Battery gets used pretty fast

[macswitcha2]

On my aluminum unibody macbook it seems like the battery life gets used up pretty fast. Is it normal to go from 100% to 71% in and hour of use? Is there something I can check or do to see if I can get the best battery life?

 

[GGJstudios]

On my aluminum unibody macbook it seems like the battery life gets used up pretty fast. Is it normal to go from 100% to 71% in and hour of use? Is there something I can check or do to see if I can get the best battery life?

It depends on what you're running, what your screen brightness is, etc. Some things, such as websites with Flash, watching videos, etc. use battery faster.

This should answer most, if not all, of your battery questions: Apple Notebook Battery FAQ

 

[Deacon*]

I did some googling around about mac speed and found that there are ways to delete "stuff" that will impact speed. I would also think the deletion of said "stuff" might have an impact on battery life.

I have yanked Flash from all my mac laptops to conserve battery life. If I need to see something in Flash, I click it and boom.

 

[macswitcha2]

It depends on what you're running, what your screen brightness is, etc. Some things, such as websites with Flash, watching videos, etc. use battery faster.

This should answer most, if not all, of your battery questions: Apple Notebook Battery FAQ

Wow, what an answer! Thanks!

I did some googling around about mac speed and found that there are ways to delete "stuff" that will impact speed. I would also think the deletion of said "stuff" might have an impact on battery life.

I have yanked Flash from all my mac laptops to conserve battery life. If I need to see something in Flash, I click it and boom.

I thought about taking off flash but so much I use depends on Flash so is there a software that can turn it off and on?

 

[GGJstudios]

I thought about taking off flash but so much I use depends on Flash so is there a software that can turn it off and on?

ClickToFlash plugin or ClickToFlash extension

 

[Apple OC]

Click to Flash is an excellent App ... should help your Battery

Edit: GGJ studios beat me to the post ... count me as an endorsement for C2F

 

[lawyerwannabe]

Help please

Hi , Im new to this forum and to Macs in general (still a sony vaio girl at heart).

I've had my mac for 3 months (although coconut says its 5months old). And I've done 70 cycles.

I've just noticed that when i unplug it, a full battery will now say it lasts around 3 hours, instead of the normal 6 or so hours from a few weeks ago.

I'm a little worried. Is this normal?

thanks

 

[SandboxGeneral]

Check out this thread on the Apple Notebook Battery FAQ, it should answer your questions.

 

[GGJstudios]

I'm a little worried. Is this normal?

Read the FAQ link in post #2.