How Can You Make Your Laptop Battery Last Longer?

Whether you have a Windows or a Mac, applying a couple of settings in the configuration of the equipment and adopting a couple of customs, you will not need to connect in much longer.

Maintain a properly charging habit

When you plug your laptop in for the first time, you should make sure to fully charge it once to calibrate it. But after that, aim to keep it between 40% and 80%. Apple’s customer care says you should do this to “keep the electrons in it moving occasionally.” Doing this can help prolong your battery life by as much as four times.

You should also fully charge and discharge your computer’s battery at least once a month. Set a reminder on your phone or something.

The illumination of the keyboard

Although less than the screen, keyboard lighting also consumes battery. Both Mac and Windows (in those computers that are illuminated) have in “System Tools” or in “Settings” the possibility of adjusting the backlight of the keyboard, which well thought is only useful in very low light conditions.

It is advisable to keep the lighting of the keyboard always disabled and resort to it only when necessary.

Do not turn off the laptop

Instead of turning off the computer when you leave it idle, forcing it to start again every time you return to it, leave it at rest or hibernating. In this way, the applications and systems will be loaded and will not pull as much battery.

Doing it is very simple, you just have to close all applications and active sessions and close the laptop cover (usually the default configuration). It is a practice that many think is harmful, but it is not, in fact, its impact is very positive for the duration of the battery.

Turn off WiFi and Bluetooth

It is likely that disconnecting WiFi is impossible because you depend on it to work. At least make sure that the Bluetooth connection (much less useful) is disabled because otherwise, it will be looking for networks and devices in the environment, spending battery.

If you can, dispense with wireless peripherals (mouse, keyboard), especially if you do not have a plug nearby to power your computer’s battery.

Although these devices have greatly optimized their energy consumption over the past few years, they are still small battery eaters hence, it is preferable to avoid as much as possible.

Turn Speakers off

If you are someone who usually works with background music (see, Spotify), you will not like this: active speakers consume a battery and also any external sound device you connect (headphones).

If you are a music lover and you can not work without music, at least turn down the volume, in this way you will not minimize the impact of playing music on battery life.

And if it is possible to use a wired headset, you will continue consuming the battery but the consumption will be much less than with headphones or Bluetooth external speakers.

Another obvious advice (although not always respected) is not to leave the laptop continuously plugged in when the battery is full.

If you are not going to use the equipment in a while, it is better to leave it with the battery somewhat charged, but not empty or complete, if you want to increase the life of your laptop and not damage it.