To turn on the Battery Health Management<\/strong> feature, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\nFirst, make sure your software is up to date or is running macOS Catalina at least<\/strong>. If not, you sadly cannot access the feature.<\/li>Click System Preferences<\/strong> from the Apple menu<\/strong> and click Battery<\/strong><\/li>Click Battery <\/strong>on the left side menu bar this time, then click Battery Health<\/strong>.<\/li>Check “Manage battery longevity<\/strong>.”<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Optimized Battery Charging <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nYou can also find the Optimized Battery Charging <\/strong>option in the Battery<\/strong> section. This feature reduces the wear on your battery and improves its lifespan by not allowing it to charge beyond 80%.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis is another good feature since charging your battery to 100% every time reduces its lifespan. If you’re not in a hurry to use all of your battery’s charge, try turning this on for safer charging times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Enable Energy Sav<\/strong>ing Settings<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nAnother way to preserve battery life is by enabling more power-saving options in the said Battery section<\/strong> or Energy Saver Pane<\/strong> (for macOS Catalina and earlier). <\/p>\n\n\n\nThis lets you adjust features that use up a lot of power, such as brightness, hard disk activity, and graphics switching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To open the Energy Saver pane in macOS Catalina, go to the Apple menu <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSelect System Preferences<\/strong> in the dropdown, then click Energy Saver.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nHere you can choose to enable many power-saving features to reduce battery consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span> #4. Close or Disconnect Power Hogs<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nTo further achieve maximum battery life and reduce your cycle count, you can close or disconnect power hogs on your MacBook. Consider applying the following measures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lowering the brightness of your screen only up to 25%- 30%<\/li> Disconnecting from Wi-fi and Bluetooth when not needed.<\/li> Reducing or turning off keyboard backlights if you’re not in a dark place. You can even set up an auto-adjust for this by going to System Preferences > Keyboard. <\/strong>Then check the box for Turn keyboard backlight off after [X secs\/min] of inactivity<\/strong>. <\/li>Unplugging peripherals like an external mouse, screen, SD card, etc. as soon as you’re done using them.<\/li> Consider closing apps that use up much power by going to Activity Monitor <\/strong>and checking the Energy<\/strong> tab to see the energy usage of each app.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By following these simple tips, you can easily improve your MacBook’s battery health and lifespan! Do you have any other tips on how to preserve MacBook battery? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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