HELLO! GOOD DAY! JUST WANNA ASK SOMETHING ABOUT MY MACBOOK AIR 2020 I JUST BOUGHT THIS YESTERDAY SO ITS JUST 1 DAY OLD AND I'M BOTHERED ABOUT MY CYCLE COUNT BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY IN 3. WHY IS IT LIKE THAT? CAN YOU HELP ME ABOUT THAT? AND ALSO HOW TO MAINTAIN A GOOD CYCLE COUNT OR LESS? WHAT ARE YOUR ADVICES?
HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME
THANK YOU IN ADVANCe
GOD BLESS!
Even if you leave it plugged in constantly, your Mac will use the battery occasionally (to maintain battery health and/or when the Mac needs more power than the AC adapter provides), and that will slowly accumulate cycles.
No one can really say what will happen to your battery because longevity depends on usage pattern and conditions (for example, using your battery in a hot environment will shorten its lifespan). Apple considers a battery with >80% of its original capacity to be 'healthy'.
But as a couple of data points, my 2017 15" MBP has ~300 cycles, it dropped to ~90% health over the first hundred cycles and has bounced around 90% since then. My 2011 17" has a bit over 750 cycles and still has ~90% health.
Even if you leave it plugged in constantly, your Mac will use the battery occasionally (to maintain battery health and/or when the Mac needs more power than the AC adapter provides), and that will slowly accumulate cycles.
No one can really say what will happen to your battery because longevity depends on usage pattern and conditions (for example, using your battery in a hot environment will shorten its lifespan). Apple considers a battery with >80% of its original capacity to be 'healthy'.
But as a couple of data points, my 2017 15" MBP has ~300 cycles, it dropped to ~90% health over the first hundred cycles and has bounced around 90% since then. My 2011 17" has a bit over 750 cycles and still has ~90% health.
Thank You sir for the response, does using mac while charging does it not affect the cycle count or battery cycle? And another sir after 1000 cycle what percentage the battery will be? is is 90% or below? Thank you so much
That sounds perfectly normal.
To keep a low cycle count use the computer attached to the charging circuit while near an outlet. If portability is required, use it on battery power.
CYCLE COUNT
