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Aide
Press kit

Aide

A macOS menu bar app that watches your Mac’s load and stays quiet until you cross a limit you set. Then the indicator changes color and the list shows only the apps behind it, with Pause, Restart and Kill one click away.

Download press kitFact sheet
ZIP, 0.1 MB – fact sheet, screenshots, logo. Version 1.0, October 2026

Fact sheet

Developer
Kirill Bush, inBuro (independent)
Platform
macOS 13 Ventura or later, menu bar app
Current version
1.0, October 2026
First release
1.0, October 2026
Price
3 days free, then a $3.99 one-time license
Distribution
Direct download from the website
Privacy
Reads process load on this Mac only, no account
Website
aide.tinyapps.space
Release notes
aide.tinyapps.space/updates
Press contact
[email protected]

New in 1.0

  • A ring with a dot in the menu bar. It stays grey while your Mac is within its limits, then turns orange and red as the load climbs past them
  • A separate limit for CPU and for memory, each set by dragging a thumb on its bar
  • Opens only when the load is over a limit, and lists only the apps behind it
  • Pause and Resume in one click. A pause is reversible, and a paused row stays in the list until you resume it
  • Starts at login

The full list is on the Updates page

What it does

Quiet until your limit

A grey indicator in the menu bar, no notifications. It changes color only when the load crosses a limit you set

Only the apps behind the load

The list opens above the limit and shows your apps, not the hundreds of system processes

Limits are yours

A separate limit for CPU and for memory, set by dragging a thumb on its bar

Pause first, then Restart or Kill

Pause is reversible and Resume brings the app back. Memory rows offer Restart, and Kill counts 3-2-1 first

Growing memory is caught early

An app whose memory keeps climbing is listed even while it is under the limit

Screenshots

Version 1.0 interface, PNG

The list: only the apps behind the load, with Pause and Kill
The list: only the apps behind the load, with Pause and KillPNG
A CPU row: percentage, Kill and Pause
A CPU row: percentage, Kill and PausePNG
A memory row: gigabytes, Kill and Restart
A memory row: gigabytes, Kill and RestartPNG
A limit for CPU and for memory, set by dragging a thumb
A limit for CPU and for memory, set by dragging a thumbPNG

Logo and colors

Aide logo placeholder

Placeholder: the final logo comes later

SVG
Black#000000
Slate#3A4250
Yellow#FFC900

The name is one word: Aide, with a capital A

Why it exists

Activity Monitor shows everything the Mac is doing, and the person has to open it, sort a list of processes and find the culprit. Most menu bar monitors draw graphs all day and leave the action to the user. Aide takes the opposite approach: it stays quiet while the load is within the limits the person set, and when it crosses them, it lists only the apps behind the load. 1.0 shipped in October 2026. Every version is on the Updates page

Contact

Kirill Bush, [email protected]