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Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

shara lucy — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:56:28 -0000

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Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

JoshS — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:48:49 -0000

In addition to Coconut Battery and Mini Status Battery Widget, you might want to check out low battery saver. It's an app that makes sure your Mac sleeps before the battery completely
runs out and lets you set a warning to alert you that the computer is
about to sleep. (http://itunes.apple.com/us/... It won't fix your battery problems but at least
you won't lose your work, have to restart your computer etc.

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

D33JAYRICO — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:45:05 -0000

LOL MY MACBOOK IS AT 44% LIFE AFTER 534 CYCLES IT LAST ME ABOUT 2 HRS MAX BUT HEY FOR HAVING IT FOR 2 YRS WITH THAT MANY CYCLES I THINK ITS AMAZING IM GOING TO JUICE IT OUT AND WHEN ITS DOWN TO 20 OR 15% ILL POSSIBLY GET A NEW ONE.

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Laptop Adapters — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:04:24 -0000

Nope, I don't have a laptop, nor do I plan to travel with one. I'm only planning to bring my digital camera and mp3 player.

I'm glad to hear I won't be the only one carrying around 2 adapters.

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Brent Spore — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:23:01 -0000

I do the "plugged in all the time I can" thing and my battery has lasted 3 years so far. That's all I know :)

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Alec_macisaac — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:50:12 -0000

Is it better to leave a laptop plugged into an outlet when it is fully charged? Thus the laptop runs on the AC charge instead of the battery, therefore enhancing the life of the battery?

Or is it better to unplug it from the outlet when the battery becomes fully charged, then use the battery. Thus you do not overcharge the battery, shortening the life, but allow the electrons to flow causing a longer battery life.

These are two different arguments I've been hearing. Could someone point me to the truth?

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Canada batteries — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:53:43 -0000

yes,all laptop batteries eventually wear out, and as they do, they operate for less and less time. You can prolong the life of your battery with regular monthly maintenance. Once a month, run your MacBook on battery until it puts itself to sleep, indicating the battery is empty.

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Simon — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:19:55 -0000

macbook battery lasted 20 months and did 485 cycles - ran it alot on just battery - ended up shutting down after 3 mins. Just put new one in. Problem solved. Thanks for comments above.

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

replacementmacbookbattery — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:43:11 -0000

You should change macbook battery with new one. Replacement macbook battery is a good choise!

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Ed — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:19:37 -0000

my macbook battery after 3yrs:
max capacity 5149
Health 100%
cycles 236

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Mouldycheesecake — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:35:53 -0000

If your battery health is below 100%, can doing the above tips bring it back up? Or will it always be at a lower health?

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Brent Spore — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:30:12 -0000

I think it's an age thing... If it's a couple years old and your health is below 100% then I don't know if there's a method to get that back up.

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

John — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:25:13 -0000

If your battery health is below 100%, can doing the above tips bring it back up? Or will it always be at a lower health?

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

appleconvert — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:53:27 -0000

A few things to note.
If you are under warranty or have an APP and are having issues with your battery dying suddenly, like some of you are. Then take it to your Apple repair store and they can run a test to see if it is a dud battery or its just used. If if its a dud then they can replace it if you are covered by warranty.
Also with good battery practices for macbooks... if you have your laptop plugged in all the time try to once a week un plug the macbook and let it run on battery and once it gets around 25% plug it back in. This keeps the battery in good condition and will let you get the best battery life out of your macbook... I just checked mine and I have just gone over 450 cycles and my battery health is still 100%. Good luck :)

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Kubilay — Sun, 24 May 2009 09:53:55 -0000

I recommend using low light display by ctrl-alt-cmd-8. It helps the battery life if you only deal with the text and not the images etc (ex. coding on the train or reading a papers etc...)

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Nathan — Sat, 09 May 2009 11:30:21 -0000

An Apple tech told me that my MacBook battery has an expected life of 200 charging cycles; when I checked my cycle count in the about this Mac menu I found I had over 350. I figured it was time for a new one because it just wasn't working. I was also told that the battery needs to be used; leaving the computer plugged in while the battery is fully charged will decrease the life of the battery.

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

animalpeaches — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:57:43 -0000

My 15" Macbook pro shuts down when my battery gets to about 77%. The only option then is to run it on the power cord. When operating on the battery alone, the power drops from 97% to 77% in mere minutes. The cycle count for the battery is at 90. Is it safe to assume the battery is crap or should I look for other problems?

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Brent Spore — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:34:36 -0000

That sounds a little short of what they claim but it does really depend on how many things you have eating up the battery. When running on battery power, the time depends on the amount of resources you are using if that makes sense.

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Web Design — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:08:15 -0000

what is the average stand by time for a mac battery. mine goes for 1.5 hour and 2 hours non functional. Is this OK ? or I need new batteries.

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Colette — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:32:41 -0000

thanks so much for this!! I thought I needed a new battery for my macbook but I tried your tips and all is working well again so far!!!

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

tl — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:17:32 -0000

Hi there
I have only rarely run my macbook pro from the battery.
Lately though, when I do and even though I might have anywhere from 50 to 70% of battery life left, my machine just stops working, shuts down.
I've learned finally never to run on anything but electric.
I've had the mac about a year and a half.
I will have to get a new battery I assume but it seems such a short time for it to wear out,

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Berian Lowe — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:01:49 -0000

Word of warning.

Don't drop the battery...

I dropped mine yesterday, and it's bent. Kind of like S-shaped.

Thankfully it still fits in, with only one of the edges sticking out a millimeter.

Be safe!

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Hobos in Love — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:38:25 -0000

Very interesting tips! I have the macbook and pro book, I am always running out of battery! Thanks again

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Connie — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:44:43 -0000

Another tip you might want to consider is removing the battery when you can easily connect it to the power chord, that way you don't overcharge the battery.

Re: Get More Life Out Of Your MacBook Battery

Flikk — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:39:56 -0000

As of today, my MacBook and I have been together for 40 days. Yesterday, while I was happily surfing (on battery), it powered down with no warning. Okay, these things happen. I plugged it in, restarted, and all seemed to be fine. Battery was about 70%. I did other things on my other machines and when it was about 90%, unplugged it and everything was good. This morning after using it unplugged for 1.5 hours it did the same thing, but decided to only work with the power adapter, not on battery alone. When trying to boot without AC, it would try to spin the CD and then fall back into off. When on AC, if I pulled the adapter, it would last two seconds and go blank. I made an appt. with the Apple store (Fashion Show Mall, Las Vegas) for 3:20pm. I got there right at 3:20pm and the monitors showed I was 5th in line. Store was fairly packed, at least one patron at every display item. Monitors also said the next MacGenius appt. was "approx. 8:30pm." Glad I made an appt! I was served about 15 min. later, during which time the monitors had changed to "No more MacGenius appts. available today, please try tomorrow." However, one guy came by without an appt. and was told he would be put on standby and to come back in 30 min.

Once I explained my issue with my MacBook battery, my Genius tried one of his batteries. "I just want to make sure it's your battery and not your motherboard." My machine worked fine, so he said "No problem, I'll have you out of here in 10 minutes." He got me a brand new battery, tested it, and put my old one in a box on the rear counter with four others. He pulled the serial number from the "About this Mac" area, didn't need my receipt for purchase date or anything. I had even printed this page: http://www.apple.com/suppor... to use as ammunition, but didn't need it. He did approve highly of my dashboard widget "iStat pro", available here: http://islayer.com/.

So the battery issue is a very common problem, and one that Apple has tried to deal with as painlessly as possible for the consumer. My Genius did ask if the battery showed an "X" in the icon bar, and I said no. Just wouldn't run on battery. On the way out of the store, one of the 3 MacBooks, in fact the one closest to the door, had an "X" on the battery icon. When I unplugged the power, it shut down immediately! The moral of the story is to contact Apple immediately with problems and give them a chance to fix them. Hope this helps others.