I've stumbled into some minor obsessive insanity regarding the best battery health practices for my new 2020 MBP 13-inch. This machine replaces a 7-year-old late-2013 retina 13" that was always plugged in when not in use, including overnight. Those practices run contrary to much of what I'm reading, yet the battery health on that machine was good at 7 years, even though the battery was beginning to swell:
My wife also has a late-2013 MBP 13" that's always plugged in when not in use, and her battery is also still in good shape (no swelling):
Based on what I've been reading about battery health, I've been trying to keep the charge on my new MBP between 50 and 80% and I'm not plugging it in except to charge and not overnight. Sometimes it will charge to 100% before I have a chance to check.
I'm getting tired of all this fussing and want to settle into a more manageable, sane routine and just enjoy my new computer (like I did with the old one that lasted 7 years!).
So, my new plan is to just charge when needed, even if it goes to 100%, but not overnight and just fuhgeddaboudit. Does this seem reasonable? Anyone else get sucked into this obsession? If so, what practice did you finally settle on?
My wife also has a late-2013 MBP 13" that's always plugged in when not in use, and her battery is also still in good shape (no swelling):
Based on what I've been reading about battery health, I've been trying to keep the charge on my new MBP between 50 and 80% and I'm not plugging it in except to charge and not overnight. Sometimes it will charge to 100% before I have a chance to check.
I'm getting tired of all this fussing and want to settle into a more manageable, sane routine and just enjoy my new computer (like I did with the old one that lasted 7 years!).
So, my new plan is to just charge when needed, even if it goes to 100%, but not overnight and just fuhgeddaboudit. Does this seem reasonable? Anyone else get sucked into this obsession? If so, what practice did you finally settle on?