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My personal record is two battery replacements (AppleCare, both due to capacity being below spec given the number of charge cycles*) and two logic board replace
by jasomill 2y ago
My personal record is two battery replacements (AppleCare, both due to capacity being below spec given the number of charge cycles*) and two logic board replacements (GPU failure, first under AppleCare and then out-of-warranty due to a recall) on one MacBook Pro (2011, 17").
* Incidentally, I've received at least half a dozen battery replacements under AppleCare over the years for this reason, going back to the original Titanium PowerBook G4. As far as I can tell, leaving a (Power/Mac)Book plugged in, closed, and running most of the time kills batteries in a warranty-preserving fashion.
- gorbypark 2y agoMy laptop is plugged in most of the time and I use a menu bar app called "Al Dente" that sets the max charge at a certain value (I set 80%). I'm hoping this will help with battery longevity, however I have no real idea if it will. My iPhone it will cap charging at 80% sometimes until the morning to help prevent the battery being at 100% for too long, so I figured 80% was a good number for the MacBook as well.