MacBook Pro 14 M1 Battery Health Dropping Rapidly

Hi,


I have my MBP 14 since Dec 21 and at this point of time, it has used up 49 battery cycles with 93% of battery health remaining.


I have never or extremely seldom ran my battery to below 40% and in fact, it is mostly plugged in to the original power charger be it in my home or my office. I only use the battery some times when I'm outside working.


My MBP has never been exposed to heat, and is taken care very carefully. Comparing it to my 2 previous MBP (2012 & 2015), this one seems to exhaust its battery health very quickly.


How can I determine if my battery is problematic? Thank you.

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Jul 26, 2022 02:33 AM

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Posted on Jul 26, 2022 03:29 AM

Dec 21, 2021 and now at 93%? That's actually pretty normal.


It's advisable not to attempt to micromanage your battery. Set optimization On and let the circuitry do the managing. Charge it when it needs ist use battery when you need to and enjoy your Mac. Minding a given % of battery charge is not getting you anything, let the Mac take care of itself.


Don't completely discharge the battery for long periods but other than that just use your Mac as you want.

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Jul 26, 2022 03:29 AM in response to syakir_zainol

Dec 21, 2021 and now at 93%? That's actually pretty normal.


It's advisable not to attempt to micromanage your battery. Set optimization On and let the circuitry do the managing. Charge it when it needs ist use battery when you need to and enjoy your Mac. Minding a given % of battery charge is not getting you anything, let the Mac take care of itself.


Don't completely discharge the battery for long periods but other than that just use your Mac as you want.

Jul 26, 2022 08:19 AM in response to syakir_zainol

Important to note that battery health decline is normal, but also that it's not linear. I have a 16" 2021 with 20 cycles that's at 100% health, a 16" 2019 with 81 cycles and 92% health, and a 15" 2018 with 315 cycles and 90% health.


Over years of working with Mac laptops, my experience is that health can start anywhere between 97-105% (because the denominator is the design capacity, and manufacturing variances mean some batteries will have slightly higher or lower capacity than nominal). Health declines to somewhere between 89-93% over the first 100 cycles or so, then stays there for several hundred more cycles.


Apple recommends replacing a battery when the health falls below 80%. Your Mac will tell you when that happens.

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