http://healthroutines.com/how-do-i-improve-the-health-of-my-battery-in-my-macbook-and-is-this-a-good-health.html Sun, 26 Dec 2010 02:01:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://healthroutines.com/how-do-i-improve-the-health-of-my-battery-in-my-macbook-and-is-this-a-good-health.html/comment-page-1#comment-620 T Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:48:07 +0000 http://healthroutines.com/how-do-i-improve-the-health-of-my-battery-in-my-macbook-and-is-this-a-good-health/#comment-620 Don't use computer with the charger plugged in unless it needs to be charged. Doing so will kill the battery in short order. Batteries are designed to be discharged and charged. Many say batteries have no memory which I dispute. Read several pages here and you'll find that most of the battery problems are from leaving the charger plugged in. Don’t use computer with the charger plugged in unless it needs to be charged. Doing so will kill the array in small order. Batteries are designed to be discharged and charged. Many say batteries have no memory which I dispute. Read several pages here and you’ll find that most of the array problems are from leaving the charger plugged in.

]]> http://healthroutines.com/how-do-i-improve-the-health-of-my-battery-in-my-macbook-and-is-this-a-good-health.html/comment-page-1#comment-621 bsghost1 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:09:41 +0000 http://healthroutines.com/how-do-i-improve-the-health-of-my-battery-in-my-macbook-and-is-this-a-good-health/#comment-621 BSGHost1 is completely wrong: while what he said WAS true, that's not the case with current Mac batteries. In fact, to save your battery and make it last longer, you should ALWAYS use it plugged into the wall when you can: only run off the battery if you absolutely have to. I got that info from a close friend who works for Apple in the repair division. 97% and 230 cycles is right where you should be. Chances are you are going to run into an obsolete hardware problem before you wear out the battery! BSGHost1 is completely incorrect: while what he said WAS right, that’s not the case with current Mac batteries. In fact, to save your array and make it last longer, you should ALWAYS use it plugged into the wall when you can: only run off the array if you absolutely have to. I got that info from a close friend who works for Apple in the renovate division.
97% and 230 cycles is right where you should be. Chances are you are going to run into an obsolete hardware problem before you wear out the array!

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