New MacBook - Battery questions

[jason.siegel]

Hi all,

Just received a new MacBook and have a couple battery questions:

1. I just checked my battery health and see that there are 3 cycles already. I've only used the computer for a few hours, at most. Do new Macs come out of the factory with a couple cycles already registered, or is it possible that my Mac is not 100% new? I bought from B&H.

2. I'm at 80% battery health with brightness near the top setting, with Bluetooth on for an Internet connection but no Wifi. Estimated remaining power is 3:50. Is that normal? It seems awfully low for a supposed 10-hour battery.

Thanks!!

 

[komatsu]

1) that is normal. It just tells you that your battery underwent some quality control tests.

2) 3:50 seems awfully low for such a new system alright. Maybe contact the vendor?

 

[Wackery]

1) that is normal. It just tells you that your battery underwent some quality control tests.

2) 3:50 seems awfully low for such a new system alright. Maybe contact the vendor?

i think the battery needs a couple of days to calibrate

 

[mariotr87]

Your Mac is probably indexing the file system and doing some other under the hood things. Give it one day or two, and battery life will increase significantly.

 

[jason.siegel]

Looks like it may be okay after all. With some light Safari usage, it has about 9 hours of remaining power from a full charge. Thanks.