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New macbook pro has 12 battery cycles

johnnymike24 said:
Excuse my ignorance as well, but given that the more cycles you have on your battery the closer your battery is to going kaput, is it best to never let your battery fully discharge except when calibrating the battery? This would make sense given that do so would prevent the accumulation of cycles. Is my thinking right?

Also, my first mac will be here tomorrow (15" CTO) so I was wondering if the battery is already calibrated from the factory or if I need to do that myself?

For the OP, is your MBP a non-CTO, i.e. did you buy it from an Apple store. If so, is it possible that you received a re-packaged MBP that was returned by another customer who purchased it early last week? Or does the Apple store send returned macs back to Apple corporate?
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1 cycle count is the combination of smaller charges and discharges that would total a 100% charge/discharge cycle.
 
I agree with some others. I'd get an appointment with a genius at the Apple
store. I'd bet you will get a new battery.
 
So then is it more effective to keep my new mac connected to the outlet as much as possible to reduce cycles or will that degrade the battery even more like regular PC's.:confused:
 
Shadez said:
So then is it more effective to keep my new mac connected to the outlet as much as possible to reduce cycles or will that degrade the battery even more like regular PC's.:confused:
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As with most things in life, a balance is best. Apple doesn't recommend leaving it plugged in all the time, and you don't want to put a lot of unnecessary cycles on it, either. An Apple tech told me that if I primarily use my MBP at the desk, unplug it every 2 or 3 days and run the battery down to at least around 50% before plugging it back in. Understand, this is NOT calibration. It's simply running it on battery every few days, to keep the electrons moving. I still calibrate every month or so. As it turns out, I naturally find a need to unplug and run on battery every few days, so it's not a pain to remember.
 
GGJstudios said:
As with most things in life, a balance is best. Apple doesn't recommend leaving it plugged in all the time, and you don't want to put a lot of unnecessary cycles on it, either. An Apple tech told me that if I primarily use my MBP at the desk, unplug it every 2 or 3 days and run the battery down to at least around 50% before plugging it back in. Understand, this is NOT calibration. It's simply running it on battery every few days, to keep the electrons moving. I still calibrate every month or so. As it turns out, I naturally find a need to unplug and run on battery every few days, so it's not a pain to remember.
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Thanks for the info I will be doing that from now:D Just another quick qestion I have looked this up but am still not entirely sure. To calibrate battery we need to run it down to zero then charge to max and then unplug from outlet right:eek:
 
i have 7 cycles on mine and it says my laptop is 2 months old. ive only had it for 7 days. and my batt capacity is at 5349, is that normal?
 
johnnymike24 said:
Excuse my ignorance as well, but given that the more cycles you have on your battery the closer your battery is to going kaput, is it best to never let your battery fully discharge except when calibrating the battery? This would make sense given that do so would prevent the accumulation of cycles. Is my thinking right?

Also, my first mac will be here tomorrow (15" CTO) so I was wondering if the battery is already calibrated from the factory or if I need to do that myself?

For the OP, is your MBP a non-CTO, i.e. did you buy it from an Apple store. If so, is it possible that you received a re-packaged MBP that was returned by another customer who purchased it early last week? Or does the Apple store send returned macs back to Apple corporate?
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yeah i have the same question - is it better to discharge your battery all the way through everytime, or just charge when u get the opportunity to?
 
awkwardpaws said:
yeah i have the same question - is it better to discharge your battery all the way through everytime, or just charge when u get the opportunity to?
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Charge it when you can. Use it on battery when you need to. Calibrate every month or two.
 
chikhao said:
Hi all,
As the title suggested, I've just got a brand new 15'' macbook pro, when i checked the battery however, there's already12 cycles on it. and I noticed it doesn't last for the more than 8 hours as apple claimed (I am only surfing the web), do you think it's worth it to ask an replacement?
Thanks for any suggestion.:(
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Same problem here; look at what i wrote here. It is not a real problem but it looks strange though. Cheers
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2443719&tstart=0
 
didn't check into all that stuff when i 1st got my mbp. wish i did :rolleyes: oh well, live long and prosper mac users!
 
I had to calibrate my replacement battery. The last 2-3% took a long time on the recharge. It was reporting 97% capacity before and now it's 100%.
 
dang, i must be not doing it right. i have 108 cycles on my battery. i got a dud when i got my macbook pro and got an X over the battery within the first 4 months.

but i got it swapped out, but i guess this battery is at 108, but i normally unplug it after its fully charged then i let it drain then i plug it back in...

i guess i'll start leaving it plugged in from now on and keep removing it every so often.

but should i leave it plugged in even when the computer is off?
 
i rather have them test, then not to! make sure these babies are fully healthy before sending them out ;)
 
maddagascar said:
dang, i must be not doing it right. i have 108 cycles on my battery. i got a dud when i got my macbook pro and got an X over the battery within the first 4 months.

but i got it swapped out, but i guess this battery is at 108, but i normally unplug it after its fully charged then i let it drain then i plug it back in...

i guess i'll start leaving it plugged in from now on and keep removing it every so often.

but should i leave it plugged in even when the computer is off?
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It's interesting why so many people do this. I wonder where this comes from. Yes, keep it plugged in at all times. If you want to do something that actually helps anything, then unplug the power adaptor when the MBP is fully charged and turned off. That would be actually something that *would* make sense :)
 
Tom71 said:
It's interesting why so many people do this. I wonder where this comes from. Yes, keep it plugged in at all times. If you want to do something that actually helps anything, then unplug the power adaptor when the MBP is fully charged and turned off. That would be actually something that *would* make sense :)
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No, that doesn't make sense at all. You should do a bit of reading before giving misleading information.

Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time.
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AppleCare support recommends that if you leave your Mac plugged in most of the time, unplug it every 2 or 3 days and run on battery down to somewhere around 50%, then plug it back in. That keeps the electrons moving.

As long as you're running it on battery at least every few days and calibrate every month or two, you'll be fine.
 
GGJstudios said:
No, that doesn't make sense at all. You should do a bit of reading before giving misleading information.
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Care to explain what was misleading? Unplugging the adapter from the mains saves electricity.
 
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