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Re:On the road with the 13-inch MacBook Pro by dom96 on Sunday November 06, 2016 @04:58PM (#12887308)
> I know I'm in the habit of keeping my laptop plugged in as much as possible for those times when I do need to rely on the battery.

I do this too. But also for another reason, I try to reduce battery usage to increase the lifetime of the battery. I should probably research whether this is something I should actually be concerned about (anyone any ideas?)

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Re:On the road with the 13-inch MacBook Pro by grzm on Sunday November 06, 2016 @05:38PM (#12887502)
I've heard rumors that keeping the battery topped off (plugged in) also decreases battery life :) If someone would like to google that for me, much appreciated!
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Re:On the road with the 13-inch MacBook Pro by emp_zealoth on Sunday November 06, 2016 @05:53PM (#12887561)
I've killed my battery in a year by repeatedly running it down more or less completely every day

Which kinda sucks if you have glued in batteries...

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Re:On the road with the 13-inch MacBook Pro by lobster_johnson on Sunday November 06, 2016 @07:14PM (#12887902)
Apple's power management is smart enough that when you reach 100%, it will let the battery drain a bit before charging again:

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-recommended-to-unplug-a-MacBook-...

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