Battery Life. How many counts are good?

I have a mid 2010 13' Macbook Pro A1278, running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5. When I click on the battery icon its says "Condition: Replace Soon". The battery holds 30min-2Hrs charge(I'm not entirely sure). I'm just curious what is "good" battery information for my laptop. Here's my current battery information:


Battery Information:


Model Information:

Serial Number: 9G0380344D3NB

Manufacturer: DP

Device Name: bq20z451

Pack Lot Code: 0

PCB Lot Code: 0

Firmware Version: 201

Hardware Revision: 2

Cell Revision: 164


Charge Information:

Charge Remaining (mAh): 2634

Fully Charged: No

Charging: No

Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 3643

Health Information:

Cycle Count: 1139

Condition: Replace Soon

Battery Installed: Yes

Amperage (mA): -1497

Voltage (mV): 11153


Essentially, the main thing I want to know is what is a good cycle count for the battery MY laptop requires and what cell revision is.

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), New user. A1278 mid 2010 13"

Posted on Jan 9, 2016 4:32 PM

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Jan 9, 2016 4:37 PM in response to anonymousdonald

Battery life is estimated at 1000 cycles. 1 cycle is 100% battery used, so 2 times using battery to 50% then full-charge will equal 1 cycle.


1139 cycles is better than average. Just have Apple swap it. Warning ... though not necessarily happening ... old batteries can swell and disturb keyboards, disturb trackpads, leak chemicals. Unlikely it will swell but do not delay too long.

Jan 9, 2016 5:38 PM in response to anonymousdonald

Cell revision is the revision number of the design of the cells used in your battery. Your battery is using cell revision number 164. The complete specification of the cells used in that battery, down to the tiniest detail, are on a drawing somewhere inside Apple with the title Cell revision #164. From that drawing, one could build an exact replica of a battery cell revision #164.


The next change they make after that design, whether it is in chemistry, packaging, contacts, or labeling, and whether it gets into production or not, will be cell revision 165.


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Apple defines the end-of-useful-life if of your battery as the point when it can only maintain 80 percent of its original powering ability. In some batteries, that may happen at 300 cycles. In others, at 2000 cycles. They expect that number to average around 1000 cycles.


If your battery only lasts for 80 percent of the time it used to, you should think about getting a new one soon.

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