TL;DR
To keep your MacBook’s battery healthy:
- Keep charge between 20% and 80% to avoid battery wear.
- Use Apple official chargers to protect your battery.
- Enable Optimized Battery Charging to reduce wear.
- Unplug after charging and let the battery discharge.
- Charge to 50% before storing to protect battery health.
Tried and Tested ✅: The methods and steps mentioned in this article have been tried and tested firsthand by Ojash Yadav on his MacBook Pro M3 and rechecked for errors on Hashir’s MacBook Air M2.
Maintaining a healthy MacBook battery can save you from a lot of frustration. I faced battery issues before, but after tweaking a few habits, it made a big difference. Here are some easy tips to help you keep your battery in good shape.
Before We Begin
To keep your MacBook’s battery healthy, it helps to keep background load and system clutter under control. A tool like MacKeeper can automate this by cleaning junk, removing heavy login items, and monitoring apps that drain significant energy.
Keep Your Mac’s Battery Healthy With MacKeeper
Sometimes, apps you’re not using can run in the background and use up battery. Wouldn’t it be great to have a helper to watch out for these apps?
That’s where MacKeeper comes in. It’s like a friend for your Mac that makes sure no battery is wasted on apps you’re not using.
Follow these steps to uninstall unused apps on Mac using MacKeeper’s Smart Uninstaller:
- Download and install MacKeeper on your Mac.
- After installation, launch MacKeeper and click the Smart Uninstaller in the left-hand menu.