[Battery]-About Meaning of Cycle and the Way of Charging

Dear Apple support team/Experienced users,


I have a macbook pro 13" version Middle 2012 a question about the meaning of cycle term of battery in macbook pro.

After reading manual and refer to information on the internet, here is my understanding about cycle term.


* After using all the power of battery, then charging fully, it is a cycle.

* Cycle also means:

1/ Firstly, battery level is 100%. (On Monday)

2/ Secondly, use battery to the level 50%. (On Monday)

3/ Thirdly, recharge macbook pro to the level 100%. (On Monday)

4/ Do from step 1 to step 3 for the next day. (On Tuesday)

After receving level 100% on this day(On Tuesday) , we made one cycle.


The more cycle we can do, the worse battery life we can get.

So i have a question related to the way of charging and creating cycle.

Example:

1/ On Monday, i have battery level at 100% (From the first day of current month)

2/ Then i use to battery level 50%

3/ After that i charge the battery to level 98% (not up to 100%)

4/ Do from step 2 to step 3 until the end of current month.

5/ On the first day of next month, i use all power of battery. Then i let my macbook pro sleep up to 5 hours.

After that i do fully charge for macbook pro.

At this time, i made a cycle for my battery.


Would you please give me your idea about the way of understanding about the cycle i had up to now?

I am looking forward to seeing your replies as soon as possible.

Once again, thanks for your reviewing my question, dear sirs/madams.


Best regards,

Newbietomac84

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Feb 11, 2013 5:15 PM

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