Make wireless devices function without ever being charged until they stop working completely

Why have you not made it so a macbook/ipad/iphone can work without ever being charged and still run seamlessly

Posted on Aug 29, 2026 11:41 AM

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Posted on Aug 29, 2026 2:04 PM

jowenappleusr wrote:
Why have you not made it so a macbook/ipad/iphone can work without ever being charged and still run seamlessly


This a user-to-user forum. You are not speaking to Apple.


As for running a MacBook / iPad / iPhone on the go, without. a requirement for it to ever be charged, that would require something like

  • An extremely long-lived battery based on a radioactive power source (such as plutonium) – such as batteries used, or proposed for use in, some spacecraft. Even if you could fit a phone with such a device, you wouldn't want to carry around a radioactive power source like that so close to your person.
  • A solar power panel much larger than the MacBook, iPad, or iPhone itself. Solar-powered calculators that have small, cheap, LCD screens can get away without batteries because their power needs are orders of magnitude smaller than that of any MacBook, iPhone, or iPad. And even those calculators may "cut out" when there is any shade over their small solar panels.
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Aug 29, 2026 2:04 PM in response to jowenappleusr

jowenappleusr wrote:
Why have you not made it so a macbook/ipad/iphone can work without ever being charged and still run seamlessly


This a user-to-user forum. You are not speaking to Apple.


As for running a MacBook / iPad / iPhone on the go, without. a requirement for it to ever be charged, that would require something like

  • An extremely long-lived battery based on a radioactive power source (such as plutonium) – such as batteries used, or proposed for use in, some spacecraft. Even if you could fit a phone with such a device, you wouldn't want to carry around a radioactive power source like that so close to your person.
  • A solar power panel much larger than the MacBook, iPad, or iPhone itself. Solar-powered calculators that have small, cheap, LCD screens can get away without batteries because their power needs are orders of magnitude smaller than that of any MacBook, iPhone, or iPad. And even those calculators may "cut out" when there is any shade over their small solar panels.

Aug 29, 2026 11:54 AM in response to jowenappleusr

jowenappleusr wrote:
Why have you not made it so a macbook/ipad/iphone can work without ever being charged and still run seamlessly


It's unhealthy for a battery to allow it to discharge completely.

And just how is a battery-run device supposed to run seamlessly without a charge?


Here is some of Apple's guidance regarding battery performance, health and management:

Batteries - Maximizing Performance - Apple Support

About battery health management in Mac laptops - Apple Support 

Make wireless devices function without ever being charged until they stop working completely

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