Macbook battery life = terrible

[Xander562]

oh god, this again?? there was a long thread about this a while ago when there was a RECALL!

 

[Jasonbot]

Before my iBook G4 died it was 300mah

 

[Warbrain]

That's going to really reduce the battery life by causing unnecessary load cycles. You only need to calibrate it once.

You definitely need to calibrate it once every month. If you don't do so, the electrons in the battery will become stagnant faster and you'll lose capacity sooner than later. Apple has had this in their manuals for years and even has an iCal calendar you can download to tell you to do so. You're actually putting necessary load on the battery.

 

[tobefirst ⚽️]

does coconutbattery give faulty readings? my current battery capacity is now at 94%. am i not reading this right?

All coconutbattery does is report what the numbers are in the System Profiler, so, if anything is giving faulty readings, it would likely be the System Profiler and not coconutbattery.

oh god, this again?? there was a long thread about this a while ago when there was a RECALL!

If only there had been a recall of MacBook batteries. You're thinking of the MacBook Pro.