My M1 MacBook Air Has Developed a Fault

Descending Big Sur’s Slopes

I want to preface this by saying that I love my M1 MacBook Air. I absolutely love it.

But recently, it developed a fault.

A couple of nights ago, I noticed that there was a little alert listed under my battery percentage. It read “service recommended.” Now, I thought this was odd for a computer that was barely three weeks old.

I hadn’t experienced any unusual battery drain; in fact, the battery life of my M1 MacBook had been better than literally any other computer I’ve ever owned in my life. But it still was concerning to me that my computer thought there was a problem.

Ok, I want to pause here. Probably the first of many pauses or sidebars or amendments I’ll make in this story. I want to point out that despite my computer telling me there was an issue, I loved that my computer was telling me that there was an issue. I don’t recall any of my previous Windows laptops or Chromebooks ever once telling me to check the battery out. Even when it said it wasn’t working properly, I couldn’t help but love this computer.

My first thought, honestly, was that it was a Big Sur bug. I never once thought there was an issue…