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Mac Guides

Understand what to pause, what to leave alone, and why.

These guides explain AppHalt’s workflow from practical, safety, benchmark, and app-specific angles. Start with the core references if you are new.

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Core references

Read these before pausing important apps.

App compatibility

A practical matrix for browsers, chat apps, sync tools, creative apps, developer tools and calls.

Check app compatibility

Safety and limits

When pausing is safe, when to avoid it, and why AppHalt is not a Mac cleaner.

Read safety guidance

Problem guides

Choose the situation closest to yours.

Pause apps without quitting

The core AppHalt workflow: keep windows open, pause what can wait, resume later.

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Reduce background CPU

How to reason about CPU, Energy Impact, and apps that keep working while idle.

Open guide

Activity Monitor vs AppHalt

Activity Monitor is for inspection; AppHalt is for deliberate app control.

Compare both

App-specific guides

Advice depends on what the app is doing.

Slack and Teams

Understand why communication apps should not be paused during live work.

Slack guide

Xcode, Figma, Discord, Spotify

Use the app guide hub for specific risks and first tests.

Open app guide hub

Complete library

Explore every Mac troubleshooting guide.

The references above are the best starting points. The complete editorial library also covers performance, battery, heat, fans, macOS updates, background processes, and app-specific symptoms. Each guide should help you inspect the cause before you quit, pause, or change anything.