Tonight I accidently left my MacBook on and it some how ran down to 1% and shut off. I immediately plugged it back in and began charging back up. Have done any damage to the battery or it's capacity?
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Ran Battery Dead....is it bad?
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Nope, if anything it will start showing MORE accurate information as far as time remaining and max capacity goes than it did before. How else do you think battery calibrations work? 
you can't run the battery dry. it has protection to keep the cells from fully discharging. so even though it says 1% that only means it has 1% left till the battery voltage is low enough to trigger the cut off. this is what I really like about Li ion cells.
but fully draining the cells if you could would not be a good thing.
but fully draining the cells if you could would not be a good thing.
It is not something I would plan on letting happen regularly, but at the same time is also part of the battery calibration process you should be doing every so often - every six months or so depending on how hard you are on the battery.
The theory is that if you completely discharge the battery by letting it run out completely, then recharge the battery back to full, it gives the meter a more accurate reading of the power remaining in the battery (and helps remove against memory effects - this an issue with li-ion?)
The theory is that if you completely discharge the battery by letting it run out completely, then recharge the battery back to full, it gives the meter a more accurate reading of the power remaining in the battery (and helps remove against memory effects - this an issue with li-ion?)