Comments on: Apple Macbook short battery life problems

By: Karen Ray

Karen Ray — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:16:37 +0000

Before you buy a new battery or despair and leave apple land for what appear to be greener pastures (remember viruses folks? and customer service can suck all over-idiots and jerks are employed by every company in every corner of the computing world, so please don’t think you’ll be escaping any of that mess by leaving apple), CALIBRATE YOUR BATTERY!!!!! You can find instructions on Apple’s website, or right here:

1. Run your battery down to 0%, making sure (of course) to back everything up first.

2. Let your mac fall into a nice peaceful coma for at least 5 hours. (You can also just turn it off at this point if it makes you feel better.)

3. After AT LEAST 5 hours, plug your mac back in and let it COMPLETELY recharge before you turn it on again.

4. Go back into your system profiler and check your battery health, and you may well be pleasantly surprised at how nicely your battery has bounced back from the brink of death.

5. If you re-calibrate monthly, as Apple suggests, it’s likely that it will live up to Apple’s promises.

I re-calibrated after my battery started telling me that it was not functioning properly and needed to be checked by The Experts. As a Do-It-Yourself kinda gal (I also recently replaced the optical drive in my macbook-piece of cake people), wasn’t about to do that. So re-calibrated, pushed the silver disc to reset/recheck the charge, and viola! Happy, healthy battery.

Best of luck to everyone, and please try everything you can before replacing or heading off to pay for tech support.

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By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:59:25 +0000

Nov 2006 2.33 Macbook pro. battery only has 135 cycle counts and FCC at 1333 mAH

Called this morning with the same issue. I’m getting a new battery
Yea!!!

The trick: Extended AppleCare coverage. So it can pay off to have an extended warranty. well, sort of. It was 300 bucks and the battery is only 129.

Craig

By: Don

Don — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:24:24 +0000

bought a macbook for my daughter late December 2007 and now the battery will not re-charge. Spoke with Apple representative, who stated that he is the ultimate authority on replacement. He replied that my battery does not fit the prescibed period of purchase. Missed it by 3 months.
Will NEVER purchase an APPLE computer and will let everyone interested in purchasing an Apple NOT TO do so. Word of mouth is the way to let people know.
Thanks Apple for disappointing the public.

GO buy Dell. They have better products.

By: John

John — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:51:51 +0000

Hi” Folk’s
I phoned apple 28/7/09 to report battery problem on my 2007 MacBook Pro,
Charge Max 643 Charge Remaining 627 Cycle 276.
However after taking my Seri / No, I was told that it was a consumable item and
it was so to speak fair wear & tear and that they would not replace the battery.
I then went online and found this web site and am i glad i did armed with CLAY &
Kate’s comments I phoned apple again spoke to a nice chap and asked this time
to speak to his boss who is now sending me a new battery.
So David Kim if you read this give apple another call.

Ps” MANY THANK’S to Clay & Kate for your comments

By: dunski

dunski — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:23:38 +0000

My battery seems to be in fair shape but a full charge certainly does ‘t last as long as it used to, roughly 3hours tops. The fan seems to run a lot more than it used to which may be the reason but I haven’t found the cause yet (yes it’s summer but it aint that much hotter!). Anyway.. stats as follows if it’s of any use to anyone. PS it’s a bobby basic white intel Macbook 2.5 years old.

Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 4517
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 5246
Health Information:
Cycle count: 408
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -2591
Voltage (mV): 11873

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Macbook Battery Problem - Success Story | MacBook Battery Problem (Blog) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:58:29 +0000

[...] wrong with the battery. > Can you borrow another battery to try? > Did you see this article > http://installingcats.com/2008/04/07/apple-macbook-short-battery-life-problems/? > > System Profile can be found in Finder => Applications => Utilities => > System Profiler. > > [...]

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:08:40 +0000

My battery says (Check Battery). I have had my Macbook Pro for just 14 months. The worst part is Apple sent me an email to add apple care. I followed the link and purchased it. Once I received the package a few days later I tried to activate it but the website would not let me. FInally apple sent me a refund for the Apple Care. Should not have let me purchase it in the first place..

Now my battery is dead. I called apple and they tell me that they cannot replace it. They said I would have to purchase a new one (very disappointed). Then the rep goes on to tell me that if I purchase it from him over the phone I would only get a 3 month warranty but if I purchase it online or from the Apple store I would get a full year warranty… Nice job guys.. Screw the customer that calls in. At least my rep was good enough to tell me.

This is my first Apple computer. I bought it because Microsoft had made me so mad with their early releases of software. Well now Apple is in the same boat. I now own 2 IPhones, 1 MacBook Pro, 1 Mini Mac and 3 Ipods.

I will never purchase another Apple Product again. I will stick with MS… at least if I am going to purchase a disposable computer I can pay a lot less for it.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:32:24 +0000

I have had my macbook 6 weeks and after 11 cycles the full capacity was 4202. I calibrated as per mac instructions and the full capacity didn’t change so thinking that my full capacity should be about 5200-5400 I visited the local Genius bar. He stated that the full capacity is around 4500 but replaced my battery. When I checked system profiler the full capacity rating was 4230. He said this is ok.

What is it 5200 or 4200? Do I believe him or do I insist on a battery which shows 5200. Is my computer giving the incorrect info? Or am I misunderstanding something about the full capacity rating?

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