is it better to leave MacBook charging all the time

Hi, I have a new MacBook Pro and i would like to know if it's better to leave it charging all the time or charger it only when it gets to 50%.

Thanks

Posted on Jan 30, 2022 7:30 AM

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Posted on Jan 30, 2022 8:01 AM

erez111 wrote:

Hi, I have a new MacBook Pro and i would like to know if it's better to leave it charging all the time or charger it only when it gets to 50%.
Thanks


Yes.


The rule of thumb is if you are near the mains leave it plugged in, if you need the portability then run on battery.


The built in Battery Health Management software does the rest with no user interaction.



About battery health management in Mac notebooks intel— introduced with macOS10.15.5

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211094


w/ silicon

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211832

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Jan 30, 2022 8:01 AM in response to erez111

erez111 wrote:

Hi, I have a new MacBook Pro and i would like to know if it's better to leave it charging all the time or charger it only when it gets to 50%.
Thanks


Yes.


The rule of thumb is if you are near the mains leave it plugged in, if you need the portability then run on battery.


The built in Battery Health Management software does the rest with no user interaction.



About battery health management in Mac notebooks intel— introduced with macOS10.15.5

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211094


w/ silicon

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211832

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