At what percentage should I charge my Macbook

I just bought a 13 inch macbook pro retina and I want to make sure I take care of the battery the best possible way. I've read almost all of the other questions and none of them really answer my question. So far I've been using my macbook just sitting around the house because I'm on winter break from school. I've been fulling charging it to 100% then running it on it's own battery unitl around 40-50%. On the initial charge the macbook came on I let it run down to zero and go to sleep but I plugged it in right away. I don't really want to be charging it while using it because I'm just sitting around the house and I don't feel a need to have it charging.


My main question is... What is a good range of percentage to charge my macbook pro. Am I doing things right so far and getting into a good habit or should I be pluggin it in earlier or letting it run longer? Thank you so much

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Jan 3, 2014 2:56 PM

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Posted on Dec 24, 2014 11:45 AM

As OGELTHORPE says. Also never let your macbook battery drain below 20%, always plug into the AC power if the battery gets to 20%. Ideally you should let the battery drain to 40-60% once every month so that the electrons in the lithium battery move about; otherwise I keep mine plugged in as I use my MBP as a desktop replacement. If you do let it drain to say 50% each month that means the battery will go through 1 full cycle every 2 months or 6 per year. The fewer cycles the better, but sooner or later you will have to replace the battery, as it is only designed for 1000 cycles.

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Dec 24, 2014 11:45 AM in response to iRapter

As OGELTHORPE says. Also never let your macbook battery drain below 20%, always plug into the AC power if the battery gets to 20%. Ideally you should let the battery drain to 40-60% once every month so that the electrons in the lithium battery move about; otherwise I keep mine plugged in as I use my MBP as a desktop replacement. If you do let it drain to say 50% each month that means the battery will go through 1 full cycle every 2 months or 6 per year. The fewer cycles the better, but sooner or later you will have to replace the battery, as it is only designed for 1000 cycles.

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