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Battery life Question(have done a seach)

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mansa

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Hi I have done searches and checked the guides but I am still a bit confused.

I just got my macbook 2.4 a week ago and the battery will now only charge to 99%.

What is the best way to use it to keep the battery in good condition. I am normally near a power source but I read that apple do not advise to use the macbook plugged in so that what I have been doing.

Should I calibrate the battery ?

Advise would be much appreciated as I am completely new to macs.
 
What i do is, Let the battery completely die and and then put it on the charge with out using it to fully charge. Do this once a month.
 
If your battery is over 95% it will stop charging. This is to ease stress from constant bits of charging. If it bothers you that much let it drop to 94% and then charge it.

Instructions for calibrating are on Apple's site.

You read incorrectly, using while plugged in is fine.
 
darngooddesign said:
If your battery is over 95% it will stop charging. This is to ease stress from constant bits of charging. If it bothers you that much let it drop to 94% and then charge it.

Instructions for calibrating are on Apple's site.

You read incorrectly, using while plugged in is fine.
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so when its plugged in does it run off the power supply ?
 
Guys...guys...the problem here, according to his original post, is that he did a SEACH, not a SEARCH. No wonder he didn't find those posts that you linked.
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