dXTC
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System Menu > About This Mac. Click on More Info, then look for the "Power" section. It should show battery status, including Cycle Count.
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Apple Releases Firmware Battery Fix for 2010/2011 MacBook Pro 15- and 17-Inch Models
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System Menu > About This Mac. Click on More Info, then look for the "Power" section. It should show battery status, including Cycle Count.
My 2010 i5 15" Macbook Pro has 1100 cycles and the battery seems as strong as ever.
Update worked fine.
Tankmaze
macrumors 68000
Firmware Upgrade
I installed this upgrade on my mid 2012 rMBP, all went well computer worked fine. I shutdown the system and that was that. My machine will now have to go back to Apple.
I installed this upgrade on my mid 2012 rMBP, all went well computer worked fine. I shutdown the system and that was that. My machine will now have to go back to Apple.
chrfr
macrumors G5
That would be a different firmware update than the one in the thread. Unfortunately there is a risk in updating firmware that if something goes wrong, the device can become useless.
Having gone through 15-20 firmware updates in my time, I think this might be a PEBKAC issue.
alphaod
macrumors Core
When I was in school I was using 2-3 full cycles a day, so a thousand cycles in a year was easy!