{"id":1952,"date":"2025-06-21T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2025-07-03T14:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:17:49","slug":"batteryoptimizer_for_mac-and-intel-macbook-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/?p=1952","title":{"rendered":"BatteryOptimizer_for_Mac and Intel MacBook Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

My iPhone 15 Pro Max caps charging at 80% thanks to Apple’s built-in iOS feature; however, the same built-in feature doesn’t appear for a macOS Intel MacBook Pro machine and we have a fleet of these. BatteryOptimizer_for_Mac<\/a> to the rescue! I installed it on my macbookpro11,5 this afternoon and will let it run for a few weeks to see how it performs. Installation is simple with a single Terminal command (and some fussing in System Settings):<\/p>\r\n

curl -s https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/js4jiang5\/BatteryOptimizer_for_Mac\/main\/setup.sh | bash<\/code><\/p>\r\n

While there are many other open<\/a> source<\/a> options<\/a> out there including some commercial options<\/a>, they appear more focused on Apple-silicon based MacBooks.<\/p>\r\n

** Update 7-4-2025 **<\/p>\r\n

Using the command:<\/p>\r\n

battery status<\/code><\/p>\r\n

Produces:<\/p>\r\n

<\/>\r\n07\/03\/25-15:11:01 - Battery at 78.8%, 12.083V, 27.3\u00b0C, no charging<\/code>
\r\n07\/03\/25-15:11:01 - Battery health 109.3%, Cycle 103<\/code>
\r\n07\/03\/25-15:11:01 - Your battery is currently being maintained at 80% with sailing to 75%<\/code>
\r\n07\/03\/25-15:11:01 - You haven't scheduled calibration yet<\/code>
\r\n

As you can see, the battery is now hovering just below 80%. This utility appears to work and well at that.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My iPhone 15 Pro Max caps charging at 80% thanks to Apple’s built-in iOS feature; however, the same built-in feature doesn’t appear for a macOS Intel MacBook Pro machine and we have a fleet of these. BatteryOptimizer_for_Mac to the rescue! … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1952"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1964,"href":"https:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions\/1964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}