Leave charger on or off?

[Starwalkersg]

Hi, just got myself a new macbook
Since I use it at home like a desktop, should I leave the charger on, or use&recharge?
Which option is actually better for the battery?

 

[dreamer_toons]

I have it on all the time, only disconnect and runs down the battery once a while and connects again.

Nowadays, there are no memory effects on the battery and no detrimental effects if you connect your charger all the time.

 

[chenaz]

I always on. Unless I accidentally off the main power then suddenly low bat

 

[tt88]

If you precious your new Macbook, I strongly recommend that U Use Battery after Charged!

 

[chenaz]

That will let the laptop and battery die even faster . Battery is different from last time. It will auto cut off input after it is full.

If you precious your new Macbook, I strongly recommend that U Use Battery after Charged!

 

[szeli]

That will the laptop and battery even faster . Battery is different from last time. It will auto cut off input after it is full.

not so much about e charging. its to make sure e electrons in e battery r moving. e battery also deteriorates if u dun use it...

 

[rvyne7]

I normally use battery til it drops to 30-20% before I charge it again.

I'm curious of this aswell coz if i stream videos it drops quite fast less than 5hrs not sure if its worth turning on/off the ac charger or not.

 

[iCubes]

The battery has a finite number of lifecycles before it drops its capacity. Everytime you use until 0% then charge to 100%, it uses 1 cycle. As the battery reaches its limit of cycles, the quality will start degrading. Hence, its best to leave it charged, and *only* periodically use it to 0% and charge to full for calibration. Other than that, its not necessary to leave it running on battery.

 

[bakasora]

Leave it on.

 

[szeli]

The battery has a finite number of lifecycles before it drops its capacity. Everytime you use until 0% then charge to 100%, it uses 1 cycle. As the battery reaches its limit of cycles, the quality will start degrading. Hence, its best to leave it charged, and *only* periodically use it to 0% and charge to full for calibration. Other than that, its not necessary to leave it running on battery.

that's what I thought. my MacBook Air batt has only 40+ cycles but wear level has reached 75%. u need to use e battery from time to time. get e electrons flowing...