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I want to know which way is more helpful and productive in macbook's battery life.
thank you for your help.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.2
I leave it plugged in whenever it is on my desk, and just unplug when I move, as in going from home to work and back.
I would suggest that you let the battery get some use once in a while, but it is perfectly fine to keep your mac plugged in, as dialabrain said.
FWIW, System Information reports the battery condition as Good, with 492 cycles after nearly four years of constant use.
Although it is in Japanese, this is a site about batteries. Although I disagree with some parts of "Enable the [Automatically keep your Mac up to date] setting"😅, I think it is useful information overall.
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I know someone who lost property in a fire caused by a stored battery. Although lithium batteries are safer than in the past, I am strongly aware that they can catch fire or be explosive under certain conditions.
Computers that are downsized, such as Intel Macs and MacBook Air, tend to have thinner and narrower exhaust ports. My MacBook Pro 2020 (Intel 13-inch) is a small PC, so the exhaust port is narrow and it gets hot easily.
There have also been reports of people connecting their MacBooks to another monitor while closed, causing the battery to swell, the keyboard to warp, and the sides to bulge. Heat is a battery's enemy. Please pay attention to the temperature and use it safely for a long time.
MohamadAliAtaei wrote:
Hi. thank you. can you please check your battery health percentage and tell me.
FWIW, like Luis, all I have is "Normal". It wouldn't matter what mine said in any case. I only have 34 cycles in 3¼ years.
MohamadAliAtaei wrote:
you should update your macos to ventura or sonoma.then you can see it in your setting.
but now you can see it from here:
about this mac>more info>system report>power
it should be there.
Thank you; I am running Sonoma 14.2.1. There is no health percentage there. Maybe it's different in an Apple Silicon mac.
Would you mind posting a screenshot of what you see there?
The only percentage I see is the percentage of charge that the battery currently has.
I don't see any battery health percentage. All I see is "Normal". Where do you see it as a percentage?
I leave mine plugged in 24/7 ever since I bought it in 2020. So far so good.
Hi. I think you are right. but my battery health in the device's setting is decreasing so fast. It was 100 % last month but now It is 92%.
this is why I ask the community.
Hi. thank you. can you please check your battery health percentage and tell me.
you should update your macos to ventura or sonoma.then you can see it in your setting.
but now you can see it from here:
about this mac>more info>system report>power
it should be there.
I think the user is referring to "Maximum Capacity" in System Information.
MohamadAliAtaei wrote:
Hi. thank you. can you please check your battery health percentage and tell me.
You're welcome. FWIW, the "Maximum Capacity" for my M1 MBA is 100%.
I use my Macbook Air M1 all time with power adapter connected to it because I think the battery will not be used and It's life will be long.Is it good for my battery or I'm wrong doing this?
