How long does a MacBook battery last?

Perhaps you’re concerned about the MacBook battery last or are considering purchasing a MacBook. Whatever your reason for wanting to know how long a MacBook lasts, we’ll cover everything you need to know in this article. 

The majority of Mac batteries endure 1,000 charging cycles, therefore your MacBook may be dying too rapidly. As a result, you probably need a new battery once you’ve reached 1,000 cycles.

With moderate use, a MacBook Pro battery should last 5.2 years before needing to be replaced. If the battery is calibrated regularly and kept at 50% charge during shutdowns longer than 72 hours, it might survive a few years longer. On average, a single charge on a MacBook with the m1 and m2 CPUs lasts between 9 and 13 hours, but it only lasts 5-7 hours for Macs from before 2020.

Check how many times your MacBook’s battery has been charged.

Your battery degrades a little bit after each charge cycle. After 1000 cycles, Apple deems a MacBook battery to have worn out. After around 5 years, you’ll hit that restriction. Your MacBook’s battery life will seem to be getting shorter. Perhaps your trackpad is no longer functioning properly. This is due to the battery’s potential to swell and bump up against the trackpad. The system overview makes it simple to determine how many charging cycles your MacBook has experienced:

• In the upper left corner of the screen, click the Apple logo.
• Click on About this Mac now.
• Go to the System overview page.
• Decide on the Battery header.
• The number of charge cycles is listed in this list.

Your MacBook’s battery has been changed.

Is your MacBook’s battery close to 1000 charges? It makes sense to replace it. By doing this, you can ensure that nothing will come as a surprise. Apple will swap out the battery in your MacBook. It’s free if the warranty is still in effect and you have AppleCare+. If the warranty has expired, the replacement comes with a cost. Visit us in one of our stores for more information.

Does Apple really say its batteries last all day?

Those numbers are taken directly from Apple’s official spec sheet, but how do they measure up to reality? Again, the response is that it varies.

We experienced battery life of 10 to 12 hours while reviewing the 2022 Macbook Air. That was with usual usage, including internet browsing, photo editing, and Slack messaging. Our 2023 MacBook Pro 16-inch review noted the same battery life. None of this is to argue that Apple knowingly mislead customers with its MacBook battery life specs. The company will have its own means of assessing benchmarks, and sharing the best outcomes is plain logic.

On the other hand, if you look at battery predictions for its other products, Apple tends to be rather conservative. Although the Apple Watch Ultra is supposed to last up to 36 hours on a single charge, we frequently exceeded that number during our study.

How long should a fully charged MacBook battery last?

There is no definitive answer to the question of how long a MacBook Pro battery should last after a single charge. Your usage patterns and the model you own will determine this.

You should get between 10 and 17 hours of use out of a single charge whether you have an Intel-based Mac or one of the more recent devices with Apple chips (like the M1). However, how you optimize your Mac and what you use it for will affect how long a charge lasts.

Fortunately, there are several things you can do to increase your battery life if your Mac’s battery life falls short of the 10–17-hour barrier. Let’s go over our advice and tricks.

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