notebook is a 10 year old macbook pro without macos I installed xubuntu 24.04 in. It comes with an embedded battery.

First notebook I bought, not from apple, had a removable battery. The vendor told me to maximize its life I shouldn’t plug the battery in, unless I need it (like for traveling). This way, I’ve managed to keep the original battery in good working condition for 8 years so far.

Back to the macbook: I cannot remove the battery and constantly loading it to up to 80% and discharge it up to 20% seems ridiculous. Furthermore, this would deplete the battery even faster, I believe.

What can I do to spare the battery as much as possible?

  • ceciline02@lemmy.mlOP
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    5 months ago

    this is what sudo tlp-stat -b prints:

    — TLP 1.6.1 --------------------------------------------

    +++ Battery Care

    Plugin: generic

    Supported features: none available

    +++ Battery Status: BAT0

    /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/manufacturer = DP

    /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/model_name = bq20z451

    /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/cycle_count = 666

    /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_full_design = 6330 [mAh]

    /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_full = 5043 [mAh]

    /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_now = 4936 [mAh]

    /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/current_now = 0 [mA]

    /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status = Full

    /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_start_threshold = (not available)

    /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold = (not available)

    Charge = 97.9 [%]

    Capacity = 79.7 [%]

    do you still recommend a new battery?

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      5 months ago

      nah you got about 400 more cycles at least.

      keep it plugged in whenever you can to make it last longer.