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Limiting battery charge percentage?
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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1774105" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>Not necessarily, especially with the latest batteries. Windows had this silly feature where they would charge the battery fully and then if the mains was plugged in, would run off the battery till it dropped down to 75% or so and then charge again. They figured constantly cycling the battery would somehow make it last long. Every Dell machine I ever got from work needed a new battery within 8months to a year because I constantly had the thing plugged in.</p><p></p><p>One of the things a about certain machines is that they always draw power from the battery, so if the mains was plugged in, it was charging the battery and then power was going to the computer. Macs don't do that. THey charge the battery and work off the mains. If the battery is 100% charged, they stop charging (no trickle charging or anything) and work purely off the mains power. They seamlessly switch to battery when the power plug is pulled and just as seamlessly go back to mains when the cable is plugged in again..</p><p></p><p>Long story short, don't bother with anything that changes the behavior of your Mac, it's been designed by darn smart people who know what they are doing..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1774105, member: 110816"] Not necessarily, especially with the latest batteries. Windows had this silly feature where they would charge the battery fully and then if the mains was plugged in, would run off the battery till it dropped down to 75% or so and then charge again. They figured constantly cycling the battery would somehow make it last long. Every Dell machine I ever got from work needed a new battery within 8months to a year because I constantly had the thing plugged in. One of the things a about certain machines is that they always draw power from the battery, so if the mains was plugged in, it was charging the battery and then power was going to the computer. Macs don't do that. THey charge the battery and work off the mains. If the battery is 100% charged, they stop charging (no trickle charging or anything) and work purely off the mains power. They seamlessly switch to battery when the power plug is pulled and just as seamlessly go back to mains when the cable is plugged in again.. Long story short, don't bother with anything that changes the behavior of your Mac, it's been designed by darn smart people who know what they are doing.. [/QUOTE]
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