Decrease battery health/ Requesting battery replacement

0 points · submitted Jan 2026 by u/Im6cninoit · Question · archived

Hey everyone, I have a M2 Macbook Air with Applecare+ expiring on Feb 16. It currently has 84% battery health. Does anyone have any suggestions for either getting apple to replace the battery or lowering the battery health to the point where they have to?

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Static_Ocelot 3 points · Jan 2026

Battery health should be 79% or less to get replaced with Apple Care. Or there must be other issues related to keyboard, trackpad.

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thestenz 1 points · Jan 2026 · M3 MacBook Air (Among Others)

You'll have to start paying monthly for AppleCare+ or pay for a new battery later.

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