I think there might be a problem... it says your laptop is over 24,000 months old...
Mine seems to be at over 100%... I don't think this program is very accurate, or it's just hard to get an accurate reading of the health of laptop batteries.
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Anyone else at/around 20 battery load cycles?
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I think there might be a problem... it says your laptop is over 24,000 months old...
Mine seems to be at over 100%... I don't think this program is very accurate, or it's just hard to get an accurate reading of the health of laptop batteries.
Yeah, that's because I had my logic board replaced so there is no system serial number to be read,
Coconut assumes everyone has a 15". THey have no way of telling the battery is in a 17".
If you go in Prefs you can manually input your battery capacity - which should be 6500
As for the program, it's not doing anything more than reporting the data apple is storing!
My 4 month old battery has 40 load-cycles and it's down to 89% health, but it was at 93% health at 39 load-cycles, so I'm gonna have to call apple up eventually I think.
Mine is 89% at 412 loads, so yeah... you should call them lol.
Do a few full discharges and full recharges (aka overnight) and dont keep it plugged in 24x7. Ive increased the capacity of my macbook battery by doing so.
Damn you guys always have your laptops plugged in?
I was gonna ask the same thing! I'm at 97 cycles and 93% health! Which I guess isn' t all that bat considering I've never calibrated the battery.
It just means we are boring
I wish i had more need to run on battery - i could do it everyday for a few hours if i worked at it, but it's easier to be-bop into the other room and use it and go back!
question
is it ok to keep my macbookpro charging all the time? bcoz the shop staff told me that to unplug the magsafe when the battery full...
I bought it about a month ago, and my battery cycle already almost 60 and it's not 100% anymore
am I doing something that I should not do here??
btw my adaptor just a little bit explode, so I can't use it till I get a new replacement adaptor.
what is the best way to keep my battery life longer?? keep it charging?
thanks
is it ok to keep my macbookpro charging all the time? bcoz the shop staff told me that to unplug the magsafe when the battery full...
I bought it about a month ago, and my battery cycle already almost 60 and it's not 100% anymore
am I doing something that I should not do here??
btw my adaptor just a little bit explode, so I can't use it till I get a new replacement adaptor.
what is the best way to keep my battery life longer?? keep it charging?
thanks
Haha, so your laptop was supposedly built in ~30BC. Proof that Steve Job's Reality Distortion Field has now been used by Apple to travel back in time!
I just calibrated my batter in my iBook and it now says the capacity is 28% after 537 cycles.
is it ok to keep my macbookpro charging all the time? bcoz the shop staff told me that to unplug the magsafe when the battery full...
I bought it about a month ago, and my battery cycle already almost 60 and it's not 100% anymore
am I doing something that I should not do here??
btw my adaptor just a little bit explode, so I can't use it till I get a new replacement adaptor.
what is the best way to keep my battery life longer?? keep it charging?
thanks
No! No! No! The charger cuts out once the battery is full! You can leave it plugged in al you want. Just recalibrate it every month or so per Apple's guidelines and you should be fine.
Thanks flopticalcube
no wonder everybody cycles are so low compare to mine...
so it's better to let it plugged al the time rite?
because my powerbook G4's battery is down to 0% after 50%... it's happend after I kept it plug for 5 days straight.
I tried to calibrate, but seem doesn't work.
it has 495 cycles with 84% capacity.
is there anyways to fix it?
no wonder everybody cycles are so low compare to mine...
so it's better to let it plugged al the time rite?
because my powerbook G4's battery is down to 0% after 50%... it's happend after I kept it plug for 5 days straight.
I tried to calibrate, but seem doesn't work.
it has 495 cycles with 84% capacity.
is there anyways to fix it?
You could try reseting the PMU:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449
I keep my MacBook plugged in almost all the time. It sleeps overnight plugged in and it runs off AC power most of the time. To keep the battery in top shape you are supposed to use it for an hour or so occasionally and to recalibrate every month or two.
You are close to the life's end of your battery I am afraid. Actually 84% with 500 cycles is pretty good.
I owned a Windows XP laptop a few years ago and when the battery died I was told it was because I ran it off the power nearly all the time (but not always).
Have batteries become more "intelligent" or was the person wrong?
I'm not sure how to treat batteries now.
I leave my iPod plugged into the power in its dock and have calibrated it but I'm not sure if it's bad to keep using it like that.
I barely power it down on the go before its charged up again.
Depends on the PC. Some were not designed all that well. Its not so much the battery as the charging circuitry. I had on old laptop from the mid 90's that still held a charge in 2005 even though it was plugged in almost all the time.
I got my brand new MBP the first week of March, and hit the 19th cycle last week. Battery Capacity according to Coconut Battery is 96%; max charge always shows at 99%--weird, b/c after the the latest battery firmware update, it charged to 100% the first couple of times, but since then, max I can get is 99%...
It was actually Steve who helped the Egyptians build the pyramids at Giza. In return for his generosity and willingness to share his modern knowledge, the Egyptians promised to assemble laptops for him for free.
Wow. Your Mac is 2000 years old?!?! Now THATs a sturdy machine.
Kind of OT-but how many cycles can you go through before your battery decline is considered normal wear and tear and applecare will no longer replace the battery?
Maybe it's the MBPs?
Here are my two readings from my 12" powerbook and my Mac Book Pro.
I find it odd that my powerbook battery still has 100% after 48 cycles and my mac book pro only 99% after 10 cycles. I almost always have my MBP plugged in. Maybe I should do like my powerbook and just let the thing drain all the time? (No, I haven't calibrated my MBP since I got it a few weeks ago).
Here are my two readings from my 12" powerbook and my Mac Book Pro.
I find it odd that my powerbook battery still has 100% after 48 cycles and my mac book pro only 99% after 10 cycles. I almost always have my MBP plugged in. Maybe I should do like my powerbook and just let the thing drain all the time? (No, I haven't calibrated my MBP since I got it a few weeks ago).
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