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Monitoring the battery condition of our Mac laptops was an absolute necessity. When not plugged in, you need to carefully prioritize and manage tasks to prevent your Mac, iPhone, or iPad from being shut down with work (or entertainment). And batteries are rapidly losing their capacity over the years, sometimes by percentage points each week.
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Coconut Battery emerged almost two decades ago as a simple battery management tool. During this time it has become imperative that you provide useful information about the charge and health of any iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch of your Mac and battery that you connect via USB or as Optional paid upgrades, over Wi-Fi.
The ideas of this Mac and iOS device (iPhone and iPad) provide the basics needed for regular use, when preparing to go to power, and keep an eye on the long-term trends of a potentially failed battery.
You can see the current charge, what your Mac or mobile device considers to be 100% of its current capacity (full charge capacity), and what the coconut battery labels as design capacity – more on leaving the battery at the factory Must be charged more than . An option in the app’s preferences also lets you add a system menu that displays configurable details about battery status and optionally add iOS / iPadOS devices to the drop-down menu.
Many of them are useful for viewing statistics while expecting to go mobile for tens of minutes to several hours. They can help decide if you need to pack a USB battery pack, for example, or to charge longer. But I recommend taking a look at the percentage of design capability on a regular basis.
With the Coconut Battery running or whenever you launch it, the app records data on the age of the device (based on the date Apple encoded in it), the current maximum percentage of design capacity (as health ), And the number of rounds that have been made. (Bicycles measure 100% charge, so discharging 50% and fully recharging is half a cycle.)
It revealed to me that my M1 MacBook Air battery has made a real hit in the app according to HistoryView. Delivered in 8 months in December 2020, it was already at 92% capacity on 63 bicycles. In 10 months, now, and in 74 cycles, it can hold only 85%. This means that it will definitely be due to change the warranty in a few months. (Note that Apple’s 1-year device warranty covers a battery that falls below 80% of maximum capacity over this period, and Apple Care + anytime it comes on Macs, iPhones and iPads. Remains effective.)
If you are worried about how fast your Mac or mobile device is charging, you can see if the power adapter is connected and the wattage on which the power is being transmitted.
The app also gives you access to more general information and a variety of technical details about your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Click on Mac Info / Device Info in this Mac or iOS device view and you can drag the serial number and age.
The developer, Coconut-Flower.com, offers a paid upgrade – or “support this app” partnership – which lets you test features 14 times before launching the app. For a one-time 9.95 fee, you can view iPhone and iPad battery details via Wi-Fi (by enabling the option in iTunes or Finder), update your Mac, iPhone, or iPad Access information and track your mobile device’s battery. Health History You can also get notifications on your Mac.
The Coconut Battery provides an excellent base line of battery information and a historical accounting that allows you to evaluate a faded battery while still under warranty – or to decide whether to pay to have it replaced before you pay. Want to live his life
Although the Coconut Battery is about 20 years old and version 4 is about to be released and Mac World has mentioned it before, this is its first review.
Welcome to the return of Mac James, a column that ran for many years and highlighted the great nuggets of Mac software – apps that have high utility, sharp focus on a limited set of problems to solve , And usually manufactured by an individual or a small company. With the strong restoration of the Mac in recent years, we want to celebrate the tools we use and recommend that readers make the most of your Mac experience. Stay tuned for weekly updates, and send your suggestions to the Mac James Twitter feed (– McMahon).