Hi All,
Is this common with my 13" MBA battery 2010?
145 cycles; health 90%; 6024 mAh full charge capacity?
I often calibrate battery once per two months.
How it will remain 80% after 700 cycles like Apple commit? 😱
My guess is that the health might drop quicker at first, and level out. So it will drop slower and slower as you approach 80%. But that's simply my guess.
Obviously you'll want to make sure you try to do these things to keep the health as high as possible for as long as possible:
- operate your Air plugged into the wall whenever you can, to avoid having to use the battery all the time
- store the air at approximately 50% battery charge (or close to that) if you're leaving it off for a long period of time (ex. a week or so)
- avoid draining your battery fully; turn off your Air somewhere between 7 and 10% battery charge if at all possible... if not even slightly sooner (10-15%)
- calibrate your Air every month or two if you like (but not often)
- store your Air in cool areas (never hot areas) if at all possible
- if gaming or doing high-heat (highly demanding) work on the Air, try to be plugged into the wall to avoid using the battery... draining the battery quickly through one charge is likely a little harsher on it... also when your Air is hotter, your battery will get hotter... if your battery is hotter, it's just slightly worse for it
