Battery health of Macbook Pro declining rapidly

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Battery health of Macbook Pro declining rapidly

I have the MacBook Pro and have found through CoconutBattery that my design capacity (battery health) is at 83%!! I bought it in 2020 September, and it's only been 7 months and 150 cycles... this is so frustrating because all the Apple Support staff said they couldn't do anything since the Apple website states that 1000 cycles should retain 80%, but I feel like my battery is defected. Any ideas on how I can get my battery changed (hopefully at a lower price, because I'm on limited warranty)?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Mar 10, 2021 11:47 AM

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brbo

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Mar 10, 2021 3:31 PM in response to fionakay

Hi fionakay,

Wondering how you use / look after your battery. Some folks run it right down before re-charging it, while others seem to keep their adapter plugged in a lot of the time ... and then there's everything in between. Is 83 % not fairly good for a battery?

Apple has lots of support info. that may help:

Get help with your MacBook Battery:

https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204054

About battery health management:

https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT211094?cid=mc-ols-energy_saver-article_ht211094-macos_ui-04022020

View energy Consumption in Activity Monitor:

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/activity-monitor/actmntr43697/mac

Battery Service:

https://www.apple.com/batteries/service-and-recycling/

All the best

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