Can anyone tell me why my battery loses about 1% of it's charge per day? I'm plugged in, no peripherals, calibrated, already done an smc reset to sort out wake/sleep issues. Thought this problem was fixed too but its re-appearing. I charged 2 days ago and it's down to 98% today. Eventually it goes below 95% and re-charges to 100%.
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Why does my battery lose charge plugged in?
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Even if your battery was removed from your laptop, it would lose 1% per day. Its the battery's natural decay and is perfectly normal.
Lithium Polymer batteries have a tendency to explode when you over charge them beyond their capacity. AS a precaution, the charging is stopped once the battery is filled up, and the laptop runs on battery till it hits 95%, when the charging begins anew.
Yup this always bugged me but I finally let it go for about a week and once it dropped to 94%, it began to charge again back to 100%. I just think it's normal for the battery.
Yeah that sounds "normal". Just be thankful you don't have my machine, which discharges the battery at a rate of 3 to 4% per hour... even when turned off it seems 
No that's something a little different. The battery doesn't charge unless the capacity drops below about 93/95% to avoid short charging cycles. The OP is talking about the battery losing a little charge each day.
Thanks, people!
Thanks, people, this is such a smart group! This is my first notebook and the battery seemed funky to me.
I can never find what I want on the "apple" site.
Thanks, people, this is such a smart group! This is my first notebook and the battery seemed funky to me.
I can never find what I want on the "apple" site.