How do I take care of my Mac Book Pro w/ Retina Battery life?

Question

Level 1

0 points

How do I take care of my Mac Book Pro w/ Retina Battery life?

I'm new to the Apple world so I was wondering what are the concrete steps in taking care of my battery life?

Should I plug it in whenever I'm home or wait until it discharges to 20%? And should I unplug it when not using it or still plug it in? Every when should I discharge it to 20% and charge it back to 100%? Once a month? twice a month? Sorry for being a newbie, I just want to know the specific concrete ways on how to make my machine's battery last long. I have read different threads about this but I'm still confused on what procedure I should follow. What I'm routing now is to charge my MBP as long as there is a near socket and unplug it and shut it down when not in use. I don't really know if that is the right thing to do... And now, I still don't know on every when should an MBP be discharged to 20% and charged back to 100%. A follow up question is, after discharging it to 20%, and recharging it back to 100%, should I leave it being charged until I finish using my MBP? 🙂 Thanks for you time in advance! Sorry to bother you guys 🙂

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 3, 2014 4:14 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Best reply

bilalhaider001

Level 1

50 points

Mar 3, 2014 4:23 AM in response to chuckieD-

Simply keep the settings at default. and try to keep the brightness keyboard backlight at lowest values when there is sufficient light. and there is no need for calibration of battery as new batteries are pre caliberated.

Reply

Answer 2

dominic23

Level 10

83,916 points

Mar 3, 2014 4:24 AM in response to chuckieD-

Keep the computer plugged in whenever possible.

If you keep the computer always plugged in, make sure that twice a month

run it on battery until battery level drops to about 50-40%.

Maximize Runtime / Tips for maximizing your battery charge

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446

More about batteries:

http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446

Reply

Answer 3

Aug 1, 2014 3:36 AM in response to dominic23

You wrote:

Keep the computer plugged in whenever possible.

If you keep the computer always plugged in, make sure that twice a month

run it on battery until battery level drops to about 50-40%.

But it is what Apple recommends:

Standard Maintenance

For proper maintenance of a lithium-based battery, it’s important to keep the electrons in it moving occasionally. Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time. An ideal use would be a commuter who uses her notebook on the train, then plugs it in at the office to charge. This keeps the battery juices flowing. If on the other hand, you use a desktop computer at work, and save a notebook for infrequent travel, Apple recommends charging and discharging its battery at least once per month.

However it is not my case: I majorly use my laptop at home, and often full day time. Usually I have it plugged in all the time, and try to discharge and charge it once a day. What recommendations are best to me?

Reply

Answer 4

Aug 1, 2014 11:04 AM in response to dominic23

Yeah,apple doesn't recommend that 😮

Reply

Answer 5

Oct 15, 2014 8:36 AM in response to chuckieD-

so to take care of out battery?

Reply