I like this app. I will talk about the good below but first, my big problem with the app. When selecting to have this app launch at start up. Instead of adding to Login Items, it adds itself to App Background Activity. I have over 13 menu bar apps and none of them added themselves to App Background Activity and all of them launch at start up. It’s simply not needed for a simple menu bar app like this. Now the good is that this is a simple app and does what it says, but, it’s a convince app. There is nothing this app does that you cannot already do natively in Mac for free. This just makes it a little bit easier. However until the dev fixes the app to add to Login Items and not App Background Activity, I will not be using and cannot recommend this app, even at it’s low price point.
Hello,1. "App Background Activity" section in settings was added in macOS 13. Before that, helper tools and launch agents were already there technically, but they were not shown separately to users.App Background Activity is frequently used by developers to achieve the same goal as login items – a background helper is registered there and used to start components of the app automatically after login. It's just more modern and flexible API than classic login items. There's no difference to you – you can disable any "App Background Activity" item the same way you can disable any login item.2. "There is nothing this app does that you cannot already do natively in Mac for free." – this is completely not true. macOS doesn't allow to assign user apps to hot corners, neither does it allow to assign "Shortcuts" app shortcuts or keyboard shortcuts. There are plenty other options (such as customization of hot corners for multiple displays) that you cannot do natively. Please note, I am not developing software that duplicates existing OS functionality.