Battery

[Davycrocket825]

Does anyone know how to improve your battery on MacBook Air I have to charge it most every day

 

[4sallypat]

After doing an SMC reset, replace it with a NuPower / NewerTech battery that has 10% more capacity than a genuine Apple battery.

 

[Davycrocket825]

What is a SMC ?

 

[Erehy Dobon]

SMC: System Management Controller

I realize many people in 2020 don't actually use search engines anymore.

This is antiquated advice but just search for "reset SMC mac" and you'll see the countless articles and tutorials that have been written on this process.

Some -- gasp -- might actually reside in the support section of Apple's corporate website.

 

[Audit13]

What is the battery health and cycle count?

The Coconut flavor battery app will provide a lot of useful information.

 

[kp98077]

I just got my baseline MBA a few days ago, must say not impressed with battery...by half the day its at 50%! never really owned a MBA so maybe not used to it?

 

[Erehy Dobon]

Apple's officially published tech specs for the MacBook Air 2020 claim 11 hours for wireless web.

As far as I can tell, if you are at 50% after half a day on battery, the device is performing as advertised.

 

[Falcon80]

I just got my baseline MBA a few days ago, must say not impressed with battery...by half the day its at 50%! never really owned a MBA so maybe not used to it?

It is likely your Mac is still indexing. Give it a few more days.

 

[Trixs]

I just got my baseline MBA a few days ago, must say not impressed with battery...by half the day its at 50%! never really owned a MBA so maybe not used to it?

Sounds about 3x better than my macbook pro lol. If get 3 hours battery life out of that it's been a good day.

 

[Silvestru Hosszu]

Hi guys,

Does anybody know how is the battery life compared to the 2019 Macbook Air?

 

[kp98077]

Sounds about 3x better than my macbook pro lol. If get 3 hours battery life out of that it's been a good day.

What year is your pro ??