Macbook Air 2017 battery draining

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Macbook Air 2017 battery draining

The battery of my Macbook Air 2017 is draining very fast. Sometimes, even when the laptop is closed, the battery just dies and when I try to use it I have to plug it no matter what.

I keep the screen brightness kind of low but even like this, I can only use the computer for 2 hours (sometimes less than that) and that's it. I find it strange that when I am charging it, it does charge very fast as well, though I am not sure if this is normal or not.

The battery cycle is at 311, so I am not seeing any justified reason for this to happen.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 28, 2020 4:29 AM

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Joseph_S.

Community Specialist

Aug 29, 2020 11:28 AM in response to luchicient

Hello there, luchicient.

We understand that your MacBook Air is having some battery performance issues.

Asides from changing the screen brightness, there are other settings that you can optimize to help improve the battery's performance. Go through the steps in this guide to make those changes.