Hi all, I recently bought a 2010 11 inch from the refurb store this week, and so far it's been great, but I have a question about the battery. When I checked the cycles not long after I turned it on, it said that the computer is 4 weeks old and that it had 39 battery cycles. Is this a normal amount of cycles for a refurb? It seemed a bit high to me, but it is a 2010 model, so I didn't know if this is normal for it's age or not.
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Battery Cycles on a Refurb Air
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That's just over a cycle a day. Perhaps higher than average, but not unusual. It's nothing to worry about. This should answer most, if not all, of your battery questions:
It's a refurbished unit, so it means it was returned to Apple for some reason or another, and Apple tested all the components before rebuilding the machine for resale as a refurbished unit. So in your case you tested a battery, found it was good, and rebuilt your unit with it.
Apple replaces the battery when they refurb units. 39 is kind of high if you are using it plugged in a lot, but if you are using the battery to capacity every day it is normal. MBA batteries are rated for over 1000 cycles tho...so don't worry!
They only replace the battery if it's defective. They don't replace them all.
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