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MacBook Pro m1pro 14” battery at 98% of life
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It depends a lot on how you are using it, but the max capacity % after "only" 30 cycles is not a super great indicator. But the general idea is that lithium batteries are good for about 1000 cycles, depending on how much capacity loss you can accept.
In my case, I'm at 34 cycles since getting my 16" on launch day, but I do quite a bit of mixed plugged in or away from dock use. And I can usually go a couple days between charging. Someone doing a full 8 hours every day on battery will wear it down much faster than I will.
In my case, I'm at 34 cycles since getting my 16" on launch day, but I do quite a bit of mixed plugged in or away from dock use. And I can usually go a couple days between charging. Someone doing a full 8 hours every day on battery will wear it down much faster than I will.
they suggest it will work at 80% or higher for 3 years/1000 cycles.
2% down in 4 months/30 cycles or so is exceeding that.
2% down in 4 months/30 cycles or so is exceeding that.
My M1 MacBook Air was at about 97.8 after 20 cycles or so. Now at just under 50, I’m back to 98.9. It goes up and down with use. I wouldn’t worry about it unless you see a very large change.
BTW this is measured from the actual values seen in the ioreg values, the number from Apple’s battery health just shows 100%.
I moved up to a 16" m1 max but when i had my m1 13" macbook pro, within 6 month, it went to 87%.
One thing that immediately slowed the degradation down and stayed at 87% for at-least 3 of those month, was not charging it using the included high Wattage cable/adapter but from lower Wattage Thunderbolt accessory like all in one I/O accessory.
Sometimes iphone 20watt adapter (iphone 13 pro max one) and i've even used 5w charger just to put it in clamshell mode which seems to charge it but at very very slow rates)
just my experience.
One thing that immediately slowed the degradation down and stayed at 87% for at-least 3 of those month, was not charging it using the included high Wattage cable/adapter but from lower Wattage Thunderbolt accessory like all in one I/O accessory.
Sometimes iphone 20watt adapter (iphone 13 pro max one) and i've even used 5w charger just to put it in clamshell mode which seems to charge it but at very very slow rates)
just my experience.