Battery Optimisation Ventura 13.0 (22A380)

Hello.


Machine: MacBook Pro, 16-inch, 2019 / 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 / T2 Chip


I had asked this question at an earlier date, ostensibly too proximate to the "date" Ventura 13.0 had been installed, which was on 25 October 2022.


THE QUESTION, (Still):

Why does Battery Optimisation "To reduce battery ageing, your Mac learns from your daily charging routine so it can wait to finish charging past 80% until you need to use it on battery." not yet OPERATE?


I use the battery irregularly, meaning not very often &, principally, though not always, for only brief periods that barely run it down below 90%. Last night it went down to 30%; & has, perhaps, a few times been around 70%. On the former mac OS Monterey 12.5.1 — in this same machine — (Monterey 12.6 was barely installed just in front of Ventura 13.0) optimisation worked & regularly withheld the "charge" at 80%. Now that has ceased — & every time the the battery is less than 100% Ventura OS re-charges back to 100%.

If you please — I do not understand this; hence, two (2) questions:


1.)

Does the "new OS" Ventura requires months to "acclimate" to my user "patterns" & recognise what I have selected for it to do? Or is there a possible bug/fault?


2.)

Could there exist an other / any other option I might have selected in (the new configuration of) System Settings — that would cancel out what I have patently selected for the OS Optimise regarding Battery re-charging?


I thank any one with a kind reply of knowledge & information to this query. I am puzzled & would like to understand if my OS is failing to do what by now it should be executing.


Thank you very much.

—Robert B.


[ I have included PDF images of the requisite windows to verify the OS & what I have immediately selected within System Settings when Ventura was initially installed. ]








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Posted on Nov 28, 2022 08:57 AM

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Posted on Nov 28, 2022 10:13 AM

RobertJBoren wrote:

Hello.

Machine: MacBook Pro, 16-inch, 2019 / 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 / T2 Chip


If you please — I do not understand this; hence, two (2) questions:

1.)
Does the "new OS" Ventura requires months to "acclimate" to my user "patterns" & recognise what I have selected for it to do? Or is there a possible bug/fault?

2.)
Could there exist an other / any other option I might have selected in (the new configuration of) System Settings — that would cancel out what I have patently selected for the OS Optimise regarding Battery re-charging?

I thank any one with a kind reply of knowledge & information to this query. I am puzzled & would like to understand if my OS is failing to do what by now it should be executing.



Yes it can take weeks, months to witness a change. It will re-calibrate after every upgrade, nothing new here.



Not my recommendation however— You can turn it all off. The BHM , reduce the cycle count, prolong the working life of your battery. You have a expected 1000 cycle count. BHM is not static, it is dynamic.


Your battery falls under the same hardware warranty as your Mac. I see no issue here.



The take home home lesson:

you do not have to micro-manage the battery charging, let the software worry about this for you.


a rule of thumb:

if you are near the mains leave it plugged in, if you need the portability then use the battery only. Full Stop.




About battery health management (BHM) in Mac notebooks intel— introduced with macOS10.15.5

About battery health management in Mac notebooks - Apple Support


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About battery health management in Mac notebooks - Apple Support




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Nov 28, 2022 10:13 AM in response to RobertJBoren

RobertJBoren wrote:

Hello.

Machine: MacBook Pro, 16-inch, 2019 / 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 / T2 Chip


If you please — I do not understand this; hence, two (2) questions:

1.)
Does the "new OS" Ventura requires months to "acclimate" to my user "patterns" & recognise what I have selected for it to do? Or is there a possible bug/fault?

2.)
Could there exist an other / any other option I might have selected in (the new configuration of) System Settings — that would cancel out what I have patently selected for the OS Optimise regarding Battery re-charging?

I thank any one with a kind reply of knowledge & information to this query. I am puzzled & would like to understand if my OS is failing to do what by now it should be executing.



Yes it can take weeks, months to witness a change. It will re-calibrate after every upgrade, nothing new here.



Not my recommendation however— You can turn it all off. The BHM , reduce the cycle count, prolong the working life of your battery. You have a expected 1000 cycle count. BHM is not static, it is dynamic.


Your battery falls under the same hardware warranty as your Mac. I see no issue here.



The take home home lesson:

you do not have to micro-manage the battery charging, let the software worry about this for you.


a rule of thumb:

if you are near the mains leave it plugged in, if you need the portability then use the battery only. Full Stop.




About battery health management (BHM) in Mac notebooks intel— introduced with macOS10.15.5

About battery health management in Mac notebooks - Apple Support


w/ silicon

About battery health management in Mac notebooks - Apple Support




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