveries rarely need every file. Better UnArchiver lets you browse the tree and extract only what you need, on your Mac.
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Record an iPhone camera on your Mac without building an OBS scene
When Continuity Camera is available, Better Recorder Pro can use your iPhone as a camera source, and you can pick its microphone only if it shows up in the list.
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See what your Mac is doing in the terminal
bmtop keeps familiar top/htop-style controls and adds Mac resource views, including Apple Silicon telemetry the product page documents.
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Why ZIP filenames break on Mac — and what “encoding override” actually does
Classic ZIP often omits a trustworthy charset. Better UnArchiver previews candidate encodings before extract so GBK / Shift-JIS names can be recovered.
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