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Best for battery life...plugged in constantly or no?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rhedik" data-source="post: 1097265" data-attributes="member: 168648"><p>I actually did use the search function and typed in battery care. What came up was everything but what I was looking for so I posed the question here in the switcher's forum since I am a "switcher" so to speak.</p><p></p><p>I googled it as well and basically seems like everyone has a different opinion on how best to deal with it (also depending on when article was written). Plus, I'm not up to speed on the different types of Macs and whether or not Apple uses different types of batteries for certain models. </p><p></p><p>One article I read claims that a "charge cycle" takes place when you run on battery power for however long and then plug it in to charge. Even if you only use 20% of the battery power during that time and then plug it in, it still counts as one cycle.</p><p></p><p>To completely contradict that article, another writer states that the computer counts one full cycle as a battery discharge of 80% or more no matter how many times you plug and unplug the laptop during that time. So if you unplug and use your battery 20%, plug it back in to recharge it back up to 100%, then unplug again using battery down to 60% before plugging back in that the laptop will actually keep track and add 40% plus 20% for a total of 60% of one full cycle thereby giving you at least another 20% of battery life usage before the computer logs that as one full charge.</p><p></p><p>I'll just keep it plugged in and fully discharge the battery once a week to keep the battery juices going as Apple recommends. Sometimes it's just nice to be involved in a discussion of something I lack knowledge of as you can see that sometimes the search function and research comes up with confusing information.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhedik, post: 1097265, member: 168648"] I actually did use the search function and typed in battery care. What came up was everything but what I was looking for so I posed the question here in the switcher's forum since I am a "switcher" so to speak. I googled it as well and basically seems like everyone has a different opinion on how best to deal with it (also depending on when article was written). Plus, I'm not up to speed on the different types of Macs and whether or not Apple uses different types of batteries for certain models. One article I read claims that a "charge cycle" takes place when you run on battery power for however long and then plug it in to charge. Even if you only use 20% of the battery power during that time and then plug it in, it still counts as one cycle. To completely contradict that article, another writer states that the computer counts one full cycle as a battery discharge of 80% or more no matter how many times you plug and unplug the laptop during that time. So if you unplug and use your battery 20%, plug it back in to recharge it back up to 100%, then unplug again using battery down to 60% before plugging back in that the laptop will actually keep track and add 40% plus 20% for a total of 60% of one full cycle thereby giving you at least another 20% of battery life usage before the computer logs that as one full charge. I'll just keep it plugged in and fully discharge the battery once a week to keep the battery juices going as Apple recommends. Sometimes it's just nice to be involved in a discussion of something I lack knowledge of as you can see that sometimes the search function and research comes up with confusing information. [/QUOTE]
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