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Macbook Air M1 Battery

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Jun 4, 2020
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Hello. Does anyone has the same issue with macbook air M1 battery health.
I have my macbook air M1 for two weeks now and I have downloaded Battery health and it is weird that battery health is at 2%. I did not noticed any problem with the battery as it can stay without charge for a day as promised. But I was wondering if I should refer it to Apple or not. I have downloaded other battery health apps and it comes either with the same 2% battery health or with no information on battery health. Where does this come from? Thanks
 
Thanks. It works indeed. But my battery health is at 96% for a 2 weeks macbook Air...!
 
Why not use the built in Battery health app in preferences ? Mine shows 100% capacity.

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Well, I guess the point is to understand whether Coconut Battery has some problem/glitches in detecting the real state of the battery pack or not. Since Apple has changed into a generic "Battery condition: Normal" the wording of its dedicated section and does not release anymore any mAh figure, I have some doubts. Why my 1 day old MBA M1 (1 battery cycle) reports Design Capacity at 98.50% under Coconut Battery?
 
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Yes maybe that's a problem of not detecting information from the battery correctly. At first I had 2%, so that's why I was wondering if I had to report to Apple. But now, I understand that battery apps may not be accurate at the moment
 
I used to use these apps for checking, now I don't... ignorance is bliss ha. If its performing as it should battery wise ,I don't bother checking.

I did look at the battery health once in the apple info bit as described above and that's it. I tend to obsess over stuff like this and end up worrying my laptop isn't right. I think I'd rather not know :p
 
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You're right! I am not crazy about battery health :) But I was just wondering if my (brand new) MBA had a problem or not. Now, I will never check it again until I sell it :)
 
My new Macbook Air(M1 Chip, Big Sur 11.1) uses a lot of the battery during sleep mode
I talked with apple support regarding this issue and I have been told to reinstall macOS. I reinstalled macOS and the issue has been left. Again I called them and they told me I should give the laptop to one of MacBook resellers to check the computer. I gave my new MacBook to Macfroum and I received this answer after five days: " The Battery drain somewhat when in sleep mode, but nothing out of the specifications Apple has published. Apple diagnostics report no issue with the battery."

However, Macfroum thinks drain battery 1% percentage every hour is normal!!!. I called Apple support again and they recommended asking Macfroum to reinstall the OS via Apple Configurator 2. Macfroum restored the firmware, erased, and reinstalled the OS via Apple Configurator 2.

I checked again the computer and I had the same issue look at the following picture. All applications were closed and did not install any program on the laptop.

I compare it with my old MacBook Air and the old one just lost 2 % battery with many open applications.

I had the issue from the first day that I bought this new MacBook Air(M1) and it is around two weeks I am trying to fix it and had contact with Apple to fix the issue.

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