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MrDuric

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Aug 4, 2010
15
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I'm having this issue where word is draining my new Macbook Air 15's battery like crazy. I'm attaching a screenshot of the activity monitor here but I'm not sure how to exactly read it? I just know that my battery drained from 86% to 72% in less than an hour. I'm just using word and don't have many background processes running. What could it be?

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dizmonk

macrumors 65816
Nov 26, 2010
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That does seem bizarre. Have you tried closing out, rebooting, and starting it up again?
 

MrDuric

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Aug 4, 2010
15
4
That does seem bizarre. Have you tried closing out, rebooting, and starting it up again?
Surprisingly not yet lol. I did try reinstalling the whole office suite but that didn't work. Let me update and restart.
 

Chuckeee

macrumors 68030
Aug 18, 2023
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Is it the Office 365 version? If so, turn off WiFi and see if that helps. If so, there is a Word/Office preference about offline operations somewhere. Microsoft tends to rename and move that specific preference around.
 
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