Battery Charging MBP

I mostly use my MBP at home. I just like to move it around when I want to. If I'm going to be using it in one place for a few days. Should I keep it plugged into a power outlet after a charge? Or is it better that I get into a cycle of charging or and recharging.

What is the best practice when power outlet is near at all times. I would like to keep the battery in good shape and have it last.

My own experience (on several laptops) runs a bit contrary to what is the generally accepted (and Apple-supported) wisdom round here. I too use my laptop 90% at home, and its plugged in all the time.

However, about once every two months I take it off the plug and run it down, then charge it back up. So far, this seems to have worked (over three years now) to keep the battery performing like new. YMMV.

V6Pony said:

I mostly use my MBP at home. I just like to move it around when I want to. If I'm going to be using it in one place for a few days. Should I keep it plugged into a power outlet after a charge? Or is it better that I get into a cycle of charging or and recharging.

What is the best practice when power outlet is near at all times. I would like to keep the battery in good shape and have it last.

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Also searching the forum will turn up a ton of great info as this topic has been discussed many times.

I almost always run my Mac (17" MBP) down to about 30 percent or so and then charge it back up fully. Very rarely will it stay plugged in for very long after it reaches 100 percent unless I'm downloading something for a while, but I've read mixed opinions on whether to keep it constantly plugged in or run it on batteries and then charge it up. Constantly draining the battery and then recharging seems to work well for me, but to each their own.