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Battery of MacBook Pro 2016 15" with touch pad

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jwdave

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Jan 29, 2011
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I know there are many threads on this but they seem to have become very diverse. My brand new 15" MBP with touchpad 2.9 GHx i7 even after I have rendered it almost useless by disabling stuff can still only manage 3 hours on battery!! I have tried everything I have read but to no avail... I am on circa 10 recharge cycle.
 
jwdave said:
I know there are many threads on this but they seem to have become very diverse. My brand new 15" MBP with touchpad 2.9 GHx i7 even after I have rendered it almost useless by disabling stuff can still only manage 3 hours on battery!! I have tried everything I have read but to no avail... I am on circa 10 recharge cycle.
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Try doing a clean install of Sierra or try the latest Sierra beta
 
I'm in the same boat. I'm unconvinced that a clean install is the answer though, as I feel that placebo effect is at work.

Battery is a disaster - and sadly will only get worse as it ages.
 
I am already running 10.12.2, this update (a couple of days ago) has made no difference. Just unacceptable!
 
jwdave said:
I know there are many threads on this but they seem to have become very diverse. My brand new 15" MBP with touchpad 2.9 GHx i7 even after I have rendered it almost useless by disabling stuff can still only manage 3 hours on battery!! I have tried everything I have read but to no avail... I am on circa 10 recharge cycle.
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You have a seriously faulty laptop, way beyond the complaints on here about battery life. Return your unit.

Out of curiosity, what screen/keyboard brightness are you working with?
 
Screen at about 40%, keyboard lights virtuall off.... re eggy123. telling me to stop whinging is not very constructive, forums are venues where people can hopefully learn something they did not know that may be causing the issue!
 
i did a clean install and after that i did a direct upgrade to 10.2.2 beta 5 since that i have no issue with battery life anymore.

no issue is maybe the wrong wording i get 7 hours with some brightness reduced on battery so thats about the limit which is acceptable for me, still far away of 10 hours.
 
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jwdave said:
Screen at about 40%, keyboard lights virtuall off.... re eggy123. telling me to stop whinging is not very constructive, forums are venues where people can hopefully learn something they did not know that may be causing the issue!
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I didn't tell you to stop whinging...

But I would swap out that laptop as that's a very low battery time you're achieving on those low light settings. With light-medium usage I get around 8-10 hours on my 15".
 
Can I clarify what you mean by a clean install? Are you suggesting a reformat and recovery mode so install? Or just an so reinstall from recovery mode?
 
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