Macbook pro 2012 short battery

My new Macbook pro 15" 2012 arrived today. I charged mine to 100% but the longest I could get my macbook pro last was less than 2 hours. In the setting it shows a charge cycle of 2. Do I have a faulty battery or is this normal for a new macbook pro?

Since your Macbook Pro is new out of the box, spotlight is probably still indexing your drive.
Give it a couple of days at least before you can determine if your battery is defective.
Keep it plugged in and work with your Macbook for a couple of days.
Also check what's going on in your activity monitor under all processes. See what's using up the highest % CPU and you can highlight it and hit quit process. To increase the life of your battery.
Another thing is to turn bluetooh off if you don't need it.
Turn of infrared receiver if not in use to save your battery life. Preferences - security and privacy - advance - put a checkmark on disable remote control infrared receiver.
good luck and enjoy your macbook...

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Hi everyone!
Few weeks ago I bought brand new MacBook Pro (2012, 13"). After 12 cycles the battery health significantly decreased to 92%. Quite unexpected, isn't? Could you advise me what can be a problem? AC adapter, socket in my wall or something else?
To answer your questions, I did not put the battery below 10% during this time.
Thanks in advance for any hints!

You have to take the computer to the Apple store to have it checked out.
Genius Bar reservation:
http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
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Hi community
The battery of my 2012 macbook pro is around 87% after only 80 cycles.
Should I begin to spend hours calling apple support to ask for a replacement or is it normal usure ?
Here is a coconut battery image capture.
Tanks in advance !

When the battery capacity falls below 80%, then the battery will be deemed to be no longer serviceable. Note that this figure is fairly volatile and you may find higher values later on. Note that this is reflected in your battery history. Contacting Apple on this issue would be premature at this time.
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Hi guys I got a macbook pro sometime around April 2012 and the battery life just went down drastically in a couple of months i have no clue why before it used to show upto 7 hours something initially but then it started showing only 4 hours or so i feel something went totally wrong with the battery is there any way to fix it please give me some helpful suggestions thanks! By the way i must mention this today i was watching the percentage meter it makes absolutely no sense first it showed 7:08 today on 98 percent then within few minutes it went to 6:28 in 97 percent so i think somethins is very strange with the battery. Just yestarday on 99 percent it was showing 4:38 hours please help me fix it.

As others have said the battery itself is perfectly OK.
The reason your remaining charge shows only 4:38 after it has been fully charged may be explained by one or more processes that are responsible for excessive power demands. To isolate that potential cause read: Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime, affect performance, and increase heat and fan activity
Because i have turned of put harddisk to sleep as someone on forums suggested to another user that turning that off can help stop freezing problems when opening lid
Whatever you did may have exacerbated this problem or created others. More information would be helpful. Can you provide more detail?
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          0
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Wake on AC Change:          No
Wake on Clamshell Open:          Yes
Wake on LAN:          Yes
AutoPowerOff Delay:          14400
AutoPowerOff Enabled:          1
Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:          0
Standby Delay:          4200
Standby Enabled:          0
Battery Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          0
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          2
Wake on AC Change:          No
Whatever you did to change them, you should restore the above red settings to their default values.

Macbook Pro has short battery life and runs hotter after firmware update

I installed the macbook pro EFI firmware update yesterday and now my MBP runs hotter and the fan starts running earlier than it has ever done before. Also, my battery lasts 51 minutes from a full charge whereas, before the update, it lasted 2 hours (using the same programs and display settings).
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Please tell me I'm not alone with seeing this. I am hoping that there is a solution and it's better than 'buy a new battery'. The fact that my box now runs hotter with the fan on more constantly would not be solved by a new battery I think.

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Switching off airport and logging out of my son's account almost immediately started to cool the processors, and the fans began to slow down. Switching Airport back on doesn't seem to heat things up again, but if I start to crunch numbers, it all happens over again...
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Macbook Pro (2012) sudden shut down, cant turn on, cant charge

Hi all,
My Macbook Pro(2012) was working well last night and i saw the battery shown at the top is showing 22%.
When i plugged in my iPhone4 to it, it auto shut down.
When i try to turn it on, it doesn't work. it turn to be comepletely died
I thought it might be the battery has dry out, so i plug in the AC power and the adapter shown a week green blinking light...
I press the button at the left to check the battery left, it doesnt show any....
My warranty just ended last week, so i sent in to do a diagnostic test on the last day of my warranty at apps store. They said it is ok.
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anyone encounter this problem before?
(sorry for my poor english)

i face the same problem last night
now my macbook cant start after sudden shut down
my problem is exactly same as u...i
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Should I have to calibrate my new macbook pro 2012?

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I leave mine plugged in when at a desk to avoid "cycling the battery". In fact after 32 cycles and 14 months, it still holds 101% of designed capacity.
I just remove it from AC power at least once a month and run it down to 40%.
Oddly ... when plugged in the battery will slowly discharge to 95% then recharge to 100% save over-using rechrge circuits.
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How can I get my brand new Macbook pro mid 2011 battery to last longer, now it's lasting only 3 hours.

Do not believe the advertised specs from any manufacturer regarding battery life. In the real world expect about 60% to 70% of those figures. Battery life is influenced by many factors, Among these are display brightness, the number and type of applications you are running, if the optical drive is used, external devices that may be attached etc.
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How to properly disconnect a Mini Display Port (MDP) from a Macbook Pro 2012, 1,9?

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Hello, Niel:
I just answer my own question. Forgive me but I am not up-to-date on the techlingo (Hot Swappable) but I just googled the term and found my answer.
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PLEASE HELP me select new internal hard drive for Macbook Pro 2012 (non-retina)

Good afternoon.
I just bought a Macbook Pro 2012 (non-retina) 15 inch from a friend. I think it is running Mountain Lion (has not been upgraded to Mavericks yet), and has iLife on it. It came with the stock 500 gb 5400 rpm internal hard drive. At home, I only have the Snow Leopard OS installation Cds and a copy of iLife 2011 installation Cds. I am going to buy 16 gb of RAM from Other World Computing to install.
I want to replace the hard drive with a 1 tb hard drive, preferably something that is $100 or less.
I talked to Other World Computing (OWC) and looked at the Data Doubler Option to replace the optical drive with a Solid State drive, but decided that for now I want to keep the optical drive inside the computer for portability issues.
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I saw on Amazon the Seagate 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6Gbps 64MB Cache 2.5-Inch ST1000LM014 It's on sale for $94.
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2. Is a "normal" platter hard drive more reliable than a hybrid solid state drive?
3. Is there any additional driver or special software that I have to install for a hybrid solid state drive?
4. Currently there is no personal data stored on the computer. Can I just put the new hard drive in, and then insert the snow leopard install cd?
5. If I install snow leopard, can I just go to the App store and get the free upgrade to Mavericks?
6. If I want to do the "Data Doubler" option in the future and add a normal Solid State drive into my computer, will it have trouble interacting with the 1 tb hybrid solid state drive?
I would love to get some recommendations about the smartest option to upgrade my hard drive with something that will be fast (I edit lots of photos) and large (1 tb) that isn't going to cost too much. I don't know much about the different brands or options (and there are so many listed in tons of online reviews), that I got really overwhelmed and confused by the info out there.
I would really appreciate any help and advice. I've never switched out a hard drive before.
PLEASE HELP !!! Thanks!
Here is the "About this Mac" Info:
Macbook Pro 15-in Mid 2012
Model Identifier: MacBookPro9,1
Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Software: OS x 10.8.5
Storage (Hard drive): APPLE HDD ST500LM012 Media, Rotational, SATA, GPT (GUID Partition Table)

1. Is a hybrid solid state drive going to need some kind of special formatting after I put it into the macbook so that I can put the operating system on it?
The boot drive, regardless of what it is, needs to be formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). This is standard with OS X.
2. Is a "normal" platter hard drive more reliable than a hybrid solid state drive?
There are arguments pro and con. Bottom line, SSD's and hybrid drives are still quite expensive per GB than standard hard drives. If you have the bucks and are a speed demon, go ahead.   I have better use for my money.   Standard hard drives are mechanical and may wear out over time. But even though SSDs are not mechancial, they can still go bad and ultimately they even have a limit to their write capacity. The jury is still out on this debate.
3. Is there any additional driver or special software that I have to install for a hybrid solid state drive?
No
4. Currently there is no personal data stored on the computer. Can I just put the new hard drive in, and then insert the snow leopard install cd?
You can physically put the hard drive in but probably not install Snow Leopard on this MBP.
The mid-2012 MacBookPro9,1 models came with Lion 10.7.3 (11D2097) preinstalled.   It is very unlikely you would be able to install Snow Leopard on it. Historically you cannot install a version of OS X that is earlier than the version that came with your Mac (even if you replace the hard drive).
5. If I install snow leopard, can I just go to the App store and get the free upgrade to Mavericks?
Not via Snow Leopard on this MBP. See my response to #4.
6. If I want to do the "Data Doubler" option in the future and add a normal Solid State drive into my computer, will it have trouble interacting with the 1 tb hybrid solid state drive?
No. They are completely independent of each other; they are just independent storage units (drives) and their RAM does not interact.

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Reset your modem.

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Welcome to Apple Support Communities
First, make a SMC reset > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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