

This measures how many times 100% of the battery charge has been used-up. What is a good battery cycle count for MacBook?Īnother figure worth noting within CoconutBattery is the Cycles Count figure, which is also known as the charge cycles figure. It just won’t last as long as it once did, and a Replace Soon status message will almost certainly appear. However, the MacBook will still report the battery is charged 100%. A MacBook Pro that had an original design capacity of 5,400mAh and now stores only 3,700mAh has lost just over 30% of its capacity, for example. Apple doesn’t explain how it generates the battery life status reading but it’s probably divined by measuring the maximum charge the battery can currently hold against its original capacity when new.ĬoconutBattery will display both these figures, measured in milliamp hours (mAh).

Perhaps surprisingly, Replace Soon is a mere warning rather than a demand and your MacBook should still function correctly on battery power, albeit with noticeably shorter battery life than when it was new.Īpps like the free CoconutBattery (above) let you dig-down into technical details to get more detailed information. It should be obvious that Normal indicates a healthy battery.
