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Question about MacBook Pro's battery
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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 1116934" data-attributes="member: 21101"><p>Run it down until it goes to sleep, then leave it until the white sleep light stops flashing (this used to take about 5 hours, but on the new machine might take longer). Then charge until 100%.</p><p></p><p>I've got to say, I am not convinced this is good practice. I did this regularly with my MacBook (once every 5 - 6 weeks or so) and I have an 85% healthy battery after 304 charges, it lasts about 3 hours or so.</p><p></p><p>My wife NEVER does this and just uses are MacBook normally... she has 100% healthy battery after 469 charges and it lasts her 4:30mins (these are 2006 MacBooks). I think they're designed for minimal maintenance... sometimes fussing over these things does more harm than good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 1116934, member: 21101"] Run it down until it goes to sleep, then leave it until the white sleep light stops flashing (this used to take about 5 hours, but on the new machine might take longer). Then charge until 100%. I've got to say, I am not convinced this is good practice. I did this regularly with my MacBook (once every 5 - 6 weeks or so) and I have an 85% healthy battery after 304 charges, it lasts about 3 hours or so. My wife NEVER does this and just uses are MacBook normally... she has 100% healthy battery after 469 charges and it lasts her 4:30mins (these are 2006 MacBooks). I think they're designed for minimal maintenance... sometimes fussing over these things does more harm than good. [/QUOTE]
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