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RazerBatteryonMac

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Fixes the issue where Razer Synapse is unavailable on macOS, providing a simple menu bar utility to display Razer mouse battery level.

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# 🖱️ RazerBattery for macOS

> A lightweight macOS utility that restores Razer mouse battery monitoring — built natively for Mac users.

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## 🧩 Overview
**RazerBattery** is a macOS menu bar utility designed to solve a long-standing issue:  
Razer Synapse, the official Razer configuration software, is no longer supported on macOS.  
As a result, users cannot check the battery status of their Razer wireless devices.

This project provides a **minimal and native Swift solution**, allowing Mac users to view their Razer mouse battery level **directly in the system menu bar**, without any background daemons or third-party frameworks.

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## 🎯 Motivation
As a Razer peripheral user on macOS, I found it inconvenient that Razer Synapse was unavailable, leaving no way to monitor the battery level of my mouse.  
This project originated from that frustration — to build a small, efficient, and polished tool that seamlessly integrates with the macOS ecosystem.

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## ✨ Features
- 🔋 **Real-time battery status** for Razer wireless mice  
- 🍎 **Native Swift implementation**, lightweight and efficient  
- 🧠 **No dependencies** — works without Razer Synapse  
- 💡 **Automatic refresh** and background update  
- 🎛️ **Minimal menu bar interface**, integrated with macOS design

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## 🧰 Technical Details
- **Language:** Swift  
- **Frameworks:** `Foundation`, `IOKit`, `AppKit`  
- **Architecture:** macOS Menu Bar App  
- **Device Communication:** Reads battery data from HID device descriptors via IOKit  
- **Project Type:** Xcode (Swift App)

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## 📸 Preview

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## 🔧 Installation
```bash
git clone https://github.com/marktsai333/RazerBattery.git  
cd RazerBattery  
open RazerBattery.xcodeproj  
```

Build and run directly in **Xcode**.  
The app will appear as an icon in your **macOS menu bar**.

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## 🧠 Future Improvements
- [ ] Support multiple Razer devices simultaneously  
- [ ] Add low-battery notification system  
- [ ] Integrate with macOS Shortcuts or AppleScript

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## 🧑‍💻 Author
**Mark Tsai (蔡宇炫)**  
Department of Computer Science  
**National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University**

📧 Email: [marktsai333@gmail.com](mailto:marktsai333@gmail.com)  
🐙 GitHub: [@marktsai333](https://github.com/marktsai333)

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## 💬 Personal Reflection
Developing *RazerBattery* strengthened my understanding of **macOS system-level programming**,  
particularly in handling **hardware communication (IOKit)** and **UI integration (NSStatusBar)**.  
It also inspired me to explore how everyday frustrations can be solved elegantly through software —  
a philosophy I hope to carry into my future **research in Human-Computer Interaction and interactive systems**.

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> 🧠 *“Bridging the gap between hardware and user experience — one click at a time.”*

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