MacLoad sits quietly in your menu bar and shows you real-time CPU load, GPU usage, battery drain, and which processes are costing you the most power — at a glance.
Get MacLoadGet MacLoad from the Mac App Store. Try all Pro features free for 7 days. A one-time purchase in the App Store unlocks Pro forever on your Apple ID.
After purchasing, your in-app Settings will show a unique activation code (e.g. MLCD-A3F7-9K2M-QP4X). Copy it with one tap.
Download the direct-distribution build from macload.ayes.ltd — it restores process-level monitoring that the App Store sandbox blocks — and paste your code to unlock Pro on up to 3 Macs.
Prefer to stay inside the App Store? That works too — all Pro features except process-level CPU monitoring run fine there.
Install MacLoad with one click and automatic updates. 7-day free trial of every Pro feature, then a one-time purchase in the App Store unlocks Pro forever.
macOS 13 Ventura or later · Apple Silicon & Intel
The companion build restores process-level CPU monitoring outside the App Store sandbox. Requires an activation code from your App Store purchase to unlock.
Non-China users: Google Drive · China users: Baidu Netdisk · macOS 13 Ventura or later · Requires activation code
The direct build is signed and notarized by Apple — macOS will open it safely.
Need help activating? Contact support.
See normalized CPU load and GPU utilization updated in real time, right from the menu bar icon.
Track battery voltage, current, and watt draw. Receive alerts when drain spikes above your chosen threshold.
Instantly see which apps are holding a sleep-prevention assertion and stopping your Mac from resting.
Aggregated watt-hour history for the last 90 days, broken down per process so you know where energy went.
Persistent history of every assertion — which process blocked sleep, for how long, and when.
Export any statistics — energy history, sleep log — as CSV for spreadsheets or long-term records.
Choose between Classic, Minimal, and Colorful menu bar icon styles. Optionally show GPU% alongside CPU%.
Ranked list of the highest-CPU processes with built-in plain-English descriptions — and optional DuckDuckGo lookup for unfamiliar ones.
Optionally start MacLoad automatically so monitoring is always running in the background, invisibly.
If you have questions, encounter a bug, or want to share feedback about MacLoad, please send us an email:
support@ayes.ltdMacLoad requires macOS 13 Ventura or later. It works on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs, delivered as a universal binary.
The App Store version runs in Apple's security sandbox, which is required for the App Store but blocks a few low-level features such as process-level CPU monitoring. The Pro Companion (direct download) runs outside the sandbox so those features work. Both builds are signed and notarized by Apple.
After purchasing MacLoad Pro in the Mac App Store version, open Settings → Learn about Pro → Show activation code. Your unique MLCD-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX code appears there with a one-tap copy button.
Each App Store purchase can activate the Pro Companion on up to 3 of your own Macs. Activation does not require an account — only the code.
No immediate loss. After the first activation, the companion stores a signed entitlement locally and revalidates it in the background. The cached entitlement is valid for 7 days, so reconnect periodically to keep it refreshed.
No. MacLoad has no user accounts, no sign-ups, and no personal data collection. Activation uses an anonymous installation identifier — never your name, email, or Apple ID.
The App Store build only contacts our activation service after a Pro purchase to generate your companion activation code. The Pro Companion contacts the same service when you enter that code or during background re-validation, and only the code plus an anonymous installation ID are transmitted.
When enabled and triggered manually, MacLoad sends the process name to the DuckDuckGo search API to fetch a short description. No other data is transmitted. This feature is opt-in and can be disabled at any time in Settings.
Check that MacLoad is running in Activity Monitor. If your menu bar is full, macOS may hide extra icons — try right-clicking the menu bar and adjusting spacing, or use a utility such as Bartender to manage icon priority.
MacLoad ("the App") is a macOS menu bar utility developed by Ayes Ltd. This Privacy Policy explains what information the App accesses on your device, why, and how it is handled. We are committed to keeping your data private and secure.
MacLoad reads the following information directly from your Mac's operating system. All of this data is processed entirely on your device and is never transmitted to any server operated by Ayes Ltd.
MacLoad stores your in-app settings (launch at login, notification preferences, drain alert threshold, and the online lookup toggle) in macOS's standard UserDefaults storage, which is local to your Mac. If you have MacLoad Pro, aggregated daily energy history and the sleep-prevention log are stored in a local JSON file inside your Application Support folder. None of this data is synced to iCloud or any external service.
Live CPU and session energy counters are held in memory only. They are discarded when the App quits or when you tap the Reset button. They are never transmitted.
When you unlock MacLoad Pro in the App Store version, a one-time request is made to our activation service running on Google Cloud to generate your activation code. When you enter that code in the Pro Companion (direct-download) build, a second request is made to validate it and receive a signed entitlement token.
The following is transmitted in those requests, and nothing else:
We do not transmit your name, email address, Apple ID, Mac serial number, hostname, or any of the CPU/battery/process data collected on-device. After activation, the Companion stores a signed entitlement token locally and verifies it offline — your Pro status continues to work with no further network activity unless the token nears expiry.
MacLoad may make one additional, optional type of network request, only under the following conditions:
In that case, the App sends the process name only to the DuckDuckGo Instant Answer API to retrieve a brief description. DuckDuckGo's own privacy policy governs how they handle that request. MacLoad does not send any personally identifiable information, device identifiers, or battery/energy data in these requests.
MacLoad does not collect personal data from anyone, including children under 13. The App has no account system and no registration.
The activation service for the Pro Companion is hosted on Google Cloud Platform. Google acts only as an infrastructure provider; no identifying data is stored or shared beyond what is described under "Activation Service" above. DuckDuckGo is contacted only when you opt in to the process-lookup feature. MacLoad does not integrate any analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs.
Activation codes and entitlement tokens stored on our service are tied only to anonymous identifiers. All communications with the activation service use HTTPS. Entitlement tokens in the Companion are signed with an RSA key pair — the private key never leaves our server, and the public key embedded in the Companion lets it verify tokens entirely offline.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date below. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or MacLoad's data practices, please contact us at: support@ayes.ltd