Difference between AlDente an BigSur optimized battery #61

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opened 2025-12-30 01:33:13 +01:00 by adam · 7 comments

adam commented 2025-12-30 01:33:13 +01:00

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Originally created by @user858753257 on GitHub (Jan 8, 2021).

Which is better when MacBook is 95% of the time at power cord ?

Originally created by @user858753257 on GitHub (Jan 8, 2021). Which is better when MacBook is 95% of the time at power cord ?

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adam commented 2025-12-30 01:33:13 +01:00

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@alexw9988 commented on GitHub (Jan 11, 2021):

I have mine plugged in all day and MacOS just kept charging to 100%, because it couldn't really "learn" any charging habit.
AlDente works great, just make sure you leave "Use MacOS battery scale" option unchecked if you're running Big Sur.

@alexw9988 commented on GitHub (Jan 11, 2021): I have mine plugged in all day and MacOS just kept charging to 100%, because it couldn't really "learn" any charging habit. AlDente works great, just make sure you leave "Use MacOS battery scale" option unchecked if you're running Big Sur.

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@user858753257 commented on GitHub (Jan 11, 2021):

Ok . Do you use intel or M1 chip ?

@user858753257 commented on GitHub (Jan 11, 2021): Ok . Do you use intel or M1 chip ?

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@alexw9988 commented on GitHub (Jan 11, 2021):

Intel

@alexw9988 commented on GitHub (Jan 11, 2021): Intel

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@Drallas commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2021):

What does "Use MacOS battery scale" exactly do?

@Drallas commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2021): What does "Use MacOS battery scale" exactly do?

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@MatthiasKerbl commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2021):

Hey Drallas,

Normally, there is an offset of a couple of percentage points between the systems SoC and the shown SoC. The feature "Use MacOS battery scale" tries to decrease this offset. In a nutshell, when this feature is activated the SoC you set in AlDente will be closer to the "real" SoC shown in MacOS.

Best regards,

TheMazus

@MatthiasKerbl commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2021): Hey Drallas, Normally, there is an offset of a couple of percentage points between the systems SoC and the shown SoC. The feature "Use MacOS battery scale" tries to decrease this offset. In a nutshell, when this feature is activated the SoC you set in AlDente will be closer to the "real" SoC shown in MacOS. Best regards, TheMazus

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@emadpres commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2021):

@alexw9988 Based on what @TheMazus said, it seems we should have Use MacOS battery scale checked as it's a good thing. Why did you recommend turning it off?

And by the way, where is the Use MacOS battery scale option? I can't find it in 2.1.

@emadpres commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2021): @alexw9988 Based on what @TheMazus said, it seems we should have `Use MacOS battery scale` checked as it's a good thing. Why did you recommend turning it off? And by the way, where is the Use MacOS battery scale option? I can't find it in 2.1.

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@MatthiasKerbl commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2021):

Hi @emadpres,
we removed the "Use MacOS battery scale" option in AlDente 2.1 since we use a different pathway to get as close to the MacOS battery scale as possible.

Best regards,
Matthias

@MatthiasKerbl commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2021): Hi @emadpres, we removed the "Use MacOS battery scale" option in AlDente 2.1 since we use a different pathway to get as close to the MacOS battery scale as possible. Best regards, Matthias

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Reference: starred/AlDente-Battery_Care_and_Monitoring#61