Keeping your iPhone, iPad and MacBook running in the cold weather

Waves of freezing weather have been making life miserable for folks across much of the U.S. this winter. Not counting the hundreds of thousands of folks sitting in the cold without power for days on end, the very cold weather can be of concern for mobile computing devices, including iOS devices such as iPhones and iPads, but also MacBooks.

There are several technological considerations for low tempertures and mobile computing devices: battery performance, and the screen. Lithium-ion batteries like the cold, to a point, since their discharge rate slows. However, in a device, this cold can change their performance characteristics, mostly leading to troubles recharging. And the cold can make a battery lose some of its charge, even as must as 40 percent, according to some sources. So, if your device is cold, it might be best that the battery is well charged.

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