What's best for my battery.

I use my macbook alot, like 8 hours a day. So I was wondering what would be the best for my battery.
Should I always connect it to the adapter. Or should I use it on the batterypower and charge it when its underneath 20%.
Thanks in advance.

The consensus here seems to be: (1) that it's quite ok to leave it plugged in; (2) It is good to use the battery occasionally, per
Apple - Batteries - Notebooks
(3) It is not good to run your battery all the way down, or even close to that.
Following these guidelines I have a battery which is 15 months old, with 108 cycles and currently reads between 98-100% health.
charlie

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It is a matter of opinion as far as removing it or leaving it in. If you leave the battery in and plug it in and unplug it frequently the capacitors could read incorrectly and think that the battery is charged to 100% when it is not. This is only a temp issue. Calibrating the battery will resolve this. If you leave the battery out of the machine it could get lost, or give your notebook more spaces to get dust in it. Personally I always advise to leave batterys in for this reason. Charles informed you to leave it out which is not incorrect either. The notebook will run a bit faster on ac power and your graphics performance will be increased(with battery in or without) and you should not run into the memory issue. It is a matter of choice. You can run a battery check in the Total Care advisor and if it needs calibration because you leave it in often and it should link you to the steps if needed.
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Is it better to charge the battery fully and let it empty completely, or charge it again befor it is empty ?

LisetteMeulman wrote:
Is it better to charge the battery fully and let it empty completely, or charge it again befor it is empty ?
NEVER EVER empty it. Ever. Nothing will destroy a lithium quicker.
General consideration of your MacBook battery
Contrary to popular myths about notebook batteries, there is protection circuitry in your Macbook and therefore you cannot ‘overcharge’ your notebook when plugged in and already fully charged.
However if you do not plan on using your notebook for several hours, turn it off (plugged in or otherwise), since you do not want your Macbook ‘both always plugged in and in sleep mode’.
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A: Deep discharges, as meaning roughly 10% or less. Avoid this in all instances if you can. This is hard on your battery.
B: Rapid discharges as referring to energy intensive gaming on battery on a frequent basis (in which case while gaming, if possible, do same on power rather than battery).
C: Constant inflation, as meaning always or most often on charge, and certainly not both in sleep mode and on charge always or often.
From Apple on batteries:
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446
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