1:59 Slower charging speed does not decrease battery health. It's actually much better for it than charging the battery faster. It's just not as nice for having a charged battery on a time limit, though.
Josh is completely right, slower charging is better (slow=less heat=better). Also the charger brand doesn't really matter as the charge CONTROLLER is in the MacBook. Unfortunately another videos about batteries full of misunderstandings. :/
@@valynor Charger brand does make difference, I have used cheap iPhone chargers which would glitch the phone while plugged in, the screen would become unresponsive, charge controller in the iPhone did not do anything. Some cheap chargers should not be used
@@rumbecker5085 well yes but this is by definition a defective charger. It doesn't have to be an Apple charger, e.g. Anker is perfectly fine at a much lower price.
@@valynor Correct so brand does matter, Anker charger are fantastic many other good brands out there but the BRAND DOE matter. Cheap Chinese and other knock offs are garbage, it's very important to get a good brand. As for OEM, there is no way I would pay for an OEM Apple charger
TL:DW with corrections 1. Charge the battery with a slower charger, max 100W (they charge at 80W speeds) 2. Keep the battery between 20-80% (though I've found it to be pretty okay to do 10-90%) 3. If you do heavy tasks that will pull 60-70W consistently, plug in the laptop. 4. Don't keep the laptop plugged in at 100% (pretty obvious)
I thought that when you reach 100%, the MacBook system will automatically switch to the plug input and so it’s doesn’t matter if you keep it plugged, it might even be better
@@davidcolti9979 I've heard really conflicting things about point four. Some experts say don't keep it plugged in at 100% and others say it doesn't matter and Mac will automatically optimize the charge. Which is itttttt lol
Actually it’s pretty bad to let the battery charged at 100% all the time because it strains the cell. A cell in a battery need to not be overly discharged or maintained at peak voltage. In order to not put strain in your battery you need to maintain the cell to a more reasonable voltage an thus maintaining the battery at 60 to 70 % Charge when you a constantly plugged in. You need to do a cycle from time to time to reset the charge controler
MBA M1 over here, I had it like 19 months ago. First ten months used it as "regular" laptop, then last eight / nine months I used it always plugged in since I do some streaming, video editing and such and external monitor. I unplug it when I'm done and every now and then I let it discharge to 20%. Right now I'm at 98% BH and 88 cycles, and it gives me nearly 15 hours of usage on battery alone. Just don't let it drain completely and don't be afraid to plug it in if you're going to do heavy tasks.
How often do you discharge it to 20%? I've been using mine for almost 9 months now with 32cc and 97% batt health. Most of the time it's plugged in when I'm using it. I was bit shocked when I lost 3% batt health (100-97) real quick in just a month. I still had it at 100% batt health just a month ago then boom 97% real quick. But it was on my 8 month of using it (almost always plugged in) that it started decreasing to 97%. Hope you can help me on this one.
@@johnlexterrosales143tbh I rarely let it go beyond 20%. Most of the time I plug it between 20% and 80%. The only cases where I let it charge beyond 80 is when I'm performing heavy tasks such editing audio or video. As for today, my MBA M1 base model is currently at 96% and 128 cycles, with a normal battery condition. Is worth metioning that I'm using it as a regular laptop since I have other laptops to perform edition and such. I don't know how old is your MB, but maybe the battery percentage dropped all at once? Mine was slowly decreasing but I know cases where that drops suddenly after a year or so.
indeed, that’s the problem with newer devices & chargers, and the main reason the 12 and 13 iPhone series lose 3 to 4 battery health percentage in less than a year
@@emirmontazeri No, there’s something else at work. I have an iPhone 13, and only charge using an old 5W brick, with optimised charging, and have lost 4% health over nine or ten months.
@@nanolog522 I believe the main factor is heat (besides battery cycle, obv). Maybe your case didn’t let the phone to stay cool during charging, or you used it while charging. Fun fact I actually commented something like this under another video that said turn off optimization as it could damage the battery (still have mine on however), I will link it for you in next comment. Also, I do not think after 10 months, that’s too bad of decrease, just saying my opinion not experience.
I have the iPhone 11 pro max since it came out and my battery 🔋 health is on 95%, the way I charge it : I always plug it in around 8pm and charge only to 98%. I never let it on the charger over night because with my previous iphones I ruined my batteries leaving them plugged in all the time.
A little something for y'all- there's 86 cycle counts at the moment and my battery capacity is at 94%. I accidentally let it drain to complete 0% about 6 times as well since I have the tendency to pass out when overworked still having programs, renders, etc. which drains down the battery. Everytime that happened I always saw a deduction by 1% on the capacity. To prolong your batterylife, never let it fully drain cause it does have a huge impact the more it happens.
Actually apple engineers already said that letting it drain from 100% to 0% in 1 day, or 20% per day in 5 days you would drain 1 cycle of 0-100% battery charge, the 2 scenarios are actually the same, the point is that the more you use on battery the fastest it ill lose the 1k cycles until the battery completely dies. The same on iPhone. To prolong battery life is more simple to never use on battery hahaha but that kills the purpose of having a MacBook instead of an iMac
@@Natanael_nass true, quite agree on the last part. But if someone's just holding onto a MacBook temporarily and hopes to upgrade in the next generations or so, like I do, quite helps to get the battery capacity higher so the resell price won't get that lowballed much. 😂
Yup I always from day 1 when I got my iPhone thought abt if it fully died the life goes down and my iPhone only fully died once or twice because of some reasons but I charge my phone when I gets low and it works
A more powerful charger would not charge a battery faster than the maximum rate the battery management system is designed to take. The input voltage has to be within the range, and should be able to provide enough current to maintain that voltage without too much noise. Charging a battery slower would not damage a battery but in certain cases will increase its longevity. That being said, if the system is in use to a point where the battery is constantly going in between charge, discharge states due to the adaptor not being able to provide enough power to maintain the running system while charging, this can negatively affect the longevity.
Right. I don't know why these old-school battery myths still exist. No one is using nickel-cadmium batteries in laptops any longer. Modern battery tech has so many preventative measures in place due to both globally accepted safety regulations as well as tech advancements in the past decade that we simply do not need to worry about anything other than constant and complete full discharges or long term storage whilst the battery is fully expunged. I get the need to pad a video with speech to make it longer for the algorithm, but some further research into what modern battery technology is really all about wouldn't have gone unwarranted. And of *course* they claim that we shouldn't skip software updates. But not because of battery related gains, usually. Take that one wherever you will.
I used my macbook pro m1 as a desktop and always kept it plugged in. After 9 months and 31 cycles my battery life was at 84%. I changed the battery on the last 2 days of warranty and now I'll try to use it as a normal laptop and charge it between 30-80%. Also I'm going to use Aldente.
I've had my M1 MBP since January of 2021. I've used Al Dente since day 1. I keep my battery limited to 60% on work days (work from home, stays plugged in 8-5), and 80% on weekends. I rarely go below 30% and have only gone below 20% a handful of times. I have charged to 100% occasionally. I have 108 cycles and macOS reports 100% health. Coconut Battery reports 98%. If you're going to keep it plugged in that's fine, just set the limit to 50% or so if you can have a heads up to unplug (to set the limit higher to charge up).
The Aldente app is great as it stops the charge at your pre-selected percentage. Leaving the battery at 50% is the best for its longevity if you keep it plugged in all the time
I completely agree. I have used Al Dente for some time now and it greatly increased the battery lifespan of my 2020 13" intel MacBook Pro. After 18 months that battery was still at 98% before it lost an argument with a glass of wine, unfortunately the app cannot protect against this (I will never get over it). My latest 2021 16" M1 Pro is still sitting at 100%. I have always held the charge at 85% when plugged in. I have only charged it higher if I know that I am going to have a particularly heavy day away from a power source. I would highly recommend this app.
@@timblewee Wait.. if I did understand it right, I need to have this app so I could have mac plugged in and it stops charging when it comes to 85%. And I shoud not let mac drop under 50% of battery anytime? Sorry my english is not the best
@@TP-ot7lp your can let it drop below 50% but it's best that you charge it before it goes below 30%. They say that the ideal is between 80/30 add lithium batteries become stressed if the charge goes too low or too high. My iPhone 12 is almost 2 years old but still 100% health despite charging every day on a 20w fast charger because I keep the battery within that threshold. You're best to only go to 100% if you're travelling out have a particularly demanding worlflow and won't have access to a charger. If you're planning on keeping it plugged in for over a week it's best to keep it at 50% as 50% is the most comfortable state of charge of a lithium battery as there's am equal distribution of positive and negative ions. Apple does have a battery optimizer but it's not very effective because it does charge to 100% most times and relies on you having the exact same use pattern every day (e.g. You use it at 10am every day),if you don't have a predictable pattern the Apple algorithm struggles to optimise the battery. That's why Aldente is great, unlike the Apple battery optimizer, it gives you full manual control over when your battery stops charging and even stood charging of it detects that the battery is reaching a dangerous temperature (high temperatures degrades the battery faster) which is something Apple's optimizer can't do. If you want to disable Aldente to charge above the limit it's as simple as switching it off on the taskbar. It's free and the most essential app you can have to best preserve the life of your battery
@@loughrey101 wow thanks for useful info. So to conclude, If I am using it only daily basis its best to have it unplugged when it is on 80% and then when it drops to like 30 or 40 i should plugg it in?
@@TP-ot7lp Well, if you use the Aldente app and you set it to 80%, it'll stop charging at that point and use the plug so you won't be wearing out the battery. It's okay to keep it at 80% while plugged in, it's just if you are the type that leaves it plugged in for weeks is best to set that limit to 50% and the app will automatically drain your battery down to 50% and then switch to the plug, and then when your want to start using the battery again because you're travelling you can switch the app off in thr task bar and charge the battery up.
I personally think we worry too much about the MacBook battery and charging. I have my 2019 MacBook and it's always plugged, so far I have gone through 209 cycles. I also think that Mac OS optimises the battery charge for you. Currently my MacBook is at 79%, was at 100% this morning and I never unplugged it. Clicked on the battery icon and it says "(Charging on Hold) Rarely Used on Battery" I believe that's the OS handling when to discharge and fully charge without wondering about plugin and unplugging
Not only do people worry too much, but they worry about a bunch of shit that isn’t even true lol. These rules apply to most batteries, but not the ones Apple uses. They prioritize your battery’s health over basically everything else. You aren’t gonna do anything they aren’t already doing in software.
All this guys vids are bullshit. They’re aimed at people who aren’t tech savvy, most comments on here are fake or paid for. And almost all his vids are paid commercials for certain apps.
My M1 Pro MacBook Pro I bought last summer is still on 20 charge cycle and 99% capacity. When at home, I always have it plugged in, and once in a while I take it out and don't use the charger (the battery capacity is banging!), and when I get home, I plug it back on, and it either charges to 100% and slowly discharges to 80%, or sometimes it just charges to 80%. Sometimes I hit the "Charge to full now" just to get to 90% probably before I need to leave, but I've never been worried. Thanks Apple!
What is the point of having a laptop, if you are keeping it plugged all the time. After all those years, how is your battery doing when you need to run your machine only on it?
Not entirely sure I got what do you base your idea “not to interrupt charge until 90-95%”. Closer to 100 you get, more strain battery is getting. I would say 80% is good level of charge / balance of strain and capacity. Ideal for reducing strain would be 60% but it’s impractical. So I would charge up if I’m lower than 80% frequently when I have a minute or two next to the charger (talking more about smaller mobile devices in practice, but laptop would be similar)
Well, this should be setting in OS / BIOS and has been in Windows laptops for at least a decade: the "100%" really ment 100% of set charging threshold - e.g. 90,80% of total battery capacity.
This video is poorly researched, 'clickbaity', using scare tactics early on to get people to continue viewing it, and is filled to the brim with BS and misinformation that's simply not true. Such as only charging with the Apple issued charger. While it is true that cheap, knockoff chargers can damage your device - any charger that is worth its salt will do just fine. Even if it's of a much higher Wattage than what Apple provided. The power rating of a charger has no real bearing on the batterylife of the device it charges, as long as it doesn't charge the battery faster than the original charger (but still within spec of the charging capabilities of the device). A Macbook that is able to charge at 45 Watt will have just as good battery performance from using an original 45 watt charger, as it would from a 100+ watt third party charger. The device won't charge quicker than its intended 45 watt, but you can absolutely charge a laptop with 45 watt charging on a 100+ watt charger, with no issues what so ever. The device will still only draw 45 watt from the charger, so you're not running any higher risk of killing the port or the battery. Edit: And to add onto that, slow charging shouldn't really hurt batteries either, as long as it's supplying a constant-isch voltage, as any charger worthy of its name would. Heat does hurt battery longevity though, and faster charging generates more heat.
It is suggested to charge your battery powered devices to a maxium of 85%. They also say that our current battery tech is at its peak preformance between 50-85% state of charge and to try to keep it as close to these numbers as possible and to never go past 20% unless needed.
I got my base model 14in MacBook Pro in March and it's at 89% because of my HORRIBLE habits. 😞 I let it drain to 0 often bc I would be using it and forget to plug it in. Most of the time this happened when I fell asleep at night lol but I've seen a series of battery maintenance videos and I will be changing habits! This vid was super helpful as well!
My 7 year old Dell XPS 12 has a feature that will stop charging at 80% and will not start charging until it is below 50% unless I manually select "charge now to full". I mostly use it at home so don't need to have it fully charged as I'm most of the time plugged in. Battery health is showing 91% after 7 years! I do discharge and fully charge every few weeks .... Would be great apple added similar features!
You don’t need to use original charging accessories. As long as the output voltage matches the standard used by Apple (USB PD for example) then the laptop will take care of current. In fact the computer, not the charger does the majority of the workload regulating the input. Also interrupting charge will be less stressful on the battery. It’s like taking a break from from a stressful task.
Fun fact... MacBook Pros from 2008-2012 were made intentionally to abuse the battery as puffer storage because the power supply was not capable of delivering enough for 100% load. So the battery level was going while gaming or maximum load on CPU+GPU slowly down on AC. Some called it an engineering mistake, i think it was intentionally, because you literally needed unreasonable, sustained extreme load on CPU and GPU at the same time (gaming mainly), which the heat was anyways too much for the whole, super slim design cooking your legs/eggs already. I have my 2010 machine still, awesome device, upgraded even the SSD from 500GB to 1TB, so my 2010 MacBook Pro has more SSD than my 2021 M1 Pro base model with 512GB, but also just 8GB Ram vs 16 on the new.
4:12 it's not something Apple invented (the so-called Apple's Fast charging). This is basic battery chemistry. Given the battery is in an optimal temperature range, from 0% -75% power capacity, batteries tend to charge rapidly, it's the last few percentages, specifically the last 20% -15% where the charge rate gets down dramatically. From 90-95% to 100% charges is even harder and takes a lot of time compared to the low charge ranges. This is how batteries work.
My new M2 Air, it's been around one month and I usually plug in the charger when it's around 25% - 30% and then disconnect it at around 80%. Till now it has gone through 28 cycles.
If the charger has much more power than necessary, it will definitely NOT harm anything. People need to stop thinking that the charger pushes the juice into the device. The device actually just pulls as much juice it needs. So yes, too less power is not soo perfect but too much is not a problem at all as it will never be reached if the device cannot handle it.
@@amrufy544 Thats obviously because the normal charger does not provide the amount of power the device can technically handle whereas the fast charger does exactly that..🤔
I use my MacBook everyday but the tasks I need from it aren't that taxing for the M1 pro chip. So I just charge the battery when it gets low and avoid charging it overnight to prevent overcharging the battery.
I'm a little confused. I tried following the 80-20 rule but my battery health is now 94 percent after 6 mos of usage. I use it for my online classes for 6 hours a day. Should I plug it in instead?
some have suggest battery health issues are when charging via the USB-C that is lower power rating than the MagSafe, then whilst doing intensive tasks the machine is fighting between charging the battery and using the power for the machine. not sure how true that is but makes seem sense
when you use it, especially under load and you can yes! But when you are barely using your battery (or very mixed usecase like me where i end up always between 80 and 100% charge)... i would recommend using AlDente! Im limiting the charge mostly to anywhere 40-70% and im fine with it since i barely need the huge battery, as much i use it on battery power! Like this i dont have to stress the battery with a 100% charge when doing long work on AC/clamshell mode or even let it hang on AC for a week (with 50% charge)
You just have to know about macbooks batteries and LiIon/LiPo in general: - batteries dont like 100% and especially not 0% charge - avoid heat and cold conditions, not just for the hardware and condensation, but also for the battery! Cold is only good to a certain point when storing batteries! - fast charging is "deadly"... it decrease your batteries health dramatically (especially the 140W charger at the 2021 16" models). Im charging my 16" with 65W mostly, and sometimes even using it with my 20W iPhone brick The 140W original power brick is very inefficient in idle, a good 65W adapter will be pretty much close to its limits when under heavy load and at the most efficient point, also not very efficient at idle/basic stuff. But the 20W iPhone brick - It barely gets warm and is nearly at its best efficiency in idle/office. Its just draining the battery under heavier load or very bright screen. I really love the iPhone brick as long i dont need performance, but more convenient and usable for more than office/watching movies is the 65W/45+18W combo brick i normally use.
@@harrison00xXx Thanks for the reply. Which charging brick are you using? Also I'm doing heavy duty use only, mostly to edit on Premiere Pro and long periods of multi cam edits.
At first you said "simultaneous charging and discharging is not a useful exercise", then you said that is possible and ok to use MacBook always plugged in. Isn't that the same? Always plugged in device that is being used is constantly on power, charging/discharging?
I have used my 14mbp since June without doing anything about the battery except enabling low power mode on battery... And my battery health is still 100% Don't obsess over it
My M1 MacBook was just delivered recently. As I did with my older MacBook (2015) I plan to only use the charger that came with the laptop. Haven't had any issues. Not planning at any point to use the USB C hub I just bought to charge my MacBook.
hey can anyone help me iam just bought a new mac book pro and iam a video editor i use it all day can i use it plugged will it affect my battery life or not ?
Because he has no clue what he is talking about, and this video is only as good as a fake news. Charging the battery slower is better, because you're not heating the battery too much and heat damages the battery. Don't take my word for it, look it up, look at other comments. The 20%-80% rule is also bullshit, it was true 20 years ago, but now you're not gonna save your battery by doing that, you're only gonna use it more lol.
@@user-hm7zn6bz4y yeah, less heat is better. I thought the 80% part was not as true. But I think the battery going too low might not be that good. So if possible I plug in at ~20%
I heard that If we keep the MacBook connected to the charger all the time while using it, it will get the power directly from the adapter instead of the battery so This will not be considered in the cycle count. Still, I have observed that the MacBook gets heated more if we connect the charger all the time.
My MacBook Pro 14” is always plugged in to the Apple charger I got with it. It seems like MacOS manages my battery. I use my MacBook mostly as a desktop. Apple keeps it at 80% and tells me my MacBook is rarely used on battery. Do I need to discharge it to 50% every two weeks, then top it up. Or is keeping it at 80% okay. Shouldn’t my MacBook tell me that?
@Arthur Winer, I have purchased today M2 Air Base model from Authorised Apple Seller here in Mumbai, India. When I got the MBA in my hand, the store guy unboxed it and opened the lid but to my surprise it didn't start until we plugged in. We checked the battery health which was 100%. But this is the first time in my life that the Mac product didn't start after opening the lid. Is it normal or any issue with the hardware? The battery was charging well when plugged in but any idea why such thing must have happened? May there be any battery issue? The date of manufacture is September 2023. Will appreciate your feedback.
as musician its hardly to keep your Mac updated , usually I stay to the system my Mac shipped with , after 3 updates and lost plenty of projects and files it be like that , I update my Mac only by buying a new one
i've done everything you've said in this video for my mbp m1 14". it's been ONLY 3 months and the battery is now at 93% max capacity. i keep it charged and use it opened with an external monitor. i set it to sleep automatically when not in use. my main concerns are, what could i be doing wrong? and why has the battery already dropped so much with only 3 months of usage?? i paid way too much for this machine that is only going to die too quickly on me, it's irritating.
This video is shit. If you leave it plugged in all the time... Install aldente or similar software and set max charge to 50 or 60% that should slow battery degradation tremendously as the electrons are pretty evenly spread between cathode and anode and that takes pressure of the membrane.
Thats crazy. I have a m1 macbook air that I have have for over a year... it's still at 100% capacity. I don't do anything special. I plug it in most of the time. I do plug directly into a usb-port, I do NOT do passthrough charging through a hub. maybe thats just a bad idea.
@@bernirose2873 When i'm using my laptop it's plugged in. I use it like a desktop. At the end of the night i unplug and put it away. i do nothing special with it. I would recommend only charging with the official apple charging brick just to be safe. I don't use any third party chargers and I do NOT use passthrough charging through a dock or monitor
Thank you fo thi valuable information. But are you able to provide a general rule on how to charge and when to charge. Permanently plugged in vs. Plugin now and again. A short and sweet version, the one you are using.
I never travel with my macbook.I use it for music production in my studio and never leaves that table. Isnt it best to just leave the damn thing ALWAYS plugged?
I've seen conflicting videos and comments all over the internet about plugging in your Mac all the time is a bad practice or a good one? also is it true that battery is best preserved when we only charge it between 20% to 80%?
He is actually leaving some other facts about lower wattage charging. It is way healthier for the battery to be charged by lower wattage charger when your Mac is not in use, and you can actually use the lower wattage charger when you’re using your Mac doing normal light tasks, as long as your Mac is charging and you’re patient enough to wait a bit longer for it to recharge then there’s nothing bad to use one. Using always with the high wattage would be worse all the time if you don’t need any of those extra wattage to keep your Mac going and working. So kinda didn’t agree with what he said about using lower wattage in that case.
All this guys vids are bullshit. They’re aimed at people who aren’t tech savvy, most comments on here are fake or paid for and almost all his vids are paid commercials for certain apps. More people need to know this.
Is it true that you can't continue to charge the iPad when it's at 100%? I heard that when it's fully charged, the electric power will be pulled from the charger and rest the battery. And I know that keeping your battery at 100% for a long time will degrade your battery life, however how long is "a long time"? Is it 1 day, 3 days, or maybe 1 week? How about always keep the battery at 100% for let say 1-3 days at desk use, after that use the battery until it reach like 30% to cycle the battery performance? It is a win-win solution, right?
I used macpaw to clean all the old files and when I did it deleted actual files that I needed to run my mac seemlesly. I thought the software would let me know that I needed those files.
10:00 does that mean that if I use the macbook for video editing or music producing then it is better to do it while the laptop isn't charging? what if I have only about 20% after work and need to continue, should I stop to charge and just after it does use the laptop again?
With most other lithium powered devices, charging slower actually is healthier for the device. Why is a laptop different? I was surprised you said charging slower was bad for the macbook. Can you please clarify?
Very useful information, thanks for the video! But there is one advise that I totally disagree with 6:47 "Close the apps that you don't use" - not exactly correct way to operate it. It depends on the app. 'Cos if you use some apps frequently and "Quite" (close completely) it every time that will cause SSD and RAM degradation. MacOS is clever enough to completely stop the app while storing all the necessary information to quickly boot it up from the hibernation and it's not affect battery anyhow.
I've been using my m2 pro macbook pro around 11 months and when I checked the battery health, it said the cycle count was 481 and the maximum capacity was 86%. is it still ok?
There's nothing wrong if you connect a +100W charger on a Macbook Air, as long as it uses the Power Delivery standard it will provide only the neccesary power that your device requires. I charge my Macbook Air M1 with a USB-C 65W charger from a Lenovo Thinkpad T14 and only provides the required voltage and current neccesary for my device.
Al-dente to manage Max charge to 80%. OST of the time. And leave plugged in using an Apple iPad 30W charger when engaged in low power activities, and on the go. But use the supplied high power (m1 pro 16”) to top up before heading out on the go, or when rendering video, or when fans spin up. This combo minimises the battery temp in use and when being charged.
My 2009 mid-year MBP has been on constantly for at least the last 5 years plugged in and charging since the battery was replaced (running external monitor only). Battery shows 98%. Never unplugged/discharged/cycled unless the power went out. Gets at least 6 hours of use a day. In the last 13 years it's been ON far more than OFF.
All this guys vids are bullshit. They’re aimed at people who aren’t tech savvy, most comments on here are fake or paid for and almost all his vids are paid commercials for certain apps. More people need to know this.
Good explanation, good video, thank you! Just want to ask, which is more better : 1. I use my MBA M1 and always plugged in to USB-C to C Monitor (Thunderbolt) and sometimes like your recommendation to recharging it once every two weeks. Or, 2. I use USB-C to HDMI cable for my monitor, and charging my macbook with original power adapter. Thanks!
No one ask before, so i‘am new in the Game i bought my first MacBook Pro. Should i first charge the battery before turn it on the very first time, or can use it out of the box and then plug in the first time at 30% percent or something.
Still using my MacBook Pro from 2012 with it's original battery and it keeps working fine. Can easily use it for 1-2 hours on battery power alone. Battery has always been charged to 100%.
@Yash It's always plugged in when I use it, from beginning to end. I suggest people to use their MacBook in a normal way, without thinking about charging strategies. Just enjoy your machine and it should last 8+ years in normal use cases.
@@jurgor8661 Why exactly? My battery still works fine after 10 years of using. After 10 years it's probably time to upgrade anyway. Charging to 80% is only important in cars.
@@jeadventurous5497 I agree. All this battery optimization stuff is overthinking it for the vast majority of people. Just leave it plugged in until the level you're personally comfortable with. As long as it lasts the better part of a decade, you're fine because it will be time for an upgrade anyway. There are too many hardware and software upgrades over time to reasonably keep these machines as your main one for the rest of your life (and probably much more important things to worry about lol).
It's been 6 months since I bought M1 pro 16inch. Now, cycle count is 36 and capacity is still at 100%. I mostly keep it plugged in all the time. With optimized charging, charging stops at 80%.
@@ilovetwdg Normally, I don't have to because I only use it plugged in all the time. but I heard it's good to sometimes drain battery to 20-30% and then fully charge it again. So battery stays at around 80% most of the time. but sometimes optimized charging doesn't kick in. One workaround I find is that if the charging doesn't stop at 80%, let it charge to around 90% and then pull the plug. Plug it in after 5-10mins. This way optimized charging kicks in again and then battery drains to 80% and stays at that level. It's weird but I just wish they give full control over optimized charging to the user. I don't wanna use 3rd party so it works for me like that.
I am getting heat issue on my new (12 days older) MacBook Pro 13" M2, like even in the light use like RUclips, web browsing or multitasking like RUclips and vs code. is this something to be worried about ?
Is it okay if when I play a game on my MacBook Pro with M1pro I plug it in the power and it stays on 100%? I heard that when it is plugged in and has 100% it doesn’t use the internal battery but rather it should use the power it is plugged in.
Ok, so apple is shipping 140W power adapter witch is more power then needed. So I’m not fallowing. Also excess heat degrees battery health more than anything else. And while heating it up and after heating and cooling down it will function still it will not perform to the same level. Cooling on the other hand will cause the battery to stop working but once it’s heated up it will maintain full capacity. Heat kills battery and fast changing I.e using apples power adapter can actually lower the lifespan. But apple management of the battery will do everything it can to ensure it lasts the length of the warranty if not longer. So you really don’t need to worry.
On my iphone pro 15 there is an option to charge till 80 percent to save the battery. Since the batteries are the same technolgies does this hold true for a MacBook air too ?
Microsoft Surface, Asus, and Lenovo have options to charge the battery to 50% for desktop use. Do you recommend a similar 3rd party app on Macbooks used as a desktop?
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1:59 Slower charging speed does not decrease battery health. It's actually much better for it than charging the battery faster. It's just not as nice for having a charged battery on a time limit, though.
Yep, last time I checked, slower is better for lithium cells. Willing to be re-educated.
Josh is completely right, slower charging is better (slow=less heat=better). Also the charger brand doesn't really matter as the charge CONTROLLER is in the MacBook. Unfortunately another videos about batteries full of misunderstandings. :/
@@valynor Charger brand does make difference, I have used cheap iPhone chargers which would glitch the phone while plugged in, the screen would become unresponsive, charge controller in the iPhone did not do anything. Some cheap chargers should not be used
@@rumbecker5085 well yes but this is by definition a defective charger. It doesn't have to be an Apple charger, e.g. Anker is perfectly fine at a much lower price.
@@valynor Correct so brand does matter, Anker charger are fantastic many other good brands out there but the BRAND DOE matter. Cheap Chinese and other knock offs are garbage, it's very important to get a good brand. As for OEM, there is no way I would pay for an OEM Apple charger
TL:DW with corrections
1. Charge the battery with a slower charger, max 100W (they charge at 80W speeds)
2. Keep the battery between 20-80% (though I've found it to be pretty okay to do 10-90%)
3. If you do heavy tasks that will pull 60-70W consistently, plug in the laptop.
4. Don't keep the laptop plugged in at 100% (pretty obvious)
I thought that when you reach 100%, the MacBook system will automatically switch to the plug input and so it’s doesn’t matter if you keep it plugged, it might even be better
@@davidcolti9979 I've heard really conflicting things about point four. Some experts say don't keep it plugged in at 100% and others say it doesn't matter and Mac will automatically optimize the charge. Which is itttttt lol
It shouldnt overcharge..
So what's the practical advice? When your battery reaches 20% you start charging it? And then unplug it at 80%?
Actually it’s pretty bad to let the battery charged at 100% all the time because it strains the cell. A cell in a battery need to not be overly discharged or maintained at peak voltage. In order to not put strain in your battery you need to maintain the cell to a more reasonable voltage an thus maintaining the battery at 60 to 70 % Charge when you a constantly plugged in. You need to do a cycle from time to time to reset the charge controler
MBA M1 over here, I had it like 19 months ago. First ten months used it as "regular" laptop, then last eight / nine months I used it always plugged in since I do some streaming, video editing and such and external monitor. I unplug it when I'm done and every now and then I let it discharge to 20%.
Right now I'm at 98% BH and 88 cycles, and it gives me nearly 15 hours of usage on battery alone. Just don't let it drain completely and don't be afraid to plug it in if you're going to do heavy tasks.
How often do you discharge it to 20%? I've been using mine for almost 9 months now with 32cc and 97% batt health. Most of the time it's plugged in when I'm using it. I was bit shocked when I lost 3% batt health (100-97) real quick in just a month. I still had it at 100% batt health just a month ago then boom 97% real quick. But it was on my 8 month of using it (almost always plugged in) that it started decreasing to 97%. Hope you can help me on this one.
@@johnlexterrosales143tbh I rarely let it go beyond 20%. Most of the time I plug it between 20% and 80%. The only cases where I let it charge beyond 80 is when I'm performing heavy tasks such editing audio or video. As for today, my MBA M1 base model is currently at 96% and 128 cycles, with a normal battery condition.
Is worth metioning that I'm using it as a regular laptop since I have other laptops to perform edition and such. I don't know how old is your MB, but maybe the battery percentage dropped all at once? Mine was slowly decreasing but I know cases where that drops suddenly after a year or so.
dude is it normal for my MacBook Air m2 to be at 98% battery health after 84 cycle count I got it in July 2023
Charging slower doesn't hurt battery. In the contrary, it's better for battery health
indeed, that’s the problem with newer devices & chargers, and the main reason the 12 and 13 iPhone series lose 3 to 4 battery health percentage in less than a year
@@emirmontazeri No, there’s something else at work.
I have an iPhone 13, and only charge using an old 5W brick, with optimised charging, and have lost 4% health over nine or ten months.
@@nanolog522 I believe the main factor is heat (besides battery cycle, obv). Maybe your case didn’t let the phone to stay cool during charging, or you used it while charging. Fun fact I actually commented something like this under another video that said turn off optimization as it could damage the battery (still have mine on however), I will link it for you in next comment. Also, I do not think after 10 months, that’s too bad of decrease, just saying my opinion not experience.
I have the iPhone 11 pro max since it came out and my battery 🔋 health is on 95%, the way I charge it : I always plug it in around 8pm and charge only to 98%. I never let it on the charger over night because with my previous iphones I ruined my batteries leaving them plugged in all the time.
@@DobleCTheMinisters cool! What charger do you use?
A little something for y'all- there's 86 cycle counts at the moment and my battery capacity is at 94%. I accidentally let it drain to complete 0% about 6 times as well since I have the tendency to pass out when overworked still having programs, renders, etc. which drains down the battery. Everytime that happened I always saw a deduction by 1% on the capacity. To prolong your batterylife, never let it fully drain cause it does have a huge impact the more it happens.
Actually apple engineers already said that letting it drain from 100% to 0% in 1 day, or 20% per day in 5 days you would drain 1 cycle of 0-100% battery charge, the 2 scenarios are actually the same, the point is that the more you use on battery the fastest it ill lose the 1k cycles until the battery completely dies. The same on iPhone. To prolong battery life is more simple to never use on battery hahaha but that kills the purpose of having a MacBook instead of an iMac
@@Natanael_nass true, quite agree on the last part. But if someone's just holding onto a MacBook temporarily and hopes to upgrade in the next generations or so, like I do, quite helps to get the battery capacity higher so the resell price won't get that lowballed much. 😂
@@zayneytem hahahahah Im actually doing the same here! Taking care of my stuff to keep the resell higher 🤣
You should take care of your health if are passing out while working too much lol jk
Yup I always from day 1 when I got my iPhone thought abt if it fully died the life goes down and my iPhone only fully died once or twice because of some reasons but I charge my phone when I gets low and it works
A more powerful charger would not charge a battery faster than the maximum rate the battery management system is designed to take. The input voltage has to be within the range, and should be able to provide enough current to maintain that voltage without too much noise.
Charging a battery slower would not damage a battery but in certain cases will increase its longevity. That being said, if the system is in use to a point where the battery is constantly going in between charge, discharge states due to the adaptor not being able to provide enough power to maintain the running system while charging, this can negatively affect the longevity.
Right. I don't know why these old-school battery myths still exist. No one is using nickel-cadmium batteries in laptops any longer. Modern battery tech has so many preventative measures in place due to both globally accepted safety regulations as well as tech advancements in the past decade that we simply do not need to worry about anything other than constant and complete full discharges or long term storage whilst the battery is fully expunged. I get the need to pad a video with speech to make it longer for the algorithm, but some further research into what modern battery technology is really all about wouldn't have gone unwarranted.
And of *course* they claim that we shouldn't skip software updates. But not because of battery related gains, usually. Take that one wherever you will.
I used my macbook pro m1 as a desktop and always kept it plugged in. After 9 months and 31 cycles my battery life was at 84%. I changed the battery on the last 2 days of warranty and now I'll try to use it as a normal laptop and charge it between 30-80%. Also I'm going to use Aldente.
I've had my M1 MBP since January of 2021. I've used Al Dente since day 1. I keep my battery limited to 60% on work days (work from home, stays plugged in 8-5), and 80% on weekends. I rarely go below 30% and have only gone below 20% a handful of times. I have charged to 100% occasionally.
I have 108 cycles and macOS reports 100% health. Coconut Battery reports 98%.
If you're going to keep it plugged in that's fine, just set the limit to 50% or so if you can have a heads up to unplug (to set the limit higher to charge up).
@@quinton1661 How to keep your battery limited to 60% ( I use external monitor , with dock plugged in it always charges my macbook)
warranty makes battery replacements free? or was that apple care plus
@@definingslawek4731 Did you find the answer? Please let me know
you have to stop battery charging abouve a particular threshold if you keep your laptop on charging while using for long time
Thanks!
The Aldente app is great as it stops the charge at your pre-selected percentage. Leaving the battery at 50% is the best for its longevity if you keep it plugged in all the time
I completely agree. I have used Al Dente for some time now and it greatly increased the battery lifespan of my 2020 13" intel MacBook Pro. After 18 months that battery was still at 98% before it lost an argument with a glass of wine, unfortunately the app cannot protect against this (I will never get over it). My latest 2021 16" M1 Pro is still sitting at 100%. I have always held the charge at 85% when plugged in. I have only charged it higher if I know that I am going to have a particularly heavy day away from a power source. I would highly recommend this app.
@@timblewee Wait.. if I did understand it right, I need to have this app so I could have mac plugged in and it stops charging when it comes to 85%. And I shoud not let mac drop under 50% of battery anytime? Sorry my english is not the best
@@TP-ot7lp your can let it drop below 50% but it's best that you charge it before it goes below 30%. They say that the ideal is between 80/30 add lithium batteries become stressed if the charge goes too low or too high. My iPhone 12 is almost 2 years old but still 100% health despite charging every day on a 20w fast charger because I keep the battery within that threshold. You're best to only go to 100% if you're travelling out have a particularly demanding worlflow and won't have access to a charger.
If you're planning on keeping it plugged in for over a week it's best to keep it at 50% as 50% is the most comfortable state of charge of a lithium battery as there's am equal distribution of positive and negative ions.
Apple does have a battery optimizer but it's not very effective because it does charge to 100% most times and relies on you having the exact same use pattern every day (e.g. You use it at 10am every day),if you don't have a predictable pattern the Apple algorithm struggles to optimise the battery.
That's why Aldente is great, unlike the Apple battery optimizer, it gives you full manual control over when your battery stops charging and even stood charging of it detects that the battery is reaching a dangerous temperature (high temperatures degrades the battery faster) which is something Apple's optimizer can't do. If you want to disable Aldente to charge above the limit it's as simple as switching it off on the taskbar. It's free and the most essential app you can have to best preserve the life of your battery
@@loughrey101 wow thanks for useful info. So to conclude, If I am using it only daily basis its best to have it unplugged when it is on 80% and then when it drops to like 30 or 40 i should plugg it in?
@@TP-ot7lp Well, if you use the Aldente app and you set it to 80%, it'll stop charging at that point and use the plug so you won't be wearing out the battery. It's okay to keep it at 80% while plugged in, it's just if you are the type that leaves it plugged in for weeks is best to set that limit to 50% and the app will automatically drain your battery down to 50% and then switch to the plug, and then when your want to start using the battery again because you're travelling you can switch the app off in thr task bar and charge the battery up.
I personally think we worry too much about the MacBook battery and charging. I have my 2019 MacBook and it's always plugged, so far I have gone through 209 cycles. I also think that Mac OS optimises the battery charge for you. Currently my MacBook is at 79%, was at 100% this morning and I never unplugged it. Clicked on the battery icon and it says "(Charging on Hold) Rarely Used on Battery" I believe that's the OS handling when to discharge and fully charge without wondering about plugin and unplugging
ya me too and i also have 2020 macbook pro and i rarely take it off charge
Seems weird to me, but in my Macbook Air M1, I have 232 cycles, and it has 92% battery health, would you mind looking at your battery health?
@@AlejandroAnzolaAvila It says Normal on mine, the percentage is on state of charge
Not only do people worry too much, but they worry about a bunch of shit that isn’t even true lol. These rules apply to most batteries, but not the ones Apple uses. They prioritize your battery’s health over basically everything else. You aren’t gonna do anything they aren’t already doing in software.
All this guys vids are bullshit. They’re aimed at people who aren’t tech savvy, most comments on here are fake or paid for. And almost all his vids are paid commercials for certain apps.
My M1 Pro MacBook Pro I bought last summer is still on 20 charge cycle and 99% capacity. When at home, I always have it plugged in, and once in a while I take it out and don't use the charger (the battery capacity is banging!), and when I get home, I plug it back on, and it either charges to 100% and slowly discharges to 80%, or sometimes it just charges to 80%. Sometimes I hit the "Charge to full now" just to get to 90% probably before I need to leave, but I've never been worried. Thanks Apple!
i've used my 2010 17" mbpro daily as long as i've had it, and almost always plugged in. only at 391 cycles after 12 years!
Wow! I mean, WOW!
What is the point of having a laptop, if you are keeping it plugged all the time. After all those years, how is your battery doing when you need to run your machine only on it?
@@FATEK13 Who makes the rules of how people use their laptops? lol. Seriously?
Not entirely sure I got what do you base your idea “not to interrupt charge until 90-95%”. Closer to 100 you get, more strain battery is getting. I would say 80% is good level of charge / balance of strain and capacity. Ideal for reducing strain would be 60% but it’s impractical. So I would charge up if I’m lower than 80% frequently when I have a minute or two next to the charger (talking more about smaller mobile devices in practice, but laptop would be similar)
Well, this should be setting in OS / BIOS and has been in Windows laptops for at least a decade: the "100%" really ment 100% of set charging threshold - e.g. 90,80% of total battery capacity.
This video is poorly researched, 'clickbaity', using scare tactics early on to get people to continue viewing it, and is filled to the brim with BS and misinformation that's simply not true.
Such as only charging with the Apple issued charger. While it is true that cheap, knockoff chargers can damage your device - any charger that is worth its salt will do just fine. Even if it's of a much higher Wattage than what Apple provided.
The power rating of a charger has no real bearing on the batterylife of the device it charges, as long as it doesn't charge the battery faster than the original charger (but still within spec of the charging capabilities of the device). A Macbook that is able to charge at 45 Watt will have just as good battery performance from using an original 45 watt charger, as it would from a 100+ watt third party charger. The device won't charge quicker than its intended 45 watt, but you can absolutely charge a laptop with 45 watt charging on a 100+ watt charger, with no issues what so ever. The device will still only draw 45 watt from the charger, so you're not running any higher risk of killing the port or the battery.
Edit: And to add onto that, slow charging shouldn't really hurt batteries either, as long as it's supplying a constant-isch voltage, as any charger worthy of its name would. Heat does hurt battery longevity though, and faster charging generates more heat.
It is suggested to charge your battery powered devices to a maxium of 85%. They also say that our current battery tech is at its peak preformance between 50-85% state of charge and to try to keep it as close to these numbers as possible and to never go past 20% unless needed.
@@SStarlight9614 I personally agree with this - it’s fits my knowledge / research results.
@@mackan072 Welcome to his channel...
I got my base model 14in MacBook Pro in March and it's at 89% because of my HORRIBLE habits. 😞
I let it drain to 0 often bc I would be using it and forget to plug it in. Most of the time this happened when I fell asleep at night lol but I've seen a series of battery maintenance videos and I will be changing habits! This vid was super helpful as well!
Thanks!
My 7 year old Dell XPS 12 has a feature that will stop charging at 80% and will not start charging until it is below 50% unless I manually select "charge now to full". I mostly use it at home so don't need to have it fully charged as I'm most of the time plugged in. Battery health is showing 91% after 7 years! I do discharge and fully charge every few weeks .... Would be great apple added similar features!
Thanks
You don’t need to use original charging accessories. As long as the output voltage matches the standard used by Apple (USB PD for example) then the laptop will take care of current. In fact the computer, not the charger does the majority of the workload regulating the input. Also interrupting charge will be less stressful on the battery. It’s like taking a break from from a stressful task.
Fun fact... MacBook Pros from 2008-2012 were made intentionally to abuse the battery as puffer storage because the power supply was not capable of delivering enough for 100% load. So the battery level was going while gaming or maximum load on CPU+GPU slowly down on AC.
Some called it an engineering mistake, i think it was intentionally, because you literally needed unreasonable, sustained extreme load on CPU and GPU at the same time (gaming mainly), which the heat was anyways too much for the whole, super slim design cooking your legs/eggs already.
I have my 2010 machine still, awesome device, upgraded even the SSD from 500GB to 1TB, so my 2010 MacBook Pro has more SSD than my 2021 M1 Pro base model with 512GB, but also just 8GB Ram vs 16 on the new.
True but make sure the listed power on the charger is actually what it puts out :P which is a worry from cheap chargers
You said slower charging with a hub will hurt the battery, then why does Apple do a slower charge once it's above 80% to protect the battery?
4:12 it's not something Apple invented (the so-called Apple's Fast charging). This is basic battery chemistry.
Given the battery is in an optimal temperature range, from 0% -75% power capacity, batteries tend to charge rapidly, it's the last few percentages, specifically the last 20% -15% where the charge rate gets down dramatically. From 90-95% to 100% charges is even harder and takes a lot of time compared to the low charge ranges.
This is how batteries work.
My new M2 Air, it's been around one month and I usually plug in the charger when it's around 25% - 30% and then disconnect it at around 80%. Till now it has gone through 28 cycles.
@Yash 100%
@Yash Dw, it's almost 2 months now (54 days) and it's fine af. Have fun with your new mac!
@Yash Just follow what I said and you should be fine dw
@Yash Macbook's don't need to be shut down often, just shut the lid and you're good to go
If the charger has much more power than necessary, it will definitely NOT harm anything. People need to stop thinking that the charger pushes the juice into the device. The device actually just pulls as much juice it needs. So yes, too less power is not soo perfect but too much is not a problem at all as it will never be reached if the device cannot handle it.
@@amrufy544 Thats obviously because the normal charger does not provide the amount of power the device can technically handle whereas the fast charger does exactly that..🤔
I use my MacBook everyday but the tasks I need from it aren't that taxing for the M1 pro chip. So I just charge the battery when it gets low and avoid charging it overnight to prevent overcharging the battery.
I'm a little confused. I tried following the 80-20 rule but my battery health is now 94 percent after 6 mos of usage. I use it for my online classes for 6 hours a day. Should I plug it in instead?
3:59 Top Left Apple Icon -> About This Mac -> System Report [Then Click Power under Hardware]
some have suggest battery health issues are when charging via the USB-C that is lower power rating than the MagSafe, then whilst doing intensive tasks the machine is fighting between charging the battery and using the power for the machine. not sure how true that is but makes seem sense
10:07 Should we leave the Macbook always plugged in?
when you use it, especially under load and you can yes!
But when you are barely using your battery (or very mixed usecase like me where i end up always between 80 and 100% charge)... i would recommend using AlDente!
Im limiting the charge mostly to anywhere 40-70% and im fine with it since i barely need the huge battery, as much i use it on battery power! Like this i dont have to stress the battery with a 100% charge when doing long work on AC/clamshell mode or even let it hang on AC for a week (with 50% charge)
You just have to know about macbooks batteries and LiIon/LiPo in general:
- batteries dont like 100% and especially not 0% charge
- avoid heat and cold conditions, not just for the hardware and condensation, but also for the battery! Cold is only good to a certain point when storing batteries!
- fast charging is "deadly"... it decrease your batteries health dramatically (especially the 140W charger at the 2021 16" models). Im charging my 16" with 65W mostly, and sometimes even using it with my 20W iPhone brick
The 140W original power brick is very inefficient in idle, a good 65W adapter will be pretty much close to its limits when under heavy load and at the most efficient point, also not very efficient at idle/basic stuff. But the 20W iPhone brick - It barely gets warm and is nearly at its best efficiency in idle/office. Its just draining the battery under heavier load or very bright screen.
I really love the iPhone brick as long i dont need performance, but more convenient and usable for more than office/watching movies is the 65W/45+18W combo brick i normally use.
@@harrison00xXx Thanks for the reply.
Which charging brick are you using?
Also I'm doing heavy duty use only, mostly to edit on Premiere Pro and long periods of multi cam edits.
Bedankt
Thanks, man for this wonderful and informative video.
At first you said "simultaneous charging and discharging is not a useful exercise", then you said that is possible and ok to use MacBook always plugged in. Isn't that the same? Always plugged in device that is being used is constantly on power, charging/discharging?
I can't find anything usefull in the power section? I have a Macbook Pro M2 2023
I have used my 14mbp since June without doing anything about the battery except enabling low power mode on battery... And my battery health is still 100%
Don't obsess over it
appreciating your this valuable tutorial lots of love from Pakistan
My M1 MacBook was just delivered recently. As I did with my older MacBook (2015) I plan to only use the charger that came with the laptop. Haven't had any issues. Not planning at any point to use the USB C hub I just bought to charge my MacBook.
My iPad Pro is a 2018 model and do the complete opposite of your recommendations lol, it still works fine and holds charge well
5:22 w ell temp here is 48celsius -108f most of the time in summer
hey can anyone help me iam just bought a new mac book pro and iam a video editor i use it all day can i use it plugged will it affect my battery life or not ?
Should we charge the MacBook after shutting it down or jus putting it to sleep will do the work better ?
How is charging slower worse for the battery? If it's simply less amps but proper voltage, I don't see why it would be a problem.
Because he has no clue what he is talking about, and this video is only as good as a fake news.
Charging the battery slower is better, because you're not heating the battery too much and heat damages the battery. Don't take my word for it, look it up, look at other comments.
The 20%-80% rule is also bullshit, it was true 20 years ago, but now you're not gonna save your battery by doing that, you're only gonna use it more lol.
@@user-hm7zn6bz4y yeah, less heat is better. I thought the 80% part was not as true. But I think the battery going too low might not be that good. So if possible I plug in at ~20%
I heard that If we keep the MacBook connected to the charger all the time while using it, it will get the power directly from the adapter instead of the battery so This will not be considered in the cycle count. Still, I have observed that the MacBook gets heated more if we connect the charger all the time.
My MacBook Pro 14” is always plugged in to the Apple charger I got with it. It seems like MacOS manages my battery. I use my MacBook mostly as a desktop. Apple keeps it at 80% and tells me my MacBook is rarely used on battery. Do I need to discharge it to 50% every two weeks, then top it up. Or is keeping it at 80% okay. Shouldn’t my MacBook tell me that?
Great Video very informative!
I have a 2012 MBA, I have used it plugged in most of the time and my battery health is at 84% with 275 Cycles
Yes and don't change your habits, this video is BS. You're supposed to leave your mac plugged and not worry about the battey.
@Arthur Winer, I have purchased today M2 Air Base model from Authorised Apple Seller here in Mumbai, India. When I got the MBA in my hand, the store guy unboxed it and opened the lid but to my surprise it didn't start until we plugged in. We checked the battery health which was 100%. But this is the first time in my life that the Mac product didn't start after opening the lid. Is it normal or any issue with the hardware? The battery was charging well when plugged in but any idea why such thing must have happened? May there be any battery issue? The date of manufacture is September 2023. Will appreciate your feedback.
as musician its hardly to keep your Mac updated , usually I stay to the system my Mac shipped with , after 3 updates and lost plenty of projects and files it be like that , I update my Mac only by buying a new one
i've done everything you've said in this video for my mbp m1 14". it's been ONLY 3 months and the battery is now at 93% max capacity. i keep it charged and use it opened with an external monitor. i set it to sleep automatically when not in use. my main concerns are, what could i be doing wrong? and why has the battery already dropped so much with only 3 months of usage?? i paid way too much for this machine that is only going to die too quickly on me, it's irritating.
This video is shit. If you leave it plugged in all the time... Install aldente or similar software and set max charge to 50 or 60% that should slow battery degradation tremendously as the electrons are pretty evenly spread between cathode and anode and that takes pressure of the membrane.
Thats crazy. I have a m1 macbook air that I have have for over a year... it's still at 100% capacity. I don't do anything special. I plug it in most of the time. I do plug directly into a usb-port, I do NOT do passthrough charging through a hub. maybe thats just a bad idea.
@@sotoninwhat percent do u start to plug it in? and what’s your usual routine in charging it? kinda scared about mine
@@bernirose2873 When i'm using my laptop it's plugged in. I use it like a desktop. At the end of the night i unplug and put it away. i do nothing special with it. I would recommend only charging with the official apple charging brick just to be safe. I don't use any third party chargers and I do NOT use passthrough charging through a dock or monitor
@@sotonin thank you so much! but i can use extensions to plug it in, right? or i rly need to plug it in on direct outlet?
crazy production guys keep it up
glad I found you!
Thank you fo thi valuable information. But are you able to provide a general rule on how to charge and when to charge. Permanently plugged in vs. Plugin now and again. A short and sweet version, the one you are using.
I never travel with my macbook.I use it for music production in my studio and never leaves that table. Isnt it best to just leave the damn thing ALWAYS plugged?
I've seen conflicting videos and comments all over the internet about plugging in your Mac all the time is a bad practice or a good one? also is it true that battery is best preserved when we only charge it between 20% to 80%?
why does charging devices with less watt or slower would damage battery?
He is actually leaving some other facts about lower wattage charging. It is way healthier for the battery to be charged by lower wattage charger when your Mac is not in use, and you can actually use the lower wattage charger when you’re using your Mac doing normal light tasks, as long as your Mac is charging and you’re patient enough to wait a bit longer for it to recharge then there’s nothing bad to use one. Using always with the high wattage would be worse all the time if you don’t need any of those extra wattage to keep your Mac going and working. So kinda didn’t agree with what he said about using lower wattage in that case.
All this guys vids are bullshit. They’re aimed at people who aren’t tech savvy, most comments on here are fake or paid for and almost all his vids are paid commercials for certain apps. More people need to know this.
@@williamfeng6706 If anything, faster charging makes the battery temperatures higher, so it's actually worse for the battery's longevity.
Is it true that you can't continue to charge the iPad when it's at 100%? I heard that when it's fully charged, the electric power will be pulled from the charger and rest the battery. And I know that keeping your battery at 100% for a long time will degrade your battery life, however how long is "a long time"? Is it 1 day, 3 days, or maybe 1 week?
How about always keep the battery at 100% for let say 1-3 days at desk use, after that use the battery until it reach like 30% to cycle the battery performance? It is a win-win solution, right?
I used macpaw to clean all the old files and when I did it deleted actual files that I needed to run my mac seemlesly. I thought the software would let me know that I needed those files.
10:00 does that mean that if I use the macbook for video editing or music producing then it is better to do it while the laptop isn't charging? what if I have only about 20% after work and need to continue, should I stop to charge and just after it does use the laptop again?
1:04 What are those three round sockets on the right?
I’ve got 3 cycles in 5 days with my new MacBook Air M1… I need to start taking care of it
NOOO NOT YOUUU!!!! you sold your soul to clean my mac X..... other than that always great to watch your vids. keep it up :)
With most other lithium powered devices, charging slower actually is healthier for the device. Why is a laptop different? I was surprised you said charging slower was bad for the macbook. Can you please clarify?
Hmmm. You said it’s okay to plug in the device while in use. I work more than 8 hrs a day. So is it safe to plug it for that long? Thanks a lot
Very useful information, thanks for the video!
But there is one advise that I totally disagree with
6:47 "Close the apps that you don't use" - not exactly correct way to operate it. It depends on the app. 'Cos if you use some apps frequently and "Quite" (close completely) it every time that will cause SSD and RAM degradation.
MacOS is clever enough to completely stop the app while storing all the necessary information to quickly boot it up from the hibernation and it's not affect battery anyhow.
Should we shutdown down the mac when we are not using it for 2-3 hrs or keep it in sleep mode?
I've been using my m2 pro macbook pro around 11 months and when I checked the battery health, it said the cycle count was 481 and the maximum capacity was 86%. is it still ok?
what about power banks? is there a recommended brand?
Is it okay to use Macbook Pro (16") charger (96W) for charging Macbook Air M2 (base model)?
There's nothing wrong if you connect a +100W charger on a Macbook Air, as long as it uses the Power Delivery standard it will provide only the neccesary power that your device requires. I charge my Macbook Air M1 with a USB-C 65W charger from a Lenovo Thinkpad T14 and only provides the required voltage and current neccesary for my device.
really useful
I have a problem with my new macbook pro m3. It keeps charging past 80% even though the "optimized chardging" is on. How do I stop that?
Al-dente to manage Max charge to 80%. OST of the time. And leave plugged in using an Apple iPad 30W charger when engaged in low power activities, and on the go. But use the supplied high power (m1 pro 16”) to top up before heading out on the go, or when rendering video, or when fans spin up.
This combo minimises the battery temp in use and when being charged.
My 2009 mid-year MBP has been on constantly for at least the last 5 years plugged in and charging since the battery was replaced (running external monitor only). Battery shows 98%. Never unplugged/discharged/cycled unless the power went out. Gets at least 6 hours of use a day.
In the last 13 years it's been ON far more than OFF.
What about when it gets to 100%?
Thanks for the information 👍
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Is the Aldente app safe for MacBook Pro 2023?
great video sir...thanks a lot👌
Just a couple of minutes into the video and it already sounds pretty helpful!
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Good explanation, good video, thank you!
Just want to ask, which is more better :
1. I use my MBA M1 and always plugged in to USB-C to C Monitor (Thunderbolt) and sometimes like your recommendation to recharging it once every two weeks.
Or,
2. I use USB-C to HDMI cable for my monitor, and charging my macbook with original power adapter.
Thanks!
why do you need to recharge it if it is always plugged in????
No one ask before, so i‘am new in the Game i bought my first MacBook Pro. Should i first charge the battery before turn it on the very first time, or can use it out of the box and then plug in the first time at 30% percent or something.
I just got an m1 mb Air new, and it had no power at all. It had to charge a few minutes just to start up. Does that mean it’s been stored too long?
I’ve MacBook Pro 14 m1 Pro with 76 cycles and 96% battery health. How can I maintain the battery health?
What if i use it mostly plugged in will it reduce the battery capacity
Still using my MacBook Pro from 2012 with it's original battery and it keeps working fine. Can easily use it for 1-2 hours on battery power alone. Battery has always been charged to 100%.
@Yash It's always plugged in when I use it, from beginning to end. I suggest people to use their MacBook in a normal way, without thinking about charging strategies. Just enjoy your machine and it should last 8+ years in normal use cases.
Charging to a 100% is very counter productive. Try software like aldente to limit maximum charge to like 80% or even lower.
@@jurgor8661 Why exactly? My battery still works fine after 10 years of using. After 10 years it's probably time to upgrade anyway. Charging to 80% is only important in cars.
@@jeadventurous5497 I agree. All this battery optimization stuff is overthinking it for the vast majority of people. Just leave it plugged in until the level you're personally comfortable with. As long as it lasts the better part of a decade, you're fine because it will be time for an upgrade anyway. There are too many hardware and software upgrades over time to reasonably keep these machines as your main one for the rest of your life (and probably much more important things to worry about lol).
It's been 6 months since I bought M1 pro 16inch. Now, cycle count is 36 and capacity is still at 100%. I mostly keep it plugged in all the time. With optimized charging, charging stops at 80%.
is there a specific percent you let your macbook battery drain then charge it ?
@@ilovetwdg Normally, I don't have to because I only use it plugged in all the time. but I heard it's good to sometimes drain battery to 20-30% and then fully charge it again.
So battery stays at around 80% most of the time. but sometimes optimized charging doesn't kick in. One workaround I find is that if the charging doesn't stop at 80%, let it charge to around 90% and then pull the plug. Plug it in after 5-10mins. This way optimized charging kicks in again and then battery drains to 80% and stays at that level.
It's weird but I just wish they give full control over optimized charging to the user. I don't wanna use 3rd party so it works for me like that.
I’ve also got a MacBook Pro 16. Might sound like a dumb question but how do you know the optimised charging stops at 80%?
2015 MacBook Air here - one owner. Mostly plugged in at desk = get 4h non-stop use on battery 🪫
Thanks Winer
What about when plugged into the external monitor, it needs to be plugged all the time
Interesting info. 👍
Can I use my OnePlus 8t 65w brick to charge my MacBook Air M1?
I am getting heat issue on my new (12 days older) MacBook Pro 13" M2, like even in the light use like RUclips, web browsing or multitasking like RUclips and vs code.
is this something to be worried about ?
is it possible to prevent my macbook pro m1 pro to start up when opening the lid ? Thanks !
Great Info!
Is it okay if when I play a game on my MacBook Pro with M1pro I plug it in the power and it stays on 100%? I heard that when it is plugged in and has 100% it doesn’t use the internal battery but rather it should use the power it is plugged in.
mine 148 cycle , 1 year and 5 months , battery health at 91% is it good or bad
I’ve been thinking about buying a LG monitor with USB-C, can I charge the MacBook through there?
Ok, so apple is shipping 140W power adapter witch is more power then needed. So I’m not fallowing. Also excess heat degrees battery health more than anything else. And while heating it up and after heating and cooling down it will function still it will not perform to the same level. Cooling on the other hand will cause the battery to stop working but once it’s heated up it will maintain full capacity. Heat kills battery and fast changing I.e using apples power adapter can actually lower the lifespan. But apple management of the battery will do everything it can to ensure it lasts the length of the warranty if not longer. So you really don’t need to worry.
What if you bought the MacBook in another country? Should one only use the adapter?
1000 cycles equates to what 2.7yrs or so. Thats allowing it to die every day for 1000 days
On my iphone pro 15 there is an option to charge till 80 percent to save the battery. Since the batteries are the same technolgies does this hold true for a MacBook air too ?
i love your content guys, it's very cool, and thank you for this informative video!!!
I want to know a new MacBook 2016 model 12" how many hours giving the battery timing on continue using
Microsoft Surface, Asus, and Lenovo have options to charge the battery to 50% for desktop use. Do you recommend a similar 3rd party app on Macbooks used as a desktop?