How to save Macbook battery when working from the network or with an external monitor via type-c?

Question

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It so happened that to work with MacMini, I switched to a bunch of Macbook + external LG monitor.
I never asked these questions and didn’t bother with laptops especially.

But tell me knowledgeable people about batteries. And then there is a lot of information, but nothing is clear.
The laptop is connected to the monitor via type-c, through which it charges and transmits all peripherals (video, sound, keyboard, etc.), everything seems to be very convenient - I connected one wire to it and am satisfied. When you need to, again, disconnect one wire - and drag it where you need it.

Only this is how correct it is that my laptop is constantly essentially connected to the network (90% of the time it is stationary and works from the network).

And another strange moment when working with the monitor. I don’t know if this is true or not, but at night when the monitor goes into sleep mode, the type-c hub is also cut down. It turns out that the laptop starts to discharge, and when it is discharged to 99%, the monitor wakes up and recharges it to 100% and again everything is in a circle during idle time.

Give advice or tell me who has been working constantly from the network or with external monitors via type-c for a long time. How to be right.

I think that with such work, I will kill the battery very quickly.

Answer 1

When the macbook is connected to power and the battery is charged to 100%, it is powered directly. As far as I know, charge cycles do not even change. I got a 15 "proshka 2014 from my wife, I always worked almost from the network. So, if you just surf for 6 hours, it still holds. The battery is native.
And if you are almost always on the network, I think it would be better to use your own charger.

Answer 2

Right now, I have one macbook for 6 years, almost always works from the network, there for 6 years of cycles ~ 250 approximately.
The battery is enough for a couple of movies (3 hours). In my opinion, you shouldn't worry about it at all.

Answer 3

Li-ion batteries do not like to be constantly charged at 99-100% (they also do not like to be completely discharged at 0%). From this, gases begin to form in them and they can even be torn open (google "battery swelling"). If your macbook is constantly connected to the outlet - you do not give the battery a chance to work, it deteriorates from this. That is, the battery chemically ages not only from constant recharge cycles, but also from their complete absence. If you use a mac as a desktop, it's better to buy a desktop mac :) Or observe battery hygiene - regularly discharge up to 20% for example (once a week), and use programs that prevent the battery from charging up to 100% (google "al dente mac"). BigSur can automatically manage the battery charge, but it is not yet clear how it works.