MacBook Pro shutdown

[SauRoNZA]

Would love to show you some of the older, low cycle count MacBooks I’ve seen!

It’s 2022.

“Older” is no longer applicable. Besides devices that old would have broken batteries now either which way.

I have more than a thousand MacBooks in constant active use many on permanent all day charge, it’s a non-issue.

 

[Hush9300]

They aren’t on charge permanently.

Apple doesn’t run power to the machine “through” the battery like most others.

MacOS will look after the battery, no human intervention required.

MacOS cannot change battery chemistry and all modern laptops implement pass through. It’s not just Apple.

That, though, doesn’t change the fact that a battery kept at 100% decays just as fast as one that is cycled. It may even decay faster than a battery kept in the sweet spot.

How practical the battery cycling/charging is, is up to the user but human intervention or software that keeps the battery in its sweet spot WILL extend its useful life over and above what the OS already does.

 

[SauRoNZA]

MacOS cannot change battery chemistry and all modern laptops implement pass through. It’s not just Apple.

That, though, doesn’t change the fact that a battery kept at 100% decays just as fast as one that is cycled. It may even decay faster than a battery kept in the sweet spot.

How practical the battery cycling/charging is, is up to the user but human intervention or software that keeps the battery in its sweet spot WILL extend its useful life over and above what the OS already does.

No need for human intervention of extra software.

MacOS already had this built-in. No third party stuff or special tricks required.

Just leave it to Apple.

 

[Zyzzyva]

My memory may not be reliable here but i seem to remember Apple added more battery management smarts a few years ago, specifically targeting machines which are plugged in all the time. Before you could do damage not unplugging every now and then. Atleast that was my experience with one or two machines.

 

[Zyzzyva]

Something i wonder about:

While it's obviously true Apple would be best placed to figure out the optimal way to manage for battery longevity, i do think practicalities stop them from being overly aggressive in trying to extend the life of the battery. Holding a battery at 80% is better than 100%, but the best would be to allow the battery to go lower from time to time. I imagine most customers would be quite confused if they found the battery was at 50% when they unplugged during a recharging cycle, so i wonder how much of that kind of thing Apple is able to do.

If that is the case then wouldn't Aldente be a superior option if used correctly?

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It needs AlDente.

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[kolaval]

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