AppHalt - A pause button for your Mac apps

Hey Product Hunt, I’m Gabriel, the maker of AppHalt. I built AppHalt after asking myself a very simple question: Why can we quit, hide, minimize and force-quit Mac apps — but not simply pause them? That became the whole idea. AppHalt adds a pause button to macOS apps. It is made for those moments when an app is still useful, but too active in the background. Chrome with too many tabs. Figma after a design session. Teams after meetings. Photoshop sitting open. Slack running all day. Or any Mac app you may need again soon, but don’t want constantly working in the background. Quitting feels too brutal. Leaving everything running feels wasteful. AppHalt gives you a third option: • pause the app • keep its windows, tabs and files open • resume it when you need it again The app stays where it is. Your workspace stays intact. Its background activity stops until you bring it back. This is AppHalt’s second Product Hunt launch, and it is a major update compared to the first version. What’s new: • more reliable pause and resume • better paused/running app detection • smoother CPU monitoring • Auto-Pause for inactive apps • Pro features • cleaner license and update handling • a more polished macOS interface I also want to be very clear about what AppHalt is not. It is not a cleaner. It is not a RAM booster. It is not a magic “make your Mac faster” promise. It is a focused macOS utility for people who keep many apps open and want more control over what stays active. I’d love your feedback, especially if you live with Chrome, Figma, Teams, Slack, Photoshop, Xcode, VS Code or too many apps open all day. What Mac app would you pause first?