MBP has been plugged in all day but charge stopped at 97%?

[rudyrox]

i leave my mbp plugged in (which i got 2 days ago) and its in better performance mode. yet when i turned it on it says the charge is 97%. how can that be? there isn't even a time next to it saying when its going to be 100%

 

[ayasin]

That happens to me sometimes, it's easy enough to fix. Unplug your machine and let it run down below 95%, then plug it back in. It should charge to 100%.

 

[rudyrox]

so its not a faulty battery that doesn't have its full life?

 

[nopassn]

so its not a faulty battery that doesn't have its full life?

Nah... mine did that the other day too... I took it off the battery for a half hour or so and ran it down a bit and then plugged it in when I got done using it... charged back to 100% the following morning.

 

[ergdegdeg]

No, it's a method to make battery life longer as it only charges back up when it gets below 95%.

 

[darngooddesign]

Apple did that so the battery wouldn't be constantly charging for tiny increments; its better for the overall life of the battery. I wouldn't sweat it if I were you.

 

[dmmcintyre3]

That is normal my PowerBook does it all the time. In fact it is doing it now time to run it down to 94% and back up

 

[Patriks7]

As far as I'm aware, it doesn't start charging again until it reaches 95%.

Edit: Looks like I'm late to the party again

 

[rudyrox]

thank you all!

 

[michael.lauden]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/643155/

c'mon.