This should help keep your battery in good shape for longer, and it's something you can't easily do by yourself. Hope you get it resolved.Given how difficult and expensive it is to replace a battery on an Apple device, it's understandable why people try to keep them going for as long as possible.ĪlDente was designed to help users maximize battery lifespan by preventing it from charging all the way to 100%. Make sure coconutBattery is reporting good capacity on your battery.īout all I can think of. When I get a new device, I end up using it 3-4 hours more a day than usual - this sometime distorts my "battery life" expectations. What can you do if you're just using native apps? It takes a few days for my 100+ GB photos library to sync. I have to gauge my own "x hours" against my own usage otherwise it isn't comparing like usage. A lot of these are heavily biased and due to people liking their device. I usually ignore the "I get X hours" screen on time. Who knows, it could be a defective unit as well - especially if it's hot and high CPU usage. That M1 should be sipping battery with native apps with almost no usage. If you're using just native apps and only getting 6 hours - I'd start looking at activity monitor and figuring out what's using the CPU. User B pops out iBooks and reads on a black background with brightness at 20% with an occasional Youtube video with headphones saying they get 12+ hours of battery life. For example: User A will game heavily on their phone at 100% brightness while streaming music or YouTube saying they only get 6 hours of screen on time. Any attempt at prolonging the life is seen as way too inconvenient.Įveryone uses their computer differently. Most people see a battery as a disposable item that is meant to be used. I'm attaching Coconut Battery readouts for my iPad Pro and MacBook to see what are more realistic results - or am I just jinxed?Ĭoconut Battery does work on the M1 MaxBook Pro in its latest update, BTW. I can't understand how the poster who said his MacBook has only about 15 cycles on the battery after years of usage. And I don't even know how long my 12" MacBook would last on batteries compared to when it was new because I've unplugged it so seldom. The iPad Pro now has a battery life of about four hours. (When I send it in again, I'm going to take multiple photos with a ruler resting on it first!) I had to escalate that to a senior level in order to get it back without the extra $600 charge. Apart from the inconvenience of being without it, Apple claimed the iPad was bent (it wasn't and isn't) and wanted $599 to fix that in addition to the battery replacement. The last time my iPad Pro went to Apple for a battery replacement was only a year and a half ago. And if battery replacement could still be done by the user. Honeslly I'd have more of a "use it up and throw it away" mentality if I didn't have so many devices and didn't like to keep them for a long time. Thanks for the good comments! I've been accused of obsessing over battery life, but I don't think that's quite fair (look at electric car owners if you want battery life obsession). Most of my Apple devices are used 90-100% and after several years they do pretty well on the capacity vs design capacity scale. This is really the first year I've ever been able to do the 40-75% (or 40-85%) because I'm at home all the time. As this post (in this thread) states: #14 Of course you get less usage out of your battery that you paid for - but it does extend the life significantly. I've read Buchmann's book several times and love his website: īattery University clearly states batteries will last longer when used 40-75%. Hopefully something like this comes out for the M1 soon!īatteries are a hobby of mine. Every now and then I'll set it to 100% for a day then back to 55-85% (Usually 70%+). I use AlDente on my 2020 MBP 13' to keep the battery around 85% since I use it as a desktop these days (virus). Any attempt at prolonging the life is seen as way too inconvenient.ĭoes coconutBattery work? - I've used this to monitor my batteries for years now.
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