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Regarding the second reason: Even when your laptop is powered by the power adapter and the battery is not being charged, sometimes the hardware needs more juice than provided by the adapter, in which case it taps into the battery and discharges it a little bit.įor any reason, this can take a long time (mostly dependent on the size of your power brick) and you should not expect to see a quick battery drop beneath your limit while in sailing mode, as this would hurt the battery more than it helps. This can happen because of two reasons: Batteries do discharge themselves slowly over time because of the cell chemistry, even if there is nothing they are powering. Instead, it waits until your battery drops a few percentage points by itself. Sailing mode does not actively discharge (eg unplug) your MacBook. Maybe as the battery gets older, I'll start to see the battery percentage drop from 80% - as the older battery won't hold its charge as well any more (which was one of his two reasons for the 80% level dropping, cell chemistry).

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His two reasons don't apply - the newer battery in an M1 Mac isn't discharging much because of cell chemistry, and there are few if any times that the M1 Mac has to draw power from both the power adapter and the battery. On an M1 Mac, the battery (at least when it's newer) will hold that 80% charge most/all of the time (as the two reasons he gives for why the percentage would drop won't happen much on a newer M1 Mac), which is why I don't see the percentage drop from 80% to 70%. I think what he is saying is the MagSafe charger powers the Mac even when the battery is at 80%, and AlDente keeps the battery charge from going above 80%. I should have known that was wrong as the LED is 'orange' which means 'charging' (and connected of course). I think my misunderstanding was that I thought the battery powers the Mac once the battery is at 80% and that the power adapter does not supply power until the battery drops to 70%, at which time AlDente lets the power adapter charge until the battery is back up to 80%. If the battery lasts only one year longer, it was worth it.I heard back, I pasted what he said below.

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The price for the Pro version is just over 11 euros for one year, for a lifetime license at just under 24 euros.

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So you get full control over the charge level of your battery. In addition, it is now possible to set directly via the menu that the battery should be charged to 100% (because you want to give a lecture), or that the battery should be drained. This should also be better for the battery.

So it will be charged once instead of 10 times by one percent. you allow the battery to drop to 60%, only then the missing 10 percentage points are recharged. With the Sailing function you can define a window from 60% to 70%. Then the battery would also be recharged at 69% charge. Let’s assume you want to keep the battery charge at 70%. This allows you to define a charging window, so to speak. The Pro version, on the other hand, now brings a Sailing function.

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The free version, which is still available, can limit the battery level. The Pro version now allows you to set many small and precise settings.

Especially for the home office, where the Mac is probably mostly connected to the mains, you can set the battery level to significantly less than 100%, which stresses the battery less and thus also wears it out less. It allows you to configure exactly how the battery of your MacBook should be charged when it is connected to the power supply. We already introduced you to this little tool. The battery manager AlDente for MacBooks is now available in a Pro variant.

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