Ok so I'll start this by saying I know nothing about Mac or Apple as a whole so your advice would really come in handy. I've had this early 2015 Mac Air and started using it in 2020, almost every day. Until a month ago I knew nothing about battery cycles and only when I saw, 3 weeks ago, that my battery charged until 92% and then went up to 100% (the same happened discharging, went from 100% to 92% in like 5 minutes), I thought it was time to gather knowledge. I searched but I guessed I did wrong since most blogs in spanish (I'm not from America or an english spoken country) said that 'nothing happened if you used your Mac while it was charging on 100% all the time', so I did. I kept it charging on 100% all the time, for 2 weeks, and, also my mistake, no need to shame, while playing Minecraft.
As I said, I know my mistakes now, and I should have started reading blogs in english since Apple forums are mostly in this language. The thing is, when I first knew about cycles, my Mac had around.. 1200 cycles and it said the battery condition was Ok, no need for nothing so nothing is what I did. Two weeks ago, out of curiosity saw it was charged, unplugged for a little bit (It didn't spend all the time charging, I unplugged it from time to time, but I'll say it was 60% of the time plugged) and saw, that 10 minutes later or so, the battery dropped to 52%. Got scared really fast and just closed it after I saw that the system said it needed to be checked.
The thing is: inflation. I can't really change the battery right now and I really need my Mac. I've read a lot about Al Dente and such but I'm not sure what to do. I know it needs to be changed, asap, but economically I just can't, and an Apple Store is nowhere near where I live, since I would have to ship it to my country's capital and I'm not sure how's that gonna go. The only option I have is an alternative battery (I know the risks... but that's all I can do right now, and I can't even afford an alternative).
I thought of downloading Al Dente and make it like a desktop computer? I don't need to carry it around really, and I'm scared someone could steal it so it's not coming out of my house. I thought that with that app I could just use the energy coming from the charger and stop using the battery at all until I can afford something... any advice?
Thanks.
As I said, I know my mistakes now, and I should have started reading blogs in english since Apple forums are mostly in this language. The thing is, when I first knew about cycles, my Mac had around.. 1200 cycles and it said the battery condition was Ok, no need for nothing so nothing is what I did. Two weeks ago, out of curiosity saw it was charged, unplugged for a little bit (It didn't spend all the time charging, I unplugged it from time to time, but I'll say it was 60% of the time plugged) and saw, that 10 minutes later or so, the battery dropped to 52%. Got scared really fast and just closed it after I saw that the system said it needed to be checked.
The thing is: inflation. I can't really change the battery right now and I really need my Mac. I've read a lot about Al Dente and such but I'm not sure what to do. I know it needs to be changed, asap, but economically I just can't, and an Apple Store is nowhere near where I live, since I would have to ship it to my country's capital and I'm not sure how's that gonna go. The only option I have is an alternative battery (I know the risks... but that's all I can do right now, and I can't even afford an alternative).
I thought of downloading Al Dente and make it like a desktop computer? I don't need to carry it around really, and I'm scared someone could steal it so it's not coming out of my house. I thought that with that app I could just use the energy coming from the charger and stop using the battery at all until I can afford something... any advice?
Thanks.
