Macbook Battery

[jnguyen4]

Ok. I have had my Macbook for almost 3 years now and I'm on my third battery. The other ones died and Apple was able to replace them for me because of my applecare. Besides that, I have a couple questions:

1. I know some people on these forums say that it is ok to keep your computer plugged in all the time but just calibrate it every month. And it is not recommended to charge and fully discharge every cycle. However, my friend has his Macbook for about 2 years and he fully discharges it everytime and he never leaves it in the charger after it is fully charged. His battery is still at 100%. Mine is at 90% now. So is it recommended to full discharge?

2. Since i am at 90% now, is there anyway that i can increase that percent up again?

Please don't be sarcastic with me and tell me to search the forums, because I have.

Please don't try to google it for me. I thought this place was actually useful until I saw serious people looking for help and smug people googling it for him. Personally, I think that is pretty lame. Thanks in advance for the people that actually DO help.

 

[flopticalcube]

Its recommended that you actually do use the battery. Even something as small as leaving it unplugged while sleeping overnight. While deep cycling is necessary for calibration, shallow cycling is better for these types of batteries.

More here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/500355/

 

[miles01110]

1. I know some people on these forums say that it is ok to keep your computer plugged in all the time but just calibrate it every month. And it is not recommended to charge and fully discharge every cycle. However, my friend has his Macbook for about 2 years and he fully discharges it everytime and he never leaves it in the charger after it is fully charged. His battery is still at 100%. Mine is at 90% now. So is it recommended to full discharge?

I'd say that's more due to good luck than never leaving it plugged in.

2. Since i am at 90% now, is there anyway that i can increase that percent up again?

No.

Please don't try to google it for me. I thought this place was actually useful until I saw serious people looking for help and smug people googling it for him. Personally, I think that is pretty lame. Thanks in advance for the people that actually DO help.

There are reasons the regular forum members tell people to search. It helps them find answers to their problems faster than waiting for a response. It saves on server space by reducing the number of duplicate threads and posts. If you think it's "pretty lame" then you must not really understand the mechanics of running large, database-driven CMSs. Stick around a while and you'll see that the same threads pop up on a daily basis- it gets tiring.

 

[jnguyen4]

I'd say that's more due to good luck than never leaving it plugged in.



No.



There are reasons the regular forum members tell people to search. It helps them find answers to their problems faster than waiting for a response. It saves on server space by reducing the number of duplicate threads and posts. If you think it's "pretty lame" then you must not really understand the mechanics of running large, database-driven CMSs. Stick around a while and you'll see that the same threads pop up on a daily basis- it gets tiring.

ok thanks. i appreciate the response. i do search the forums before posting. that is why i haven't posted much. because all my questions r answered in here. sometimes the threads contain many pages and some people don't have enough time to search through the pages. i see where you're coming from.