How to reset battery calibration

Good day,


I have a problem with the battery calibration of my Macbook Air 2020. Most of the time it was used on the charger and the official "charge optimization" solution did not work at all and did not maintain 80% charge.


That's why I installed the AllDente Pro program for the last two months, which SW can keep the battery at the set level. I set with a reserve of 70% and here the program also maintained the charge when the charger was connected non-stop. Before that, about 30 battery cycles were used and the capacity according to the system was 98%.


Unfortunately, since I kept the program at 70% charge, the system understood that the battery cannot be charged above this level and that the battery is defective.


When I set the program to no longer hold the 70% limit, but to always charge up to 100%, the battery does charge to 100%, but the real capacity is 79%. It finishes charging at 4.2V, but with a capacity of 3562 mAh instead of 4382 mAh.


I know the reduced capacity is a virtual error caused by the 70% max charge program. But how to convince the system that its calculated value is wrong. How to force the system to fully charge the battery and recalculate reality?


Thank you for your help.


(I tried instructions on the Internet such as "shift+option+command+turn on" or "option+command+p+r" but nothing helped.) Currently, I always charge the battery fully, and in a month the maximum capacity has only increased by about two percent. I want to speed up the process.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.2

Posted on Feb 24, 2024 11:25 AM

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Feb 24, 2024 10:25 PM in response to Ruskes

Yes, the average user might have 700 cycles in 5 years and a bad battery. However, I use the macbook on the charger in most cases. I have been servicing batteries for 4 years in one company and I know how big a role it plays if the battery is at 90%+ or 40% or less for a long time. It's a brutally important thing.


And since Apple's original solution doesn't work, I looked for an alternative. Since the best storage charge for the accumulator is 70%, it will last at this value for 5 years without losing any (1-2%) capacity. If I kept it for 5 years at 100% charge, as Apple unfortunately does now, after 5 years I would lose around 40% of the capacity.


My battery is in perfect condition. It just messes up a poorly calibrated system.

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