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You’re already planning on changing the battery in the old iPhone you’ve got so it stops shutting down randomly, so why not do the same with your MacBook? Depending on how much you use your laptop, that battery could be ready for a change.

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You can figure out the health of your battery yourself before deciding whether or not it needs to be replaced (or making an appointment at an Apple store) by digging into the system yourself, or consulting a third-party app for even more in-depth information.

Check Your Cycle Count

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Your battery cycle count increases each time you recharge your battery completely, whether all at once or over a few days. Fully charging a dead MacBook? That’s one cycle. Charging it 10% at a time over 10 days? That’s one cycle. Your battery supports a finite amount of cycles before it starts to degrade.

You can see how many cycles your battery has been through by looking through your System Information. Hit the apple icon in the menu, select About This Mac, and select System Information. Expand the Hardware menu in the System Information window and select Power. There you’ll see your cycle count. You can see where that number falls on the maximum cycle count for your notebook by consulting Apple’s battery cycle count limit list.

Get an App

Want a more detailed analysis of that battery? You should get a system monitor app. There are a bunch of apps that will tell you the health of your battery, its state of degradation, or an estimated running time for your Mac, but a system monitor app can do the same function along with a lot more in-depth information about your Mac. Use can use an app like MenuBar Stats 2, which provides system information along with support for plugins monitoring other computer vitals like fan speed.

Get a Replacement Battery

Want Apple to replace your degrading battery? Laptops covered by AppleCare that retain less than 80 per cent of their original capacity are eligible for replacement free of charge, while devices out of warranty are subject to a fee, depending on the MacBook you have.

Check battery usage

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To see an overview of your battery level and activity for the last 24 hours and up to the last 10 days, go to Settings > Battery.

When you tap one of the columns on your screen, you can see which apps contributed to your battery usage during that time period, and the proportion of battery used for the app.

To see how long each app was in use on screen or in the background, tap Show Activity. Under each app, you might see these usage types:

  • Background Activity means that your battery was used while the app was doing something in the background.
  • Audio means that apps play audio while running in the background.
  • No Cell Coverage and Low Signal means that your device is searching for a signal or being used with a low signal.
  • Backup & Restore indicates that your device has been backing up to iCloud or restoring from an iCloud backup.
  • Connected to Charger means the app was used only when your device was charging.

You can also see when your device was last connected to a charger and the last charge level.

Adjust settings to improve battery life

While viewing your battery usage, you might get a suggestion like Enable Auto-Brightness or Adjust Display Brightness. This is because the software determined that changing these settings could improve your battery life.

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Learn more about maximizing the battery performance and lifespan of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Use Low Power Mode

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If you want to extend the battery life on your iPhone, turn on Low Power Mode. This reduces power consumption until you turn it off or charge your iPhone to 80%. When Low Power Mode is on, certain settings and features like app updates, downloads of new TV shows or podcast episodes, mail fetch, and some visual effects such as True Tone are reduced or disabled.

Learn more about Low Power Mode.

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Learn more

With iOS 11.3 and later, you can see your battery health and if a battery needs to be replaced. Find out more in iPhone Battery and Performance.