46% battery in my M1 with light use, what went wrong?
Hi everyone,
I’m hoping to get some perspective on what might have caused my battery to degrade this much.
Model: MacBook Pro 13" M1 (2020)
I bought it on the second day after launch and maxed it out.
Mostly web design work, around 5 hours on weekdays. I’m usually in Safari/Chrome/Edge, some Photoshop, and After Effects only once every few months. It’s never really overheated, and in real life the battery still lasts over a day, which is why the “maintenance” warning caught me off guard.
Battery health:
- macOS says 62%
- CoconutBattery says 46%
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I stayed on Sequoia 15.6 for about a year, then updated about 4 months ago to 15.7.2 (24G325).
- Usually kept it between 20–80%
- Never left it charging overnight
- Plug it in when doing heavier tasks
- I Always used it indoors, never really traveled with it
- Surge protector
- 25°C and 40°C all year but I only use it inside, AC on
I honestly planned to use this machine for 10 years. Performance-wise it still feels basically new, so I’m confused about what I did “wrong” with the battery—especially since my iPhone and iPad from around the same time are still sitting around 80%.
I’m already planning to bite the bullet and pay for an official battery replacement, but I wanted to ask here first:
Does this kind of degradation seem normal for an M1 Mac after this many years?Could heat or being charged in a lot of times (+500s) have sped things up?I
Thanks for any thoughts or experiences.
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