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Battery Heath down to 93% after 4 Months, 44 Cycles

Hi, I just bought my MacBook Pro Retina 13 in late December, and now it only has 93% Battery Health and 44 battery Cycles. The age of the battery is 4.4 Months.
Am I doing something wrong or is this normal?

MacBook Pro with Retina display

Posted on Mar 9, 2016 6:33 AM

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Mar 10, 2016 1:02 PM in response to bestchallenger

Hello there, best challenger.




It seems you're interested in understanding battery usage on your MacBook Pro. The following Knowledge Base article provides some great information as well as troubleshooting recommendation:.




About Mac notebook batteries




Troubleshooting batteries

A great place to start when troubleshooting battery issues is the built-in diagnostics that are available on your Mac notebook. Review the following articles for more information on using diagnostics.

Note: The additional troubleshooting recommended below assumes you have run the above diagnostic appropriate for your computer and that no issues were found.

My battery runtime is low

  1. Identify what the battery life should be for the product you're using.The Tech Specs site provides Apple's battery life expectations for battery usage. The specifics for wireless web usage and standby time are included in the Tech Specs article for each product.
  2. Learn how to minimize common causes of battery drain:
    • Optimize your battery life using the Optimizing Battery Life section earlier in this article.
    • Learn how apps can affect Mac battery performance. Check Activity Monitor for any malfunctioning software processes, especially after installing software updates or a new operating system. Installing updates is important to ensure optimal performance for all applications.
    • If you're still having battery runtime issues after optimizing your computer's performance and checking for malfunctioning software processes, test in Safe Mode. Safe Mode limits the active items on the system and allows testing in a more minimal environment. If the battery life is better in Safe Mode, you may need to do further software isolation for the items disabled by Safe Mode to determine what the power draw is while not operating in Safe Mode.


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Servicing the battery in your Mac notebook

MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro computers with built-in batteries should only have their batteries replaced by an Apple Authorized Service Provider or Apple Retail Store. Attempting to replace a built-in battery yourself could damage your equipment, and such damage is not covered by warranty.

These Mac notebooks have built-in batteries:

  • MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) and later
  • All MacBook Air computers
  • All MacBook Pro computers with Retina display
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) and later; MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) and later

Most older Mac notebooks have removable batteries you can replace yourself. Contact an Apple Authorized Service Provider or Apple Retail Store for assistance servicing a removable battery.

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Battery warranty information

Your Apple One Year Limited Warranty includes replacement coverage for a defective battery. If you purchased an AppleCare Protection Plan for your Mac notebook, Apple will replace the notebook battery at no charge if it retains less than 80 percent of its original capacity. If you don't have coverage, you can have the battery replaced for a fee.

Learn more

Learn more about the batteries used in Apple products.




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