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Cycle Count

JediZenMaster

JediZenMaster

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I noticed that the MacBook out the box had 4 cycles used already. This also happened on the rMBP I had for a few days and exchanged for this.

Is this a normal thing? I never had a non open box Mac before and wasn't sure.
 
Normal. Probably for testing. I also got mine with 4. My rMBP back in 2012 was also at 4.
 
JediZenMaster said:
I noticed that the MacBook out the box had 4 cycles used already. This also happened on the rMBP I had for a few days and exchanged for this.

Is this a normal thing? I never had a non open box Mac before and wasn't sure.
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5 here, so no worries, they are all the same...slightly pre-used! :D
 
teerexx52 said:
Mine had 4 cycles but 99% battery health. Should it not be 100%?
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It's perfectly normal for a new Mac to have a few cycles on the battery. Your battery is fine. It is also perfectly normal if your battery health (maximum capacity) is more or less than 100%, even when brand new, or if it fluctuates up or down over time. The gradual decline is not in a straight line downward, and it may decline more rapidly at some times and slower at others. For further details, read the CHECKING STATUS AND HEALTH section of the following link.
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The link below should answer most, if not all, of your battery/charging questions. If you haven't already done so, I highly recommend you take the time to read it.
 
GGJstudios said:
It's perfectly normal for a new Mac to have a few cycles on the battery. Your battery is fine. It is also perfectly normal if your battery health (maximum capacity) is more or less than 100%, even when brand new, or if it fluctuates up or down over time. The gradual decline is not in a straight line downward, and it may decline more rapidly at some times and slower at others. For further details, read the CHECKING STATUS AND HEALTH section of the following link.
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The link below should answer most, if not all, of your battery/charging questions. If you haven't already done so, I highly recommend you take the time to read it.
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Thank you!
 
Ozy said:
Mine was 6. I want 6/1000's of a refund on a new battery! :)
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I know you are kidding but the sad thing is after reading many of the threads that get created here on MacRumors we can be almost certainly be guaranteed that someone will insist on that refund. Probably the same people that go through 8 exchanges and still don't have "the" perfect computer.
 
Cycle Count

brand said:
A couple few is no big deal but 21 almost seems a bit excessive, even when 1000 cycles are guaranteed.
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I did think about returning it but the wait is so long now and in the grand scheme of things it probably won't make any difference to me or the battery life of the laptop.

Some googling shows that 20+ cycles new out of the box is more common than I thought.
 
This is probably from the burn in process that most electronics manufacturers do to be compliant. Like ISO compliance and whatnot. Its fine.
 
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