Battery? Charging?

[XFacta82]

Is it bad to keep the cord plugged into my macbook after it is fully charged (green light coming on)?

 

[pyr0sphere]

Well if you don't expect, your battery cycles to skyrocket

In a sense, yes it is okay to leave it plugged in after it finishes charging. I might even say you're supposed to leave it plugged in

 

[XFacta82]

Why I am supposed to leave it charged in? Isn't overcharging things bad?

 

[el3ctone]

it automatically stops charging and runs of the power adapter once its full, and when theres a spike in power draw it will draw some from the battery intermittently. That's also why apple recommends you keep the battery in even when you are running off wall power

 

[XFacta82]

So I can technically keep it plugged in 24/7 and nothing would go wrong with the battery?

 

[krye]

Yes, it's OK to leave it plugged in. You can't overcharge a Macbook battery. I kept mine plugged in and as a desktop for a year. I cycled the battery once a month. Now that I have a Mac Pro I use the Macbook as a laptop. My battery health is still 100%.