MacBook – Very high MacBook Battery consumption on Sleep

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I got an alleged trouble on my late 2008 Unibody MacBook.
I've never worried about this trouble because I thought that was a normal thing but I'm start thinking that it could be a trouble trouble.

My MacBook, on stop status, consumes around 30/35% of battery a day, is it normal??

I changed battery around 2 years ago and now it has 250 cycles and health is 93%.
Since I remember it has got this trouble and a format doesn't change things.

Is it normal or could it be a trouble?

Best Answer

Your option to get free support that is best would be to take it to the Genius Bar where they have some fairly fancy battery diagnostics. Any Apple Authorized Service center has access to similar tools from Apple.

As a consumer, you could check the System Information (System Profiler on older OS) and review Power details under Hardware:

  Charge Information:
    Charge Remaining (mAh): 6638
    Fully Charged:  Yes
    Charging:   No
    Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 6693
  Health Information:
    Cycle Count:    54
    Condition:  Normal

The above details are from a new MacBook Pro with an internal battery. It's in great shape. The below details are from a 14 month old MacBook Air where the battery is not going to make it to it's design life. I'll have to pay for the replacement since at the 1 year point when the warranty was in force, it was still "within spec"

  Charge Information:
    Charge Remaining (mAh): 1957
    Fully Charged:  No
    Charging:   No
    Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 4357
  Health Information:
    Cycle Count:    119
    Condition:  Normal

You might be able to tell if it's just a battery by inspecting your condition, cycle count and FCC - but these data are much more valuable when you have it logged every month of the Mac's life or can compare your values to thousands of other data points (which is presumably part of what Apple does in its diagnostics).

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