Thunderbolt dock that allows charging to be disabled?

[Ubuntu]

Hey all,

I’ve been using a Caldigit TB3 for years now and wondered if anyone knew of a way (or another dock) to disable charging while keeping the other functions of the dock? As I understand that keeping your MacBook plugged in all the time can affect the battery and given I have an M1 I rarely need to charge it anyway.

Does anyone know of such a thing?

 

[barbu]

Your Mac will manage this. My MBP is almost always docked. MacOS will keep it at a “maintenance level” and not charge it past ~75% in order to keep the battery happy during long phases of being plugged in. You will see this expressed in the battery drop down.

 

[izzy0242mr]

Hey all,

I’ve been using a Caldigit TB3 for years now and wondered if anyone knew of a way (or another dock) to disable charging while keeping the other functions of the dock? As I understand that keeping your MacBook plugged in all the time can affect the battery and given I have an M1 I rarely need to charge it anyway.

Does anyone know of such a thing?

You can manually make the Mac stop charging at any desired percentage level if you use the free AlDente app.

 

[MacTiki]

Hey all,

I’ve been using a Caldigit TB3 for years now and wondered if anyone knew of a way (or another dock) to disable charging while keeping the other functions of the dock? As I understand that keeping your MacBook plugged in all the time can affect the battery and given I have an M1 I rarely need to charge it anyway.

Does anyone know of such a thing?

Did you find a doc that allows you to disable charging?

 

[xraydoc]

Hey all,

I’ve been using a Caldigit TB3 for years now and wondered if anyone knew of a way (or another dock) to disable charging while keeping the other functions of the dock? As I understand that keeping your MacBook plugged in all the time can affect the battery and given I have an M1 I rarely need to charge it anyway.

Does anyone know of such a thing?

You're best off doing it in software with something like Al Dente (as others have posted). I'm not aware of any option to disable charging on these hubs/docks.