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Will a new battery solve my problem?

The battery on my Pro is now draining pretty fast. When you replace a Pro battery, do the new ones really work well enough to give you a full 7-hour charge? Before I cough up $128 I would like a few opinions.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Feb 11, 2013 1:54 PM

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Feb 11, 2013 2:14 PM in response to JazzmanJohn

"System Information" is a separate application. To open it, choose the Launchpad icon at the bottom of the display (at the right of the Finder icon), select "Other" and then, open "System Information".


After opening the application, you will see the System Information window on the display. At the left of the app, you will see a sidebar with some options, so choose "Power". Then, you will see your battery information on the main part of the window, so look for "Charge Information" and "Health Information" and select all the info inside them. Finally, go to Edit menu (on the menu bar) > Copy, and then, paste it here

Feb 12, 2013 6:56 PM in response to JazzmanJohn

Take the Mac to an Apple Store to get the battery replaced. Although the battery status shows as Normal, I can see that the battery capacity has decreased dramatically since you bought your MacBook, and you only did 181 cycles, so it may because of a defective battery. Note that Apple says that Unibody Macs batteries are designed to have 80% of its capacity after 1000 chArges, and you have less than 80% after only 181 cycles

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