Why won’t my new M1 battery charge completely? I’m sure it’s a self inflicted wound caused by a novice user. If been googling and searching for solution without much luck. It’s a new Mac less than one with it’s new owner.
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hi P.Phillips, Thank you for your great response. LOL, I’m amazed at the battery life even at 80%. I’m a recent Mac immigrant and this issue was renting space in my head. With your input I was able to find the following http://www.apple.com/batteries/. It’s my hope that others find it helpful. Kind regards, Rpmanning64
hi P.Phillips, Thank you for your great response. LOL, I’m amazed at the battery life even at 80%. I’m a recent Mac immigrant and this issue was renting space in my head. With your input I was able to find the following http://www.apple.com/batteries/. It’s my hope that others find it helpful. Kind regards, Rpmanning64
The New Big Sur OS has an Algorithm built into the OS to monitor the Battery Usage. It is semi-well known that Apple is attempting to Extend the life of Batteries and Reduce the Full Battery Cycles. In so doing - it is normal for the Charger to be attached and the computer will charge to about 80% and Pause. If you check the Battery icon on Desktop - one will see this Pause to Charge. The User can over-ride this , by the same icon , and un-Pause the charging process. Though, if one looks closely - it will probably Pause again at 90%. User can again over-ride by same method until it charges to 100%.
The side affect of above will increase the number of Full Battery Cycles and in effect less the life of the battery.
Personally - on my MBA M1 and MBA Intel 2018 Retina - I leave Big Sur to decide when to fully charge and when to Pause. That is personal Preference and not for all.
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My new M1 PC battery only charges up to 80%.
