cycles

[GGJstudios]

I know this is a MacBook Air topic but I have over 1000 cycles on my MacBook Pro in around 22 months and I have no idea how, I didn't think I charged it that much!

That's roughly 1.5 cycles a day. Are you always running on battery, even when AC power is available? If so, you could try plugging in more often, so you don't burn through cycles so fast. If AC isn't available, keep doing what you're doing. How's the battery health?

 

[RossMc]

That's roughly 1.5 cycles a day. Are you always running on battery, even when AC power is available? If so, you could try plugging in more often, so you don't burn through cycles so fast. If AC isn't available, keep doing what you're doing. How's the battery health?

When I first got it yeah for quite a while I was just charging it and then to 100% then using it without the AC power when I was in University plus I was doing quite a lot of video converting so that drained the battery a lot so it needed charging more so I was just repeating the process.

I have been using it on AC power most of the time for a few months now, The battery seems okay I would say about 3-4 hours doing normal web browsing etc.

 

[GGJstudios]

When I first got it yeah for quite a while I was just charging it and then to 100% then using it without the AC power when I was in University plus I was doing quite a lot of video converting so that drained the battery a lot so it needed charging more so I was just repeating the process.

I have been using it on AC power most of the time for a few months now, The battery seems okay I would say about 3-4 hours doing normal web browsing etc.

Use iStat Pro to get accurate cycle counts and battery health readings. Do you know what the health is?

 

[cvkai]

Once again, this should answer most, if not all, of your battery questions

Well, I had read the Apple Notebook Battery FAQ before and that is what I was following. But today Lifehacker posted that information and I thought they were a reliable source. So that is why I asked here, for confirmation. Thanks!

 

[GGJstudios]

Well, I had read the Apple Notebook Battery FAQ before and that is what I was following. But today Lifehacker posted that information and I thought they were a reliable source. So that is why I asked here, for confirmation. Thanks!

Anyone can post a blog with no knowledge or experience to back up what they say. It's obvious from the article that the author just grabbed information found by Googling and threw it out there. Much of what was said does not apply at all to Apple charging technology:

• Shallow discharges.... nonsense! You can discharge 10%, 50%, 90%... it makes no difference with Apple batteries.
  
• Don't leave it fully charged.... nonsense! As already stated, your Apple charger stops charging the battery when it's full, even if it's still plugged in.
  
• Fully discharge it once a month.... nonsense! The article describes this as a method of calibration. That is not the proper way to calibrate an Apple notebook battery. Also, newer unibody Mac notebooks come pre-calibrated and don't require regular calibration.

 

[RossMc]

Use iStat Pro to get accurate cycle counts and battery health readings. Do you know what the health is?

This is what Coconut Battery tells me (I haven't calibrated the battery in a while though, Not sure if that makes a difference to those stats or not)

 

[GGJstudios]

This is what Coconut Battery tells me (I haven't calibrated the battery in a while though, Not sure if that makes a difference to those stats or not)

Your battery doesn't need calibration. Read the last sentence of my last post. Your battery health looks fine, considering the number of cycles on it.