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• Unplug Your Laptop Now, or It Will Stay Plugged in Forever

  Dell has advanced power management options in the BIOS, I set it to keep the battery charged at 70%, which is ideal for lithium batteries. And you set a custom schedule on days you need the battery charged at 100% so that you can take the laptop with you at full capacity. It's not rocket science, and definitely something anybody reading this site should be able to figure out for their make/model. For MAC there is... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Unplug Your Laptop Now, or It Will Stay Plugged in Forever

  Https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/406957/can-i-tell-my-mac-to-charge-to-80-only Looks like there's a decent CLI tool for it, but being a Mac guy I'm of course going for the slick GUI app https://apphousekitchen.com. The developer came up with a really clever incentive for free-app users to upgrade to the Pro version: make the icons for the free version unbelievably ugly. (The design of the app itself is... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• M3 CPU cores have become more versatile

  "Special care" on OS X is to use Al Dente.app, which limits the charge at 80% so as to not damage the battery. https://apphousekitchen.com/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Who says keeping your MacBook plugged in all the time is going to destroy the battery?

  I use an app called AlDente that allows you to cap your battery's charge https://apphousekitchen.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Best practices for keeping Mac battery healthy?

  Download AlDente and your battery will thank you. If you have it plugged in most of the time limit the charge to 80% and AlDente will stop charging beyond that. Source: about 1 year ago

• Constant Plugged in?

  Just a shame keeping the battery at 100% will degrade its health over time. I would love an option to keep it at 50% most of the time, just like my MacBook with AlDente. Source: about 1 year ago

• Charging a lithium battery to 80% only?

  I use the paid version of an app called Al Dente to set the battery charging level to a specific limit. The app has a free mode. It has more features than what I stated, and works on Intel Macs and Apple Silicon Macs (limited only by what the underlying hardware allows). [1]: https://apphousekitchen.com/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Charging a lithium battery to 80% only?

  It's not possible to set a hard limit in macOS without third party utility like AlDente [1]. I was referring to the built-in "Optimised battery charging" feature. When this is active and has decided it will cap charging at 80%, you get a "charge to full now" option in the battery menu. [1] https://apphousekitchen.com. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Got a 14" M1 Max with 64Gb + 2TB + 3yrs Applecare+ for $2650 after tax. Do I need this battery app?

  I was told to get this app to help maximize battery life as it keep it within 30-80% charge instead of 100%. Would this app help prolong the battery life? Source: about 1 year ago

• Apple's new 80% battery limit feature should not be limited to the iPhone 15

  Related: for MacOS, AlDente allows you to set a battery charge limit. https://apphousekitchen.com/ I've been using it successfully for around a year. It works pretty well sans a couple quirks due to hardware limitations e.g. If you plug in with the screen closed (sleep mode) it will charge fully to 100%. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Leaving MacBook Plugged In Permanently

  I use my MacBook Pro nearly only in clamshell mode. No problems so far but I had the battery concern at the beginning. So I found a program which sets a charge limit for the battery and also lets the battery uncharge a little bit at some times to preserve battery health. It's called Aldente https://apphousekitchen.com Maybe it's something for you too. I like it very much. Source: over 1 year ago

• Volkswagen cuts jobs as demand for EVs plunges

  >Neither, for reasons unclear to me, allow the owner to make that decision. On Macs you can get something called AlDente which I use. Works quite well, free version https://apphousekitchen.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• For M1 / M2 macs -- "brew install battery" lets you prolong battery health by pausing charging

  Theres an AlDente app that does this https://apphousekitchen.com. Source: over 1 year ago

• App for Battery Management

  AlDente - Charge Limiter, https://apphousekitchen.com/ this app let the mac to discharge after a certain percentage. Good app. Source: over 1 year ago

• What stickers will guaranteed completely hide a glowing apple logo?

  It works fine but I would recommend something like aldente. Especially when the MacBook is plugged in most of the time it really helps longevity. Other then that if the lid is closed or not doesn’t really change that much. Macbooks are designed to properly work with their lids closed. And the logo won’t glow when the lid is closed as the screen is off. Source: over 1 year ago

• What's your current maximum battery capacity? After not even 2 years of daily use I've only got 85% left (MBP 14" M1 Pro 2021). Wanna compare to see if it's normal battery behavior (screenshot is from coconutBattery).

  My MBP 16 11.2021 - 96.8% mostly connected, but after killing 2 batteries in my 2013 MBPr 15 I use this app https://apphousekitchen.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

• OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi Linux

  > This is interesting, am I correct in thinking this a feature implemented by Apple and now supported by the Asahi team? Does that mean that macOS supports this charge control feature? It does, but in a weird way. You can turn on "adaptive charging" and it will randomly decide to charge to 80%. If you want to properly control it, just install the wonderful AlDente utility ( https://apphousekitchen.com/ ). Then you... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Final check-up before Applecare expiry– what should I look into?

  I think my battery is in good state. 84% capacity, 280 cycles, mostly used plugged in with Al Dente set to 80%. Source: over 1 year ago

• Group Menu Bar Icons

  I do not like that a lot of background apps I run (some of which, because of the shortcomings of the OS; like Rectangle, Al Dente and BlueSnooze) show up in the menu bar. Source: over 1 year ago

• Is it fine to leave M2 MacBook on charge for days at a time?

  You can try an app called Al Dente It keeps the battery at a 80 % and moves between a value you can set…ex from 70% to 90% during the day, plus you can schedule a circle of discharge and top up where it goes automatically down to 20%, back to 100% for 1h then again to 80%. Plus it has other neat features as it’s not allowing to charge when the battery is too warm and other minor things. Source: over 1 year ago

• Monitor draining my MacBook's Battery

  Just keep your macbook plugged in. Going through cycles degrades batteries more than staying at a certain percentage. If you’re worried about overcharging, give AlDente a try. Source: over 1 year ago