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Or, even worse: you use your MacBook 90% of the time, connected to a monitor with the charger permanently plugged in.

Need to leave the office and go to a meeting? Use Discharge Mode to burn off that 100% charge down to 80% before you unplug, so you leave the house at a healthy voltage. But Wait, What About Calibration? You might have heard: "Don't keep your battery at a low percentage forever; it messes up the calibration."

While Apple’s built-in "Optimized Battery Charging" tries to help, it is notoriously passive. It learns your habits and might hold at 80% if you have a very rigid schedule (e.g., plugging in at 10 PM every night). aldente

Heat is the silent killer. If AlDente detects your battery is too hot (e.g., during a Final Cut Pro export), it automatically stops charging to prevent thermal damage.

If that sounds like you, your battery health is silently suffering. Enter . The Lithium-Ion Problem MacBooks use lithium-ion batteries. They hate two things: extreme heat and extreme charge states (0% or 100%). Or, even worse: you use your MacBook 90%

AlDente costs nothing (or a cheap one-time purchase for Pro) and can extend your battery’s lifespan by . For a $200+ battery replacement, that is a no-brainer.

Let’s be honest. Most of us are guilty of the "laptop vampire" lifestyle. You wake up, unplug your MacBook at 100%, work at a coffee shop until it hits 15%, panic, plug it in, and repeat. But Wait, What About Calibration

Have you tried AlDente? What percentage do you lock your MacBook at? Let me know in the comments below!