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How low do you let the battery go before replacing?
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How low do you let the battery go before replacing?
Jul 13, 2015
I have the 2020 13" M1 MBP. Currently the battery is 94% so not the biggest issue but how low do you let it go before you replace it? What's the cost and process?
DarkPremiumCho
macrumors regular
Mar 2, 2023
I don't replace it, because by the time the capacity decreased to an unusable level, Apple had already stopped the software support for the product.
The only time I replace the battery is due to a problem that caused spontaneous shutdowns. By referring to a guide on iFixit website, I spend 30 minutes of my time. Your cost may vary because of purchasing power.
The only time I replace the battery is due to a problem that caused spontaneous shutdowns. By referring to a guide on iFixit website, I spend 30 minutes of my time. Your cost may vary because of purchasing power.
rm5
macrumors 65816
Mar 4, 2022
1,385
1,276
United States
I haven't replaced my battery yet, but it's getting close to that point—I'm at 87% battery health at 390 cycles. Generally, Apple advises you to replace the battery when it his 1000 cycles or 80% health. But probably by that point, I'll have gotten a new MacBook—because it's going to be at least another year or so till that happens, at least that's my prediction.I have the 2020 13" M1 MBP. Currently the battery is 94% so not the biggest issue but how low do you let it go before you replace it? What's the cost and process?
I’ve replaced a (swelling) battery on a 2015 MacBook Pro. Short of that (swelling & 8 years old) it’s very uncommon to need to replace a battery at all.
Jul 13, 2015
I had apple replace my iphone 13 mini once under warranty. Once it dropped to about 90-92% the rate at which the battery died greatly accelerated. I'm just wondering if that was a fluke or how things happen here. I honestly haven't seen anything that makes me want to upgrade. Performance gains are minimal and I don't do anything outside of web surfing and playing Civ V or something when on flights with mine. I'd basically gotten it as a media consumption machine because I travel for work and wanted something that had great battery, good screen, great speakers. Maybe a m3 macbook pro will change that but this is the first time in a long time I've held onto a machine for more than a year. I normally just buy another and sell the current one. But when 10% battery is 2hrs of runtime lost that starts to add up.I haven't replaced my battery yet, but it's getting close to that point—I'm at 87% battery health at 390 cycles. Generally, Apple advises you to replace the battery when it his 1000 cycles or 80% health. But probably by that point, I'll have gotten a new MacBook—because it's going to be at least another year or so till that happens, at least that's my prediction.
pshufd
macrumors G3
Oct 24, 2013
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13,830
New Hampshire
I replace the battery when it swells or macOS tells me to replace it. I typically keep MacBooks for a long time.
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