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Best Battery Practices?

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tweekskratch

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Dec 3, 2007
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I have had to replace my battery once in two years. There are a lot of rumors that talk about not letting you battery go totally dead while you computer is running, yet others that I have heard say that it's actually good for them to run dry once and a while. It's also interesting to note that right after I got my new battery, the life of my MBP was about 2 1/2 hours. Skip ahead three months and it's already down 1/2 hr.

Does anyone have FACTS on giving your MBP battery the longest life possible?

thanks all. :apple:
 
upinflames900 said:
One more thing...download coconut battery to find information on the health of your battery.
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That's a great little app. thanks! The Apple site also talks about charging and discharging. I was unable to find info on their site about how exactly to do this?

Thanks!
 
tweekskratch said:
That's a great little app. thanks! The Apple site also talks about charging and discharging. I was unable to find info on their site about how exactly to do this?

Thanks!
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Let your battery from 100% run right down, then charge it all the way back up. That is the battery callibration that Apple reccomend you do when you first get a Macbook/MacbookPro/etc. :)

Info here:- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490
 
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