My Macbook Pro; 9.9 months old, 234 cycles. The battery current max has gone down to 96.8%, but it keeps fluctuating. Is it normal? Is there any way that I can increase it the current max?
MacBook Pro
Check out http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446 Apple Portables: Tips for maximizing your battery charge
Fluctuation is normal in some parameters...what are the battery statistics found in the apple menu, About This Mac, More Info, System Report, Hardware, Power, and in particular, the battery Condition, Capacity, Cycle count, and Voltage.
Recalibrate it here
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490
My Early 2011 MBP has only 6 cycles, shows 98%. 🙂
ds store, greetings: Note that the link you provide shows that the OP's 9.9 month old MBP need not be calibrated.
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For the time you have had the MBP, you have used the battery quite a lot. If you have the availably of AC power, I would suggest you connect to it if you can. This should help to prolong the useful life of the battery.
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Here is the Charge informaton:
Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh): 4981
Fully Charged: No
Charging: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 5578
Health Information:
Cycle Count: 235
Condition: Normal
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1268
Voltage (mV): 12089
I have calibrated it recently when it was 97%. It reached to 99.9% but then since then it has dropped down to 96.7%. Is it harmful to calibrate it too often? Or at all considering by battery is only 9.9 months old?
I had recently only calibrated it? Is it harmful to do it again?
Also. Recently, once my battery is 97% is shows battery is fully charged. It never happend before, only suddenly? What does that mean?
Your battery is fine.
Yea? Does the orginal max just keeps fluctuating?
Sorry I am kinda paranoid. I have had terrible luck with batteries!
Vandit Ladha wrote:
I had recently only calibrated it? Is it harmful to do it again?
No need, it's just naturally going down over time like they all do and the indicator isn't 100% accurate.
Hold the option key and click on the battery icon once in a blue moon and it it says it needs a new one then recalibrate it, test it out for awhile or take it in for a battery replacement.
But your doing quite well with 235 cycles on that battery at 97% or so, I wouldn't worry too much about it really.
That battery looks healthy and good. Condition is Normal as it should be. Capacity is fine for that many cycles. Voltage is good, in the range of 11.5 to 12.5 volts. But the cycle count is pretty high for a ten month old unit...that is around a cycle a day...really high usage on the battery...might try using the power line a little more of the day.
Otherwise, just keep using it and don't worry right now...just if the battery condition changes to something other than Nornal.
My Macbook Pro; 9.9 months old, 234 cycles. The battery current max has gone down to 96.8%, but it keeps fluctuating. Is it normal? Is there any way that I can increase it the current max?
