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This video was sponsored by Appgeniers
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How can you best save your MacBook for years of loyal use
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Well, the battery is actually the most likely thing to wear out. Apple has some built-in tools to help you manage battery health, but they're kind of
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inflexible and they don't do very much. Energize a pro, on the other hand, gives you all of the tools you need to make sure your
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battery is working great for years to come. All batteries have a limited lifespan, and replacing them can be expensive hard work
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It's best to treat the battery that comes with your device. as best as you can to get the most out of it
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Now, batteries wear out faster if they're permanently kept at 100% charge, plugged in all the time
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Maybe you keep your MacBook docked at your desk this way, plugged into an external monitor
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Heat is another factor here. It's a bad idea to charge your battery if your computer is running hot
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which is what happens when it's running its most taxing operations, like encoding a video, compiling an app, stuff like that
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Charging the battery is another source of heat. So you don't want to charge it from zero to 100 all at once
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It's best to charge it in little, increments and you ideally want to keep it around the 50% range, you know, between
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like 40 and 60. Apple's built-in battery preserving feature doesn't give you that many options
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If you regularly discharge your MacBook during the day and plug it in every single night
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eventually it start optimizing based on that rigid schedule but you only have the one toggle to turn this feature on and off Here how Energizer Pro gives you more control over your battery The key feature is that you can set both an upper bound and a lower bound so you know if you not leaving the house today it cap off charging at 65 to reduce the strain But you can
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set a lower bound to make sure it never gets below 40%, so if you need to take your computer into
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another room for a little bit, you know you'll have some charge. And you can freely change these
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just by clicking and dragging on this battery icon right in the menu bar. And if you know you're going
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going to head out for the day, you can click this button to boost it all the way to full charge
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in anticipation. And you have all these controls that help you slow down the charging speed
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when your computer starts to get too hot. You see, lithium ion batteries have a sweet
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spot that they like to stay in the middle of. Apple publishes specifications of where you're supposed
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to keep your MacBook temperature-wise, but they don't follow their own advice. Energizer
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Pro will monitor the temperature of your battery, and it'll slow down if it starts to get too
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hot above 95 degrees Fahrenheit. This will reduce the wear of your battery over time. So click here or in
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the video description download Energizer for free to check in on your battery health. For all the advanced
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management features I showed you, Energizer Pro is available with a monthly or annual subscription or a
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lifetime unlock. And be sure to use the code, Cult of Mac, Summer 2020, to get 20% off whatever you
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purchase. I'm DeGriphin Jones with Cult of Mac
