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Battery Health Optimization - Is it not for all models ?

ParagJain

ParagJain

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Just updated to the latest version of Mac OS Catalina, don't see battery health optimization.
I am using MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) model - Is this feature not applicable to all the models that has the newest version of OS installed ?

thanks ..
 
ParagJain said:
Just updated to the latest version of Mac OS Catalina, don't see battery health optimization.
I am using MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) model - Is this feature not applicable to all the models that has the newest version of OS installed ?

thanks ..
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2016 and later.
 
As said above, it's 2016 and later. I don't understand why Apple can't bring it to older machines as they'd benefit most from this feature. It's quite frustrating.
 
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thats because they want us to keep buying or upgrading to the new products; I am just a regular user of the macbook; so don't see a reason for me to upgrade. But, i am pretty sure some brilliant dude will get a work around to get this enabled; so..will wait till then :eek:))
 
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ParagJain said:
thats because they want us to keep buying or upgrading to the new products; I am just a regular user of the macbook; so don't see a reason for me to upgrade. But, i am pretty sure some brilliant dude will get a work around to get this enabled; so..will wait till then :eek:))
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Oh for sure.
 
Yeah, that´s the same as with the iPhone slow down for older versions.Just to move us to buy new equipment! That´s Apple strategy, because they earn too little!
 
strohscw said:
Yeah, that´s the same as with the iPhone slow down for older versions.Just to move us to buy new equipment! That´s Apple strategy, because they earn too little!
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except there is nothing like "slow downs" on iOS.
Old iPhone are even faster with iOS 13.
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Rafal Rudzki said:
I have Thunderbolt 3 model but function is missing
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Which model do you own ? Late 2016 model and newer have it enabled.
 
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This would have been more useful for folks using their macbook attached to the monitor most part of their day/time.
I didn't care about this earlier as my macbook was a portable device. But, now with lockdowns and all - most part of my day and night, the macbook is hooked up to a bigger monitor and it sits on charge all the time.

In such scenarios, this battery management would have helped my case. ..
 
I just started using the Al Dente battery app today. Seems to work pretty well at caping the charge level. The battery in my 2015 13” MacBook Pro still has its original battery which has 549 charge cycles on it. It is at 81% of its original max capacity. I figure I might be able to get another 2 or 3 years out of the battery before replacing it by using something like the Al Dente app.

And something else I thought was interesting. My wife also has the same 2015 13” MacBook Pro computer. The cycle count on her computer is 194 and the battery capacity on that computer is at 82% of its original max capacity.
 
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Taz Mangus said:
Al Dente battery app
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Hi, the only question I have is - If i want to undo this change at later point in time, how do I go back to 100% ? Just thought of checking before I go ahead with SMC level changes.
 
ParagJain said:
Hi, the only question I have is - If i want to undo this change at later point in time, how do I go back to 100% ? Just thought of checking before I go ahead with SMC level changes.
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The app has a slider that lets you set the max charge level of where it will stop charging. If you want to go back to 100%, simply change the slider to 109% and then uninstall the app.
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macintoshmac said:
See if you can perform a full reinstall, something might have gone wrong during installation for that option to not be enabled for you.
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Or maybe try using the 10.15.5 combo update.
 
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Taz Mangus said:
The app has a slider that lets you set the max charge level of where it will stop charging. If you want to go back to 100%, simply change the slider to 109% and then uninstall the app.
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Or maybe try using the 10.15.5 combo update.
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Thanks .. this is very helpful ..
 
Something to be aware. On my 2015 MacBook Pro it seems that the percent that the charge stops at is 3% higher then the percent I choose. I ended up setting the slider to 77% for it to stop at 80%. I reported this to the developer earlier today.
 
Taz Mangus said:
Something to be aware. On my 2015 MacBook Pro it seems that the percent that the charge stops at is 3% higher then the percent I choose. I ended up setting the slider to 77% for it to stop at 80%. I reported this to the developer earlier today.
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Yeah, seems the developer has noted this on his GIT page. Reason mentioned over there is that it doesn't happen using bootcamp but, seems mac keeps few % points higher than the setting.
 
Taz Mangus said:
The app has a slider that lets you set the max charge level of where it will stop charging. If you want to go back to 100%, simply change the slider to 109% and then uninstall the app.
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Or maybe try using the 10.15.5 combo update.
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How can I use combo when I have 10.15.5?
 
ParagJain said:
Yeah, seems the developer has noted this on his GIT page. Reason mentioned over there is that it doesn't happen using bootcamp but, seems mac keeps few % points higher than the setting.
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I guess I missed that part. I see it now. Thanks.
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Rafal Rudzki said:
How can I use combo when I have 10.15.5?
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Just download and run the combo installer. It won’t erase anything.


Download macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Combo Update - Apple Support

macOS Catalina 10.15.5 introduces battery health management in the Energy Saver settings for notebooks, an option to control automatic prominence of video tiles on Group FaceTime calls, and controls to fine-tune the built-in calibration of your Pro Display XDR. The update also improves the...
support.apple.com support.apple.com
 
Taz Mangus said:
I guess I missed that part. I see it now. Thanks.
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Just download and run the combo installer. It won’t erase anything.


Download macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Combo Update - Apple Support

macOS Catalina 10.15.5 introduces battery health management in the Energy Saver settings for notebooks, an option to control automatic prominence of video tiles on Group FaceTime calls, and controls to fine-tune the built-in calibration of your Pro Display XDR. The update also improves the...
support.apple.com support.apple.com
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Yes but when run the combo installer I have error: The following image disks could not be opened
 
Rafal Rudzki said:
Yes but when run the combo installer I have error: The following image disks could not be opened
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Are you running the installer as an admin user?
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I just figured out that another way to reset the battery max charge level to 100% is to do a SMC reset. So regardless of whether you are running Al Dente a SMC reset will always force the max battery charge back to 100%.

After I allied the 10.15.5 update and I was using Al Dente, the time to full charge looked off. It was report more than 10 hours. So I decided to do a SMC reset and now the time to full charge seems better. After doing the SMC reset I noticed the max battery charge reset back to 100% when I executed Al Dente again.
 
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