My battery life is never at 100%. Is there a reason why or is it just how the macbook pro battery's are like? I'm only getting like 4 hours out of it too. 50% brightness with WiFi on.
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Battery life never at 100%?
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Searching the forum with MRoogle will usually find answers to most of your questions. There are dozens of threads on this topic:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ite:forums.macrumors.com&as_qdr=y&btnG=Search
Searching the forum with MRoogle will usually find answers to most of your questions. There are dozens of threads on this topic:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ite:forums.macrumors.com&as_qdr=y&btnG=Search
If you search the forums once you'd find out that this is very normal. There's nothing to worry about.
Try calibrating your battery and you'll see positive results.
Try calibrating your battery and you'll see positive results.
You should have calibrated it at least two or three times by now. Once when you first got it, then every 30 days or so since then, depending on how much you use it on battery power.
You don't have to calibrate your battery!!
It will give a more accurate battery percentage indication but will not effect the condition of your battery.
Yesterday was my first time doing it. I barely ever use battery. It's mostly connected to my external monitor. It shows I have about 43 Cycle Counts with the battery.
No one said anything about calibration being mandatory or affecting the condition of a battery, as you would know if you took the time to read the link I posted.
Apple recommends calibrating every 30 days if you run on battery infrequently.
CALIBRATING THE BATTERY DOES NOT HELP AT ALL!!!
I got my MacBook Pro in April. I have not calibrated it once. Not once. And I get 11 hours w/ 50% Brightness, Web Browsing, Typing, WiFi ON, Bluetooth OFF, Backlit Keyboard OFF. Calbrating only makes the little percentage number more accuratebig whoop
I got my MacBook Pro in April. I have not calibrated it once. Not once. And I get 11 hours w/ 50% Brightness, Web Browsing, Typing, WiFi ON, Bluetooth OFF, Backlit Keyboard OFF. Calbrating only makes the little percentage number more accurate
big whoop
CALIBRATING THE BATTERY DOES NOT HELP AT ALL!!!
I got my MacBook Pro in April. I have not calibrated it once. Not once. And I get 11 hours w/ 50% Brightness, Web Browsing, Typing, WiFi ON, Bluetooth OFF, Backlit Keyboard OFF. Calbrating only makes the little percentage number more accurate
Really? Because when I calibrated once it boosted my battery capacity about 1 hour. And I only have to do it twice a month. Pretty worth it
K I'll calibrate it again but I'm not too clear about it.
First, charge it to full. (cable is lit green)
second, drain the battery until it goes into sleep.
third, turn it off? how do you do that when the battery is completely drained.
fourth, wait 2 hrs
fifth, charge it full.
am i right?
First, charge it to full. (cable is lit green)
second, drain the battery until it goes into sleep.
third, turn it off? how do you do that when the battery is completely drained.
fourth, wait 2 hrs
fifth, charge it full.
am i right?
No, that's not right. Did you follow the FAQ link in the 3rd post in this thread?
I'll do that. Doubt it'll make a big difference though... it's at 3:07 right now and I just unplugged it with 50% brightness.