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Macbook Air Battery

I've been seeing posts that having the recent Macbook Air plugged in is alright and would not affect my Mac's battery. However I also see posts that having my mac plugged in after it is fully charged is bad for my laptop and would weaken its battery life. I wonder which one is true. I would really want to comply with the Mac proper care.


This was answered way back in 2012 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3818265.

Hoping to have an updated answer regarding the matter 😊Thank you! ❤️

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 3, 2020 3:38 AM

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Posted on Apr 3, 2020 4:54 AM

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The capacity of any type of battery will diminish after a certain amount of recharging. With lithium-ion batteries, the capacity diminishes slightly with each complete charge cycle. Apple lithium-ion batteries are designed to hold at least 80% of their original capacity for a high number of charge cycles, which varies depending on the produc


https://www.apple.com/batteries/why-lithium-ion/



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If your battery won’t charge

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-your-battery-wont-charge-mh29198/mac

If your Mac battery runs out of charge quickly

If your Mac battery status is “Not Charging”

If an X appears on your Mac battery icon

Monitor your portable Mac computer’s battery

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204054

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Apr 3, 2020 4:54 AM in response to LittleMissGee

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The capacity of any type of battery will diminish after a certain amount of recharging. With lithium-ion batteries, the capacity diminishes slightly with each complete charge cycle. Apple lithium-ion batteries are designed to hold at least 80% of their original capacity for a high number of charge cycles, which varies depending on the produc


https://www.apple.com/batteries/why-lithium-ion/



Related

If your battery won’t charge

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-your-battery-wont-charge-mh29198/mac

If your Mac battery runs out of charge quickly

If your Mac battery status is “Not Charging”

If an X appears on your Mac battery icon

Monitor your portable Mac computer’s battery

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204054

Macbook Air Battery

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