How to maximise the life of the Magic Mouse charger set?

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How to maximise the life of the Magic Mouse charger set?

Hello

I purchased a magic mouse battery charger set today. It had a battery charger and 6 batteries. Now I put 2 batteries into the magic mouse and 4 batteries are in the box. My question is how to maximise the life of these batteries??

1. I use only one pair of batteries by charging / discharging and until the day the battery completely dies and no longer charges? (will that happen??) and then I switch to the next pair.

2. I use one pair and keep another pair in charging. Once this becomes completely drained, take the last pair from the box put it to charge, put the completely drained ones into the box and take the charged ones into the mouse. So i keep cycling like this?

Any other suggestions? 😀

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10), null

Posted on Jul 26, 2015 4:44 AM

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seventy one

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Jul 27, 2015 7:40 AM in response to TheTimeTraveller

You don't need to completely drain the batteries nowadays. First get a monitor installed (Mighty Monitor will do fine; it is a dashboard widget from Apple).

Then charge up two batteries (they will be partly charged when you buy them). The charger will change from orange to green when they are ready. Mark them with a coloured pen 1 and 2 and insert them into your machine. They should run for about 15/18 days depending on usage.

Immediately after the first two are in place, put two more on charge. When the charger turns from orange to green, remove them and mark them 3 and 4. Put them in the box then take out the final two and put them into the charger. When they are charged and you remove them, mark them 5 and 6.

Keep an eye on your monitor every couple of days or so. When the batteries get down to 10%, put numbers 3 and 4 from the box back on charge until they are 'topped up'. Then change them for 1 and 2.

insert 1 and 2 into the charger and when they are ready, move them into the box.

When 3 and 4 run down to 10%, put 5 and 6 into the charger to top up.

And so on. They should last for 18 months or so when you can buy replacement batteries. I know Apple suggest they will last longer but my experience differs. In any event it is a cheaper way than using regular batteries and in an emergency, you always have a pair charged for use.

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