Regeln
Pro
Dauerhafte Anweisungen wie „Wenn Docker im Batteriebetrieb inaktiv ist, pausiere es“, geprüft mit denselben Sicherheitsregeln wie ein Klick.
The problem
Some problems come back every day. Dropbox starts working hard the moment you unplug, an updater wakes up in the middle of a meeting, Slack has grown again by Thursday. You can fix each one by hand every time, or tell Hedroom once.
A rule is a sentence: when this app is in this moment, do this. It is consent you give in advance, so it goes through the same safety checks as a click, uses only the gentlest actions without asking, and gets a receipt every time it acts.
How it works
- Build it in four steps. App, Moment, Action, Safety. The sentence updates as you choose, for example "When Dropbox uses lots of CPU in the background, move it to efficiency cores".
- Check the estimate. Hedroom replays your last 7 days and shows roughly how often the rule would have run, marked as an estimate. The real result appears in Receipts.
- Try it once. "Try it once now" runs the rule right now, so you see what it does before you rely on it.
- Hedroom watches. On every check it tests the condition. A rule fires when the condition turns true, not continuously, then waits out its cooldown (30 minutes by default). It does not pause, move or quit the app in front of you, an app on a call, or one on your never-touch list.
- It undoes itself. A move to the efficiency cores or a pause ends when the condition ends or when you switch to the app. Every action is logged and gets a receipt.
What you will see
The Rules screen lists each rule as a sentence with a switch, when it last ran and how many times this week. A rule set to ask first does not act on its own: it sends a notification with Do it and Skip. A rule flagged as not helping shows a Turn it off button. A "Never touch these" list sits below, with the note that anything playing audio or on a call is skipped too.
Every time a rule acts, Receipts gets a row that names it, for example "Rule: is idle on battery", with the measured before and after.
A worked example
Example, not real data
Taming a sync client
Say you use Dropbox, and your Mac gets warm at your desk every few days. You build: when Dropbox uses lots of CPU in the background, move it to the efficiency cores. The builder shows how often that would have happened last week, as an estimate.
You press Try it once now while Dropbox is busy. Hedroom runs the same safety checks as a click, moves Dropbox and writes a receipt. Happy with it, you save the rule. From then on it acts when Dropbox averages 80% of a core or more for 3 minutes in the background, and gives the app its normal priority back when the load ends or you open it. If three receipts in a row show no effect, Hedroom tells you.
Details and limits
Was es tut
- Erstellt eine Regel in vier Schritten: App, Moment, Aktion, Sicherheit. Zeigt die Regel als Satz und eine Schätzung aus Ihren letzten 7 Tagen.
- Lässt Sie eine Regel einmal sofort ausführen, bevor Sie sich auf sie verlassen.
- Markiert eine Regel als „hilft nicht“ nach drei Belegen ohne messbare Wirkung.
What it will not do
- Sich selbst einschalten. Jede Vorlage wird ausgeschaltet ausgeliefert, und Sie wählen, welche Sie aktivieren.
- Die Sicherheitsprüfungen überspringen. Eine Regel durchläuft dieselben Prüfungen wie ein Klick, und eine regelgesteuerte Pause betrifft nur Apps, die damit klarkommen, oder von Ihnen gewählte.
- Irgendetwas anfassen, das von Apple signiert ist.
Limits
- Hedroom behält bis zu 50 Regeln.
Kostenlos oder Pro
Teil von Pro. Ohne Pro bleiben Ihre Regeln erhalten, sind aber pausiert, mit dem Zeichen „Pausiert – Pro“.
A rule acts for you, and acting is what Pro covers. Your rules are never deleted, only paused.
Questions people ask
Can a rule act without asking me?
Only a rule you created with ask first off, and only for the gentle actions: moving an app to the efficiency cores, pausing an app the library marks pause-safe or one you picked yourself, relaunching an app marked relaunch-safe, or sleeping browser tabs. A quit always asks first. Every template ships off.
Can a rule delete files?
No. A rule can relaunch, quit, pause or demote an app, sleep browser tabs, or notify you. Nothing automatic can delete anything.
What stops a rule from looping?
Limits: one rule action per app every 5 minutes, 20 an hour overall, 50 rules in total, and a cooldown after each run. If two rules want the same app, the gentler action wins.
Do rules run when Hedroom is closed?
No. Rules run inside Hedroom, which does its watching from the menu bar while the app is open. They stop while you pause monitoring.