Someone told me that I should keep my MacBook Air M1 plugged in even after it's fully charged to 100%. They said this will help maintain battery health by not increasing the charge cycle count and the battery lifetime also health percentage. Is this true?
If you have macOS configured with "Optimized Charging" (default configuration), then it is fine to leave the power adapter connected all the time since macOS will exercise the battery for you, otherwise if you do not have macOS configured this way, then you are responsible for manually exercising the battery from time to time.
If battery charging is paused or on hold on your Mac - Apple Support
Batteries - Maximizing Performance - Apple
About battery health management in Mac laptops - Apple Support
FYI, battery cycles is mostly irrelevant unless they are nearing 1,000 cycles which would indicate the battery is nearing the end of its expected life (usually). The only other time the charge cycles have any impact is on a battery warranty repair, otherwise just ignore the charge cycles. Here is another post where I have written a bit more detail about the Battery's "Maximum Capacity" value Apple decided to show to users only beginning with macOS 13.x+ so most people are not fully aware of how this value works over time:
Battery Health draining fast -- explanation by hwtech - Apple Community
If you have macOS configured with "Optimized Charging" (default configuration), then it is fine to leave the power adapter connected all the time since macOS will exercise the battery for you, otherwise if you do not have macOS configured this way, then you are responsible for manually exercising the battery from time to time.
If battery charging is paused or on hold on your Mac - Apple Support
Batteries - Maximizing Performance - Apple
About battery health management in Mac laptops - Apple Support
FYI, battery cycles is mostly irrelevant unless they are nearing 1,000 cycles which would indicate the battery is nearing the end of its expected life (usually). The only other time the charge cycles have any impact is on a battery warranty repair, otherwise just ignore the charge cycles. Here is another post where I have written a bit more detail about the Battery's "Maximum Capacity" value Apple decided to show to users only beginning with macOS 13.x+ so most people are not fully aware of how this value works over time:
Battery Health draining fast -- explanation by hwtech - Apple Community
sohailk33 wrote:
Someone told me that I should keep my MacBook Air M1 plugged in even after it's fully charged to 100%. They said this will help maintain battery health by not increasing the charge cycle count and the battery lifetime also health percentage. Is this true?
You can leave the computer plugged in whenever necessary or convenient to do so. Leaving the computer plugged in will not damage the computer or the battery. Leaving the computer plugged in will reduce the rate of accumulation of battery cycles.
No this is not true.
so what is the best practice to maintenance the battery health and cycles? as when we go to sell my MAC they check the health and cycles and according to the percentage and numbers they decide the price.
thank you, for my MAC, I used it approx 1 year and my cycle count is 79 but the battery health is 87% (that is very low according to cycles and period of use). I use my MAC mostly on plugged-in.
MacBook Air M1 2020 Laptop Charging
