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nameisnotimportant Mar 11, 2025

New Macbook, hesitant on using Al Dente app or batt, thoughts?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/34209034

New Macbook, hesitant on using Al Dente app or batt, thoughts? - sh.itjust.works

HI all. Finally changed my old laptop and I’ve been wondering if I should be using an app like Al Dente or batt [https://github.com/charlie0129/batt] to preserve it’s battery cycles. Anyone have personal experiences with one or the other that they care to comment on? Thanks!

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CatsGoMOW Mar 11, 2025

I could totally be misunderstanding the problem or question here, but doesn’t Mac OS have a built-in setting/feature to cap the battery charge when left plugged in?

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remon

Yeah, I tried if for a few weeks. But it’s trying to be “smart” and predict your behavior. But that just resulted in it randomly charging my battery to 100% once a day for no reason.

Switched back to Al Dente where I can directly control the battery level and when to charge.