MacBook: The 5 best tips to extend battery life

So that you can work with your MacBook for as long as possible on mobile devices, we will show you the five best tips for extending the battery life.

1. Reduce screen brightness

The non-plus-ultra to save the battery of your MacBook is to reduce the screen brightness. Because the backlight is a real battery killer. Reduce the brightness by a few steps by pressing [F1] a few times. With [F2] you can increase the brightness again.

2. Deactivate Bluetooth and WLAN

Bluetooth and WiFi are also very thirsty and virtually suck the juice out of your battery. So only activate the two functions if you actually use them. The corresponding settings can be found in the status menu at the top right of the screen.

3. Remove peripheral devices

Disconnect your Macbook from devices you have connected to your Mac via USB or Firewire. External hard drives or your iPhone, for example, use the battery with great freedom of movement and significantly reduce its runtime.

4. Close unnecessary applications

Applications and programs that run in the background also sometimes pull on the battery. It is therefore important to end all programs that you do not currently need.

5. Calibrate the battery regularly

Calibrate the battery of your MacBook at regular intervals of one to two months, because it will keep its maximum capacity for as long as possible.

This practical tip provides instructions on how to calibrate your MacBook battery.