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New Macbook, hesitant on using Al Dente app or batt, thoughts?
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this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2025
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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?
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.
You understood the question right, simply put MacOS is meant to optimize battery life and use but there's some alternatives (like those mentioned) that aim to do better.
Think about "Photos" and "Mail": there's an option built in but some alternatives exists and they are better for that matter in my opinion.
Oh ok, that makes sense. I never looked too closely at the built-in setting, but I just checked and see that it’s dynamic and not something you can set a hard limit on.