This means that the Element Hub dock I use it with - providing 60W of power - always charges and keeps the Mac at 100%. My M1 Max 16" is almost always in clamshell mode connected to 2 monitors at my desk. Hope you get it resolved.I just found out AlDente Pro is included with my Setapp subscription, so I decided to try it. 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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