MBA early 2010, 200 cycles and 87% of battery health

Hi,
I've been using my macbook since April, so it's rather fresh. Battery life has become a bit worse that is pretty visible on the iStat. How can I improve my battery health without replacing it?
I've seen some manual to make some special charging cycles, but cannot find it...
Kal

In a strict sense, that's a little (but not much) below what might be expected with that length of service and number of cycles on the battery, but much depends on other factors, not least being whether the MBA has been left, or used, for prolonged periods on mains power, or left discharged for a lengthy time, or even used in a pattern of full discharge/full recharge. These are the kind of factor which can deplete capacity and result in lower than optimum battery performance.
Avoid regular full discharge/recharge, don't leave the unit plugged in for long periods, and routinely use the MBA away from mains, even if only for short periods before recharging to keep the battery well exercised, and that will help preserve remaining battery performance.

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