AlDente-Battery_Care_and_Monitoring

(Sorry for replying to this comment, apparently can't reply to the original post or the comment above.) I've been using a software called AlDente by AppHouseKitchen on my MacBooks. It still has some nice additional features over the new macOS Charing Limit feature, especially if using the licensed version (one time tiny purchase). If just wanting to spare the battery of your older non-Tahoe Macs, even the free version works fine. https://github.com/AppHouseKitchen/AlDente-Battery_Care_and_...

I may be a bit odd, but I store lithium ion battery containing electronics in the vegetable drawer in the fridge. You lose 20% of capacity in a year if you have 100% state of charge but only 6% loss of capacity at refrigerator temperatures. So tool batteries, small electronics and whatever else that isn't used weekly gets put in. I also try to charge fully only just before use (and only if I need 100%), and store at partial charge. If I am charging for storage, I just set a 30 minute timer. Since 1C charging is the most common, 30 minutes at 1C will be about 50% state of charge from empty, which is useful for items with no state of charge indicator. I use AlDente[1] on my Apple laptops, and the 80% charge feature on my Pixel phone. My bedside phone charger is a slow charger. Maybe I'm doing too much to manage my batteries, but I also have

Last week I xkcd#1053'd (aka lucky 10,000'd) https://chargie.org thanks to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43766728#43767575 (additional anecdata: https://hn.algolia.com?query=chargie&type=comment) >an interposing dongle [$25 on sale!] which provides a Bluetooth receiver and app that lets you set arbitrary preferences on your phone and fast charge, slow charge, or turn off the charger at configurable state of charge setpoints or times Another option I learned about just now for Macbooks: https://github.com/AppHouseKitchen/AlDente-Charge-Limiter (macOS 11+; $25 Pro version) And I saw your recommendation elsewhere in the previous discussion I dug up (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31841051#31842078) because someone mentioned that power cycling the battery on a timer would still eventually encounter the same problem. >Trades one p

If you were storing a laptop, it would best be at 50% or so. The battery is under less stress at that state of charge (SoC), so the battery will age more slowly. If you have OSX, you can use Al Dente[1] to limit SoC to 70 or 80% while using it to reduce battery aging. There may be similar settings on Windows depending on your laptop's manufacturer. If you can maintain a limited SoC rather than running the battery down, that's most preferable. Otherwise, discharging lightly (but not below 20% or so) then charging to 80% or so would be a good usage pattern. It's helpful to know that many chargers are designed to achieve 1C charge rate (this excludes "fast chargers"). That essentially means they go from 0 to 100% SoC in one hour. So start a 30 minute timer when you plug in electronics to charge, and you'll gain about 50% SoC. [1] https://git

If you're on a Mac, you can install the free version of AlDente: https://github.com/AppHouseKitchen/AlDente-Charge-Limiter I keep my MBA at 60% since it basically never goes for more than a couple hours within being plugged in.

Pro Tip: Use this nifty charge limiter¹ on your macbooks to limit your laptop charging. I can see a noticeable improvement in my MBP battery life. 1: https://github.com/AppHouseKitchen/AlDente-Charge-Limiter

One of my pet peeves is how people get so dismissive about limiting their battery charge. People will even get defensive, as if it is a personal attack or something. Empirical evidence has shown time and time again that it is a-matter-of-fact that stopping charge at 80% will prolong a lithium-ion battery. [1][2][3] I mean, it’s one thing to be believe that it is “too inconvenient” or that “life’s too short to micromanage my phone battery”, and another to blatantly spread lies that stopping charge at 80% is a “myth” with no benefit. And maybe that “micromanagement” argument was true 5 years ago, but nowadays nearly every device can automatically limit charge levels, e.g.: iPhone 15 and above iPhone 14 and below with a smart-plug[4] Most Samsung phones/tablets Sony phones/tablets Any rooted Android Any decent EV Windows: Asus, Dell, HP, Len

Maybe try AlDente: https://apphousekitchen.com/ https://github.com/AppHouseKitchen/AlDente-Charge-Limiter When you tell it to top-up, it does. (Yes, I am a paid user.)

For anyone who's interested, it's written as AlDente, one word: Free version: https://github.com/davidwernhart/AlDente-Charge-Limiter Pro version: https://apphousekitchen.com/

Depends on the actual usage patterns, whether you keep it charged at say 100%, 80%, 40%, etc; its temperature (hot=bad), age, number of charge cycles, technology, how often you actually unplug it, etc - but yes, if you mistreat it, it can get dangerous. My old 2017 MBP met that fate after mere couple of years, these machines tend to run annoyingly hot (I can hear it right now from the other room - partner is still using it). When it was mine, I kept using it with the lid closed (because the internal screen+keyboard were useless to me). I totally wasn't expecting the battery to suddenly become a spicy pillow! The Apple tech was a little bit scared to touch it, said it's gonna take a while to repair, I guess they can't open this sort of thing on site. Of course some things changed with M1 (less hot) and later macOS updates (smarter/delayed

There is a tool that takes care of it for you - https://github.com/davidwernhart/AlDente

Check out this app to get full control of charging: https://github.com/davidwernhart/AlDente

There's an app for that called Aldente[0]. I am sceptical of the benefits though, too much of micromanagement for a device that's supposed to just work. I mean you can be better off if instead of undercharging the device all the time and have less than optimal charge when you need it today you can have a device that holds just as little charge some time in the feature and fix it by replacing the battery if it turns into an issue. Live the high life today worry-free and suffer tomorrow instead of suffering today for some possible occasion in the feature where you might need few more hours of juice. [0]: https://github.com/davidwernhart/AlDente