Battery load cycles

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My Macbook is almost 8 months old - has 193 battery load cycles and is at 94% capacity.

Coconut Battery tells me my current capacity is 4758 mAh, and the original capacity was 5020 mAh.

Should I be worried?
I only calibrated the battery a few days ago, the capacity went up to 96% but now it's back at 94%.
Thanks in advance :)
 
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seems about right to me
 
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Apple classes a battery as consumed after 300 cycles, it will slowly lose capacity. On the other hand I've seen some batteries at 400/500 cycles still working reasonably well.
 
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sounds normal to me. Treat your battery well and it will thank you later.

19 month old macbook with 504 loadcycles and 91% health here– though it did fluctuate down to 74% a few weeks ago. I keep it plugged in most of the time, and when I do run it from the battery, I try to plug it back in way before it's empty - though it does end up getting completely drained now and then.
I try to leave it at around 50% charge when i'm not going to be using it for a few days.. though to be honest I can't even remember the last day I went without using it...

I wish there was a little menu bar app or something that would keep track of your battery and tell you what you should do next.. reminding you to re-calibrate or scolding you if you drained the battery and stored it that way while you were on vacation - that's a battery killer right there, as far as I know.
 
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But you should know about this here if you want the best out of your battery.
 

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