Here are tips to extend your macbook pro retina battery life and condition. A lot of people want their macbook battery life to be good in condition, because the battery of macbook pro retina is integrated battery, which means it’s not easy to remove and install for general users. Also the price of battery replacement is expensive. I wish you can use more battery life in good condition through the steps below.
General charger usage ( just charge it when battery is at 20% – 40%)
1. fully charge your macbook pro retina every time your battery level is at 20% – 40%.
2. Even if your macbook pro retina is fully charged, leave it plugged in for at least another 1 hour.
3. most time you will use this steps when your are charging battery.
Battery calibration (once a month) ( just charge it when battery is at 20% – 40%)
1. Fully charge your battery and leave it plugged in for at least 2 hours even though it’s fully charged.
2. Plug off the MagSafe power adapter and use your macbook pro retina until it turns off. (you will get a warning message that you don’t have enough battery. Ignore that message and keep using it, then it will be turned to sleep mode atomically.)
3. NOW, DO NOT PLUG THE MAGSAFE POWER ADAPTER IN yet. Let your macbook sleep for at least 5 hours.
4. After 5 hours, plug the power adapter back in and let it fully charge.
5. once fully charged, leave it plugged in for at least 1 hour.
5. Now your battery is calibrated properly.
Repeat the steps above. You will see your battery life and condition are getting better than before.
Good Luck!
Are you looking for battery replacement by Apple ?
Here is a link to the Apple battery replacement web page (Click the “Apple Battery Replacement” link below):
Apple Battery Replacement
I have a macbook pro, and after few days since I started this.. It really increased the battery life… Thanks!
Is it bad to use the macbook while it is plugged in??
No, it’s not bad at all to use it while plugged it in. It’s really good for battery to use while you are using it or plugged it in. Just don’t try to leave plugged it in for long time after fully charged.(no more than 3 hours)
Use it while plugged in no more than 3 hours, but if I’m not using it but I have a lot of download are running I want to keep them run for long time and need to plugged in the charger adapter. So will it decrease my macbook pro battery life or not?
It will, don’t leave it plugged in all the time.
mum…..turned to sleep mode “atomically”…… like an atom? Do atoms sleep?
Do you have to use a MagSafe power adapter?