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Aurora Control
power-user
Set-and-forget Mac maintenance: diagnostics that run themselves
Most Mac maintenance never happens because it depends on you remembering to do it. Scheduled diagnostics change that — scans run on a timetable, results surface automatically, and you stay in control.
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power-user
Pipe your Mac's live telemetry into your own dashboard (hidden local API)
Aurora Control exposes your Mac’s live CPU, thermal, network and battery metrics as JSON over a local HTTP endpoint — so you can pipe them straight into Grafana, a menu-bar script, or any tool you already use.
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battery-system
Your Mac boots slow because of these login items
Every app you install can quietly add itself to your startup. Nobody ever removes them. Here is what actually runs at login, why it slows your Mac down, and how to find the ones worth cutting.
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battery-system
What's draining your battery in the background
You unplugged at 100%. Two hours later you are at 50% and you barely touched the keyboard. Something woke up and stayed awake. Here is how to find it.
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battery-system
Is your MacBook battery actually dying? Read cycles and health
Your MacBook seems to run out of charge faster than it used to — but is the battery actually worn, or was it just a heavy week? The hardware already knows. Here is how to read the answer.
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battery-system
Are your Mac's defenses actually on? FileVault, SIP, XProtect, Secure Enclave
Most Mac users assume FileVault, SIP, XProtect, and the Secure Enclave are working. Checking them means hunting across four different places. Here is how to confirm in one glance.
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privacy
The privacy permissions macOS Settings doesn't clearly show
Camera and mic are the permissions everyone knows about. But macOS quietly grants apps the ability to record your screen, control your cursor, log your keystrokes, and read every file on your drive — and System Settings makes each one genuinely hard to find.
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privacy
An app gave itself Full Disk Access — revoke it without Terminal
Full Disk Access is the broadest privacy grant on macOS — an app with it can read your Mail, Messages, Safari history, and most of your files. You probably granted it months ago and forgot. Here is how to see who has it and take it back, no Terminal required.
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privacy
Which apps used your camera and mic recently, without you noticing
macOS shows you which apps have permission to use your camera and mic. It does not clearly show you which ones actually used them recently. Here is how to find out — and what to do about it.
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network
What's actually on your home network right now?
Phones, smart TVs, plugs, speakers, maybe a neighbour’s guest device — your Wi‑Fi is busier than you think. Here is how your Mac can show you exactly what is connected.
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network
Which apps send your data, where, and how to cut them off
Right now, dozens of apps on your Mac are making outbound connections. You probably have no idea which ones, or where the data is going. Here is how to find out — and how to stop it.
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network
A trusted app started phoning a server in another country
Your updater, your creative tool, your utility — any of them can quietly open an outbound connection you never expected. Here is how Aurora Control surfaces it, where it goes, and what you can do about it.
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performance
The background app quietly eating your CPU
Your laptop is warm and the battery is draining fast, but you are not doing anything. Here is what is actually happening in the background, and how to find the process responsible.
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performance
Memory pressure vs the "90% RAM used" panic
That "90% memory used" number that made you order more RAM? It is almost certainly fine. Here is the metric that actually matters — and how to read it in under a minute.
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performance
Is your Mac throttling? Catch it before it slows you down
Your Mac slows to a crawl mid-task, then quietly recovers. It is not random — it is thermal throttling. Here is what it is, how to spot it yourself, and how to catch it before it bites.
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performance
Your Mac is hot and loud and Activity Monitor just shrugs
Your fans are screaming, the palmrest is warm, and Activity Monitor shows a wall of numbers — but nothing obviously wrong. Here is what is actually happening, how to read it, and why thermal throttling is doing exactly what it should.
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storage
Find duplicate files without deleting the wrong copy
Three copies of the same video scattered across Downloads, Desktop, and an old project folder. Which one is safe to delete? The challenge isn’t finding the duplicates — it’s not deleting the one that matters.
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storage
"Storage full" and Finder won't say why — read the real map
macOS Storage settings shows a vague bar with a giant "System Data" bucket. Here is what is actually in there, how to find the real culprits yourself, and why a proper disk map saves you an afternoon of guessing.
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storage
You deleted the app months ago — why are the leftovers still here?
Dragging an app to the Trash only removes the bundle. The caches, preferences, support files and containers it scattered across your Mac can linger for years — and most people never know they are still there.
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storage
node_modules, Docker, DerivedData: the silent gigabytes over time
You cleared those caches last month. They came back — and they brought friends. The real story is not the size on any given day; it is how fast it grows, and which tool is driving it.
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intelligence
Why I built a Mac tool that refuses to auto-delete anything
Most Mac utilities can act on your machine without asking. Aurora Control was designed to never do that — and this is the story of why.
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storage
Your Mac fills up and it's not photos — it's your dev tools
node_modules, Docker images, DerivedData, Homebrew downloads — developer caches balloon silently and never clean up after themselves. Here is how to find what is eating your disk, and how to track it over time instead of playing whack-a-mole.
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positioning
One app instead of five: the case against the subscription stack
Six areas of Mac maintenance, one app, one price. Here is why replacing a drawer full of single-purpose utilities with Aurora Control is plain math, not brand loyalty.
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intelligence
What's normal for your Mac? Profiles that change the rules
Your Mac tool is crying wolf again. The problem isn't your Mac — it's that the tool has no idea how you use it. Here's how Aurora Control learns what normal actually looks like for you.
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intelligence
Read your Mac's numbers — what they actually mean
Every Mac tool measures. Few of them explain. Here is the difference between a screen full of numbers and actually knowing what is wrong with your Mac — and what to do.
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