MacBook Pro M1 battery

[Andyswr]

Hi all,

I get a new MBP M1 with a total battery cycle of 2 but it seems that it not so efficient as stated maybe an old one?
With a charge of 100% after about an hour of editing with Affinity photo (which is optimized for the M1) and a couple of email and browser with safari I have lost 13% of charge. Is this normal?

thx

 

[JohnnyGo]

New setups take 24-72h to settle down. Lots of background tasks using iCloud etc

Retest after 3 days

 

[Andyswr]

Thx for the reply.
I´ll test it again after a couple or cycle and after some day of usage, I really hope it is not an issue related to a defect and that I don't need to send the Mac back to have it replaced. ??

 

[CheesePuff]

It says time remaining 20 hours, after having it on battery for 5 hours. I'd say thats beyond stellar...

 

[mattdeezy]

Yeah the battery life is amazing. Im so impressed.

 

[Apple_Robert]

New setups take 24-72h to settle down. Lots of background tasks using iCloud etc

Retest after 3 days

You didn't bother asking what iCloud apps he is actively using in the cloud. If he doesn't actively use any at the moment (that take more than a few minutes to sync), telling him him wait 24 - 72 hrs doesn't accomplish anything.

I didn't see anyone asking about screen brightness or how many tabs he had running at once in Safari etc.

 

[Brian1230]

I just bought my m1 MacBook Air last Friday, charged it Friday night after using it for a few hours, and then unplugged it around 5 am on Saturday, used it all of Saturday and Sunday, charged it again since I wasn't sure if 58% would last the day on Monday and have not plugged it in since Sunday night, used it all day Monday, Tuesday and today and still have 58% remaining. planning on using it for a couple more hours tonight, so not sure if I am going to plug it for charge tonight or wait and see how it does tomorrow yet.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I just bought my m1 MacBook Air last Friday, charged it Friday night after using it for a few hours, and then unplugged it around 5 am on Saturday, used it all of Saturday and Sunday, charged it again since I wasn't sure if 58% would last the day on Monday and have not plugged it in since Sunday night, used it all day Monday, Tuesday and today and still have 58% remaining. planning on using it for a couple more hours tonight, so not sure if I am going to plug it for charge tonight or wait and see how it does tomorrow yet.

Try not to let the battery get below 20% or above 80% on a regular basis. Keeping the battery in that range will help with the life span of the battery over time.

 

[Andyswr]

After a while I check the battery ife after some normal usage and I could confirm that it's amazing (after a couple of cycles) it loses about 3 to 5% watching a movie with Apple TV and about 5-10% with a session of about 3hrs of photo editing.
To improve the life of the battery life and to preserve it, I follow the advices found over the internet and I charge it once it arrive at about 20% of remaining charge and I never use it with the charger 24/7.