Comments on: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:19:37 +0000

my macbook battery after 3yrs:
max capacity 5149
Health 100%
cycles 236

By: Mouldycheesecake

Mouldycheesecake — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:35:53 +0000

If your battery health is below 100%, can doing the above tips bring it back up? Or will it always be at a lower health?

By: brentspore

brentspore — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:30:12 +0000

I think it's an age thing… If it's a couple years old and your health is below 100% then I don't know if there's a method to get that back up.

By: John

John — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:25:13 +0000

If your battery health is below 100%, can doing the above tips bring it back up? Or will it always be at a lower health?

By: appleconvert

appleconvert — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:53:27 +0000

A few things to note.
If you are under warranty or have an APP and are having issues with your battery dying suddenly, like some of you are. Then take it to your Apple repair store and they can run a test to see if it is a dud battery or its just used. If if its a dud then they can replace it if you are covered by warranty.
Also with good battery practices for macbooks… if you have your laptop plugged in all the time try to once a week un plug the macbook and let it run on battery and once it gets around 25% plug it back in. This keeps the battery in good condition and will let you get the best battery life out of your macbook… I just checked mine and I have just gone over 450 cycles and my battery health is still 100%. Good luck

By: Kubilay

Kubilay — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:53:55 +0000

I recommend using low light display by ctrl-alt-cmd-8. It helps the battery life if you only deal with the text and not the images etc (ex. coding on the train or reading a papers etc…)

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:30:21 +0000

An Apple tech told me that my MacBook battery has an expected life of 200 charging cycles; when I checked my cycle count in the about this Mac menu I found I had over 350. I figured it was time for a new one because it just wasn't working. I was also told that the battery needs to be used; leaving the computer plugged in while the battery is fully charged will decrease the life of the battery.

By: animalpeaches

animalpeaches — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:57:43 +0000

My 15″ Macbook pro shuts down when my battery gets to about 77%. The only option then is to run it on the power cord. When operating on the battery alone, the power drops from 97% to 77% in mere minutes. The cycle count for the battery is at 90. Is it safe to assume the battery is crap or should I look for other problems?

By: brentspore

brentspore — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:34:36 +0000

That sounds a little short of what they claim but it does really depend on how many things you have eating up the battery. When running on battery power, the time depends on the amount of resources you are using if that makes sense.

By: Web Design

Web Design — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:08:15 +0000

what is the average stand by time for a mac battery. mine goes for 1.5 hour and 2 hours non functional. Is this OK ? or I need new batteries.