Macbook Pro battery storage failing

Get a new battery. If it is not user-replaceable, then you must take it to an Apple Store to have it replaced. Make an appointment at the Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar and take it in for service. If you are not in the USA or cannot set up an appointment this way, then contact your local Apple Store directly.

Depends on it's age. Do you know the exact model info? Open About This Mac from the Apple Menu and report back with the Model ID.

Battery lives are determined by their design and their use. There is no such thing as a standard life for every battery. But you do have to accept the fact that whatever usage the battery can provide after that time it will likely need to be replaced.

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It is not user replaceable, but you may be able to replace it yourself. See this site. Before you get all excited, however, please read this article. I do not know where to find a replacement battery, but iFixIt.com would be a likely place to start.

Well, tell me how many auto owners have to have their cars repaired before they are 3 years old? The car is 10-20 times more expensive than your computer, but I bet you never complain about that.

Why do you think that the life of a product must be forever just because you paid a lot for it. No one really cares how expensive a computer is just because you are struggling to own one. I don't seem to know why you wouldn't have bought something cheaper or even more expensive. A $20,000 computer uses many of the same parts that are in an Apple computer. These parts can and do fail. It's part of he cost of doing business.The average computer has a useful life of five years, so fixing them after three years is not a stretch of the imagination.

You've used up your battery's life and have to replace it. It is a replaceable part for that reason. It only is expected to last about 1,000 hours. If you used the computer an average of three hours per day, then the battery is gone in three years. i don't see why this should be a big deal. You're soured on Apple because of the battery. I sure hope you don't own a flashlight because you will really be disappointed.

If you did some research you would learn that Apple computers have the best batteries in the industry. I don't care if you are negative towards Apple, I just care that your opinion is backed by facts, not "feelings."

You made a completely opinionated and judgmental comment in your previous post when you asked why you need to replace parts on a three year old computer. Actually, not even a part but the battery. If you can make such a remark and not expect someone to find it a bit egregious, then you are awfully thin-skinned. When you enter the world of opinions you need to be prepared that others don't agree with it. If you think my response was inappropriate and unprofessional, so be it.

Batteries are removable and replacable for a reason ... they wear out.

You expressed your opinion that paying thousands for a device that could last for years entitles you to a battery that lasts forever. Kappy simply advised you to be prepared for even high-quality flashlights to need a new battery eventually.

If you are that disappointed in Apple products, you can sell them all and go to Windows/Android. Otherwise you can accept that a $150 new battery every 3 years comes with any long-life-reliable notebook.

Any battery that is rechargeable, only has so many charge cycles before it reaches the end of it's life. Weather in a laptop, flash light or automobile. If you continually run a battery down to it's lowest point. That can reduce the life expectancy of the battery. Any battery.

Let's ignore the discussion of what is acceptable. Battery life is variable. And like everything, there are always a few batteries that are ot up to snuff. That said -= the more it is used, the less it will last - most batteries are measure din cycles. You can get an indication of its usage from systems profiler. I have a 7 year old battery that is like new; and a 4 year old one that is quite weak ( but better than yours). The weak one has something like 700 cycles on it -0 i bought the machine used and who knows how it was treated.

While officially it is not user serviceable - i think yours can be replaced in the field by you or a tech. Go to ifixit.com and look it up.

Unless you need to move it around, run the machine off mains.

G