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M m/MacBookPro · u/quiet_fan · 25 Sep Help

Battery health dropped 6% in two months — normal or worth a service visit? [Test copy 25-1580]

16-inch, bought in March, mostly plugged in at a desk. Cycle count is only 74. Is leaving it at 100% all day the culprit?

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M m/MacBookPro · u/quiet_fan · 25 Sep Help

Battery health dropped 6% in two months — normal or worth a service visit? [Test copy 21-23438]

16-inch, bought in March, mostly plugged in at a desk. Cycle count is only 74. Is leaving it at 100% all day the culprit?

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M m/MacBookPro · u/quiet_fan · 21 Sep Help

Battery health dropped 6% in two months — normal or worth a service visit? [Test copy 6-24533]

16-inch, bought in March, mostly plugged in at a desk. Cycle count is only 74. Is leaving it at 100% all day the culprit?

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A m/AppleSilicon · commented on M5 Max compile times against M3 Max — 40 real projects, thermals logge · 17 Sep

Does the gap hold on the base M5, or is this a Max-only story?

44 points Permalink

M m/MacBookPro · u/quiet_fan · 17 Sep Help

Battery health dropped 6% in two months — normal or worth a service visit?

16-inch, bought in March, mostly plugged in at a desk. Cycle count is only 74. Is leaving it at 100% all day the culprit?

96

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M m/MacApps · commented on Nine Mac utilities that replaced my whole subscription stack · 16 Sep

Which one replaced your clipboard manager? That is the last subscription I am stuck with.

27 points Permalink

A m/AppleSilicon · u/quiet_fan · 15 Sep Discussion

Thermal paste replacement on a Mac mini: worth it or nonsense?

Seen a few videos claiming big gains. Seems unlikely on a machine that barely throttles.

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A m/AppleSilicon · u/quiet_fan · 7 Sep Discussion

Thermal paste replacement on a Mac mini: worth it or nonsense? [Test copy 20-88655]

Seen a few videos claiming big gains. Seems unlikely on a machine that barely throttles.

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M m/MacBookPro · u/quiet_fan · 26 Aug Help

Battery health dropped 6% in two months — normal or worth a service visit? [Test copy 26-71457]

16-inch, bought in March, mostly plugged in at a desk. Cycle count is only 74. Is leaving it at 100% all day the culprit?

96

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M m/MacBookPro · u/quiet_fan · 22 Aug Help

Battery health dropped 6% in two months — normal or worth a service visit? [Test copy 35-75532]

16-inch, bought in March, mostly plugged in at a desk. Cycle count is only 74. Is leaving it at 100% all day the culprit?

96

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A m/AppleSilicon · u/quiet_fan · 20 Aug Discussion

Thermal paste replacement on a Mac mini: worth it or nonsense? [Test copy 36-56056]

Seen a few videos claiming big gains. Seems unlikely on a machine that barely throttles.

87

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M m/MacBookPro · u/quiet_fan · 15 Aug Help

Battery health dropped 6% in two months — normal or worth a service visit? [Test copy 36-55084]

16-inch, bought in March, mostly plugged in at a desk. Cycle count is only 74. Is leaving it at 100% all day the culprit?

96

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