Service Battery Options

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We understand you want to know what to do next after getting the message that your battery's capacity has been reduced. We'd be happy to provide information about this.

You will need to have your MacBook Pro checked out. This is not something you can restore yourself. Reach out to Apple Support to check your options: Contact Apple for support and service

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This means your battery is wearing out. If the battery isn't able to last long enough for you, then you will need to have Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider examine the laptop to provide you a repair estimate. If the short battery runtime doesn't bother you, then you can just ignore that status until the battery condition shows "Service Battery" which indicates macOS has detected a hardware fault with the battery.

Nothing can be done to extend the life of a battery that has lost its ability to hold a charge as it is intended. They are going to wear out, as you use them, the chemicals in the batteries will deteriorate and will continue to hold less and less charge. There are ways you can slow it down but there is nothing you can do to stop it. Once the battery has lost the ability and starts giving errors that it is not in a condition that it should be any more than it at the point where the only thing you can do is replace the battery. You should take the computer into an Apple Service station and have it checked out and most likely replaced if it bothers you. If it doesn't, just ignore it but you will eventually get to a point where it will not work at all without being plugged into the charger.