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Only 61 cycles and battery health dropped to 93 in 10 months- MacBook Air M1

I purchased my MacBook Air M1 512GB 8 months ago. I have completed only Only 61 cycles and battery health dropped to 93. I often used it by plugging the charger or charging between 30-80%. But the health of the battery soon deteriorated.


Any solution?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.2

Posted on Mar 4, 2022 12:50 PM

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Posted on Mar 15, 2022 5:01 PM

I am having this problem too. I've had my M1 macbook pro for just over 12 months and around January 2022 I discovered my battery health was at 89%. I contacted support and they pointed me to where Apple says that so long as the battery health stays above 80% then it is normal. But not even a month after my warranty expired my battery health has dropped to 87%. I did check before the warranty expired and it dropped to 88%. So if I guesstimate, at this rate I am experiencing a 1% monthly drop and before year end, I should be hitting that 80% "we're still ok" barrier. This can't be normal.

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Mar 15, 2022 5:01 PM in response to niroNLJ

I am having this problem too. I've had my M1 macbook pro for just over 12 months and around January 2022 I discovered my battery health was at 89%. I contacted support and they pointed me to where Apple says that so long as the battery health stays above 80% then it is normal. But not even a month after my warranty expired my battery health has dropped to 87%. I did check before the warranty expired and it dropped to 88%. So if I guesstimate, at this rate I am experiencing a 1% monthly drop and before year end, I should be hitting that 80% "we're still ok" barrier. This can't be normal.

Only 61 cycles and battery health dropped to 93 in 10 months- MacBook Air M1

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