macOS Tahoe 26.4 Beta 1 Adds Charging Limits to MacBook – Appleosophy

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Can anyone tell me approximately how much benefit would I see from setting 80% vs 90% vs 100% charge limits?

The benefit is that your battery will last longer. How to quantify this, I don’t know.

I know that a friend of mine bought his iPhone 15 pro same time as me. He never charged past 80%. I always charged 100%. It’s now a little over 2 years and my battery condition is at 86% while his is at 96%.

(Sorry for replying to this comment, apparently can't reply to the original post or the comment above.)

I've been using a software called AlDente by AppHouseKitchen on my MacBooks.

It still has some nice additional features over the new macOS Charing Limit feature, especially if using the licensed version (one time tiny purchase).

If just wanting to spare the battery of your older non-Tahoe Macs, even the free version works fine.

https://github.com/AppHouseKitchen/AlDente-Battery_Care_and_...

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