Q: Plugged in vs not plugged in
Is it ok to use my macbook air plugged in when I am at home watching movies or while doing other more battery demanding stuff and then plugging it out over night and letting it sleep on battery power? Does this on and of cycle of plugging and unplugging damage the battery in any way, damage in the sense of losing capacity and waring faster than usual ?
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Posted on Aug 21, 2016 7:10 AM
You are overthinking it. It doesn't matter when you use the battery or when you plug it in. High intensity Applications will use the battery faster but it's not bad to use the battery with high intensive applications. The main thing is to make sure that you have enough of a charge when you need battery power. That's why I always plug it in when I can.
Today's battery can be plugged in anytime. Unlike older batteries we don't have wait to plug-in when the battery is nearly drained. If you use the battery for an hour and plug it in and then use it on battery for two hours and plug it in that's fine.
Posted on Aug 22, 2016 12:41 PM