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I recently got a new Macbook. It is about 2 weeks old. I've installed a few apps on it. All commercial or recommended by MakeUseOf.

I leave my power plug in almost all the time. At the moment it says the battery is 99% charged and the light on the plug is green. It has been like this for a few days.

Is this normal? If not what should I do?

JohnBromon
2011-09-03 22:46:00
OCD much?
Jumptimesamillion
2010-09-02 06:06:00
i have the same god damn problem wtf right?
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Melwin Nelapati
2010-03-27 03:39:00
for the first couple of days it always said 100% when charged
Taty
2010-03-26 16:36:00
Those measurements aren't accurate anyway, so I wouldn't worry. Did it ever say 100%?
Steve Campbell
2010-03-26 15:25:00
Well, what's 1% anyway? lol I'm sure it's fine. If not, I'm sure you have a nice shiny warranty you can use.
ænon1mus
2010-03-26 12:00:00
Hi Melwin,The thing about Apple's charging mechanism is that it will stop charging the battery once it reaches 100%. The battery will slowly discharge to 95% and that's when the charging mechanism kicks in again. This is to preserve the battery's life. And quite normal.