Should I keep my Macbook Pro M4 Series, Charging all the time even if it shows 100%

I saw other articles/ discussions about this, all say, you can, because of modern circuitry and all, but I had never saw an official apple website stating that, Could anyone please help me gain trust on this.


Shall I keep it in charging or use on battery, like maintaining 25-80% charge cycle.


And also, Optimised battery charging isn't working for me, like, it learns our usage and stop before making 100 directly, I never got to see that, cause every time I charge, it directly goes to 100%, it's been 3 Months I'm using the Macbook.

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.5

Posted on Jun 17, 2025 3:38 AM

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Jun 17, 2025 6:48 AM in response to niheshr

The classic way to brute-force improve battery longevity was to create a hysteresis -- to postpone staring a charge cycle until the charged state had declined to a lower level, such as 92 percent, and when topping off, stop before 99 percent. 


Catalina software 10.15.5 and later for MacBook Pro with T2 chip (2018 models and later) includes a feature called Battery Health Management. Now, based on your usage patterns, this widens the hysteresis to initiate a charge cycle at a lower level, and stop well before 99 percent. 


About battery health management in Mac notebooks - Apple Support

About battery health management in Mac laptops - Apple Support


Battery Health Management feature tracks your usage history and detects that you do not generally run your battery down to low levels. So when you see less than 100 percent as a full charge, it is charging less than the highest level for longest battery lifetime.


NOTE that charging to 80 percent is a side-effect, NOT the GOAL.


The goal is to have some hurly-burly around using your battery, either by your actually using it, or by leaving it less than 100 percent charged, so that the cells are not 100 percent charged 100 percent of the time. Battery Health Management will also from time-to-time let the battery decline slightly to 'get some exercise' and run lower (thought to be around twice monthly) if you do not do so by your ordinary use.


The feature tracks you actual usage. If you continue to not require 100 percent charge for a few weeks, it generally will revert to a lower "full" level. but it takes some experience, which takes some time


If your recent usage patterns demand top battery capacity, the battery will charge completely to be sure you are not stuck out in the wild with no power.


Jun 17, 2025 6:47 AM in response to niheshr

That computer is a battery-CAPABLE device. It is not optimized as a battery-operated device. (It is NOT an iPhone.)


Your computer performs best when connected to AC power, such as the power adapter. It can use the full output of the Power Adapter AND when doing especially challenging work will also freely "borrow" power from the battery. In some cases, even with the power adapter connected, the charged state may decline during very stressful work.


When used only on battery, your computer has no extra cushion of power, and may perform more slowly. However, for ordinary non-stressful tasks this may not be objectionable (possibly not even noticeable.)


In general, you should ALWAYS connect a power source when it is possible to do so, and only run on batteries (which could be somewhat slower) when no power sources are at hand. Modern Macs maintains optimum battery charge levels under program control, and will NEVER over-charge. Activate Battery Health Management and do not spend another moment of your time thinking about charging.


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