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farmaceut

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Dec 20, 2018
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Hello,
I go abroad for at least month and won't take neither my iPad Pro nor Apple Pencil Pro. While the iPad Pro is turned off already, I am quite afraid the pencil would discharge... What could I do?
Thanks.
 
I've wondered about this too, since I can go long periods without using my pencil. I'm thinking unpaired, the Pencil might stay in some sort of dormant mode and not draw on the battery?
 
While the iPad Pro is turned off already, I am quite afraid the pencil would discharge... What could I do?
If you're that worried about it, I recommend setting the iPad to 80% charge limit, plugging it in, and leaving the Apple Pencil Pro attached so it will be charging the whole time.
 
I found you can charge the Apple Pencil Pro 2 on a standard Apple MagSafe charging disk. Slide the pencil back and forth and it will snap to the center position on the disk. There is no indication the pencil is charging except if you have a charger the MagSafe is plugged into has a charge rate meter.
 

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I have left an Apple Pencil 2 before for a month (in a case pocket holder and not stuck to the iPad) and it was fine when I came back. I forgot the charge percentage but it still had a decent amount left. I did charge it to around 80% before I left it.
 
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