Basically what my title says. I am showing 96% battery life and right after I calibrated my battery when I first got my mac about three weeks ago I was showing about 7050 mAh. I have ran it dead twice since fully calibrating it. I understand 96% is by no means bad but it has drained almost 500mAh in less than a month. Should I be concerned for the future?
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96% Battery after only 8 cycles. Should I be Concerned?
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There's no need to calibrate the modern laptop batteries monthly or that often, they are much more intelligent than they were in the past and are capable of taking care of themselves.
It is perfectly normal to see the numbers changing each cycle even in the worse direction. The time when you should start worrying is when the battery are consistently getting worse drastically, for example if it goes from 95% to 50% and stay there for more than a couple of days.
Don't worry about it, and stop running it dead so often -- that's actually detrimental for lithium batteries.
My MBP's battery capacity actually started out at around 98%, with continued use, the maximum capacity has actually increased to over 100%, and currently fluctuates around 7200mAh.
Just give it time.
My MBP's battery capacity actually started out at around 98%, with continued use, the maximum capacity has actually increased to over 100%, and currently fluctuates around 7200mAh.
Just give it time.
what i noticed with the battery capacity fluctuation is that, when i do something that drains the battery really fast, like vmware fusion, hd vids etc.. the capacity decreases, then when i just do light stuff and really try to conserve the battery, ie 50% brightness, the capacity increases...
and when its plugged in it stays the same, so what i do now is i keep it plugged when im doing heavy battery draining stuff, and i unplug it when im just doing light browsing and stuff.
maybe its just me but thats what i noticed.
and when its plugged in it stays the same, so what i do now is i keep it plugged when im doing heavy battery draining stuff, and i unplug it when im just doing light browsing and stuff.
maybe its just me but thats what i noticed.
I'm freakin out here. 95% after 12 cycles. I was hoping it would stay at 100% or 99% at least for the next 50 cycles!
I thought these batteries were supposed to go 1000 cycles before going down to 80%? At this rate, it seems it will be at 80% by 100 cycles!
AHHH!
I thought these batteries were supposed to go 1000 cycles before going down to 80%? At this rate, it seems it will be at 80% by 100 cycles!
AHHH!
I suppose you haven't read any of the information provided here?
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