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Battery life with 10.2.2 and non-TB 13"?

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badlydrawnboy

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I have a 13" TB and am still getting poor battery life (5-7 hours, depending on what I'm doing). I'm tired of messing around with Battery Health 2, Activity Monitor, etc..

I don't use the TB at all, and doubt I ever will. I'm a heavy user of keyboard shortcuts. I do find TouchID + 1Password to be really convenient and time-saving, but I don't think that's worth 2 hours of battery life.

Just curious what you non-TB 13" owners are seeing with battery life now with the 10.2.2 update?

Thanks.
 
Have you done everything to minimize battery draw?

What browser are you using
Did you get rid of Siri
Did you turn off Autobrightness
Did you turn down keyboard backlighting or turn it off
Did you turn off Notifications
What is your screen brightness at
Did you do the reset
Did you try reinstalling Sierra

I did everything here with the exception of the reinstall of Sierra and I am getting about 8-9 hours. How Apple got up to 10 hours is mystery to most. But given what can be done to increase battery life I think it's worth trying if you haven't already. I'd say out of the list above the biggest draw is using a browser other than Safari. I also added Ghostery and that helped ALOT-to the point when I am on a whitelisted site i notice it.

Good luck and hang in there!
 
skids929 said:
Have you done everything to minimize battery draw?

What browser are you using
Did you get rid of Siri
Did you turn off Autobrightness
Did you turn down keyboard backlighting or turn it off
Did you turn off Notifications
What is your screen brightness at
Did you do the reset
Did you try reinstalling Sierra

I did everything here with the exception of the reinstall of Sierra and I am getting about 8-9 hours. How Apple got up to 10 hours is mystery to most. But given what can be done to increase battery life I think it's worth trying if you haven't already. I'd say out of the list above the biggest draw is using a browser other than Safari. I also added Ghostery and that helped ALOT-to the point when I am on a whitelisted site i notice it.

Good luck and hang in there!
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I've had it since mid-November and have done everything under the sun, including a reinstall of Sierra, and then more recently a clean install of 10.2.2. I have gotten rid of Siri, turned of auto-adjust of brightness, turned off keyboard backlighting, use screen brightness of 35-45% typically, turned off Power Nap.

But I'm not willing to change my usage beyond this just to maximize battery life. I had a 2013 MBA that got 12 hours on a charge with my typical usage when I bought it 3 years ago. I'm not expecting that here, but I do want at least 8 hours with the software that I use: Safari, Chrome (yes, I need it as certain sites I use for work aren't compatible with Safari), Polymail, Fantastical 2, Messages, Slack, Dropbox, Evernote, Office/iWork.

It's not like I'm rendering video or anything, these are just typical productivity apps.
 
skids929 said:
Whats your config?
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FNaw
 
My nTB also performs well, easily getting 8+ hours with my use (Safari, Acrobat, Pixelmator, Brackets, Airmail, Ulysses, iTunes).
 
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