Precaution or steps to take before booting up 4 months unused macbook air

Hello Community
My mother was ill for quite some-time, and she didn't use her MacBook Air for almost 4 months now.
Before booting it up again, and start making use, please let me know if there are some steps needs to be performed.
For example: Should I fulling charge it, and then boot-up OR should I just plug-in to charge and boot-it up
Thanks

The 'ideal' battery status is a full charge but once you get an indication that the battery has some life in it it you should be ready to go. Obviously keep the power adapter in until at least a a full charge is achieved.
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