A MacBook’s battery is one of the most important parts, almost at the processor or internal storage level. From here Mac battery health and charge cycles It’s a fact we need to know. And just as you might know the battery health of an iPhone or the charge cycles of an iPad, you might know that for a MacBook.

How can I find out the battery status and cycle count of a MacBook?

With him The release of macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Apple introduces a new setting for monitoring battery health Our MacBook. Something available in all subsequent versions and improved in macOS Ventura.

To access this new battery management section, we just have to follow these steps on our MacBook:

1. open app System settings on your MacBook.
2. go inside General and then Information.
3. Scroll to the bottom and click System report…
4. In the left sidebar Food.
5. you will find the number of battery cycles in health information.
6. Here also battery capacity in percent form.

You can check battery status and charge cycles in your MacBook’s settings.

What is the battery cycle and how many cycles does a MacBook have?

Batteries have a limited number of charge cycles before their performance begins to degrade. MacBook batteries are designed to: retains up to 80% of original charge capacity after maximum number of cycles. Charge cycles, battery health and capacity go hand in hand and are interrelated.

Since Apple defines a charge cycle, when all battery power is usedi.e. 100%. There can be a 0% to 100% fee or two 50% to 100% fee.

A charge cycle occurs when the full power of the battery is used up, but this does not necessarily mean a single charge.

Regarding the maximum number of charge cycles for each battery, all MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro released after 2010, A battery that lasts 1,000 full charge cycles. This means many years of use before the battery gets damaged.

The condition of a MacBook battery is one we need to know.

Turn on charging optimization on your MacBook

Charge Optimization uses collected information about your usage and habits on your MacBook to improve charging and prevent excessive battery drain. By enabling this option If you wait for the device to be plugged in for a long time, the Mac will delay charging the battery after it reaches 80% and try to fully discharge the charge before unplugging it.

This function is enabled at: System Settings > Battery > tap “i” next to Battery Health > check Optimized Battery Charge. Turning this feature on can help your MacBook battery last longer.