Experiencing some serious battery problems with the RMBP 2014 model

[maflynn]

I changed the dns and that issue is resolved thanks a lot though
though i am till experiencing the battery problems

Why not take it back to Apple? If I was getting horrible battery life on a brand new machine, it would be going back.

 

[macfreak101]

Just back up your data to an external drive using time machine do a clean install then be careful about which programs you reload and do a data migration to get all your files and information back. It certainly seems like a rogue process running in the background.

i use time machine but how do i restore stuff from it, i don't know how to do that?
moreover how do i do a clean install?
is there any other way to determine whats causing the error?
running in safe mode or anything will help?

 

[macfreak101]

Just back up your data to an external drive using time machine do a clean install then be careful about which programs you reload and do a data migration to get all your files and information back. It certainly seems like a rogue process running in the background.

The only real solution is the start from scratch and do a clean install. It's probably some sketchy software on your computer causing the drain.

To me, it seems like it's just an inaccurate battery meter. I've had this "problem" too, but it doesn't phase me that much.

I have had my Mac tell me I only have 5 hours battery (at 100%) charge. For the rest of the day, I was using power-intensive programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, AutoCAD m etc.) but managed to get a good 7 hours out of it. I checked my battery every now and then and it kept going up and down, much like your situation.

I know there's been a lot of posts trying to help you out but I really do believe it's your paranoia and not a problem with the actual battery!

EDIT: It's probably Yosemite's way of saying "At the current situation, with X amount of apps running, you have a worst-case scenario of Y hours left". Try ticking the few energy saving options in the Mac settings such as "allow hard disks to be out to sleep" etc. I think that's what helped my battery life.

Quit safari, open safari and clear all history and data.

I'm trying my luck for the last time otherwise will go ahead with a clean installation. I'm posting screenshots again of the system. The first two being at startup and the last two being waking the computer from sleep.
If you guys find something sketchy please let me know, i want to find the real culprit

One thing that I have noticed is that the load on the cpu is high at bootup compared to after waking it up from sleep

 

[Freyqq]

Run it for a few days and then post those screenshots. The energy tab tracks usage over time, so it isn't helpful to post those right after rebooting. Basically, if any of those in that tab are high, they are the culprit. If safari is the highest, then it is probably flash that is causing the problem. It could be due to a lot of ads that are popping up, which can be addressed by installing an adblocker. If it is youtube, etc, then you can try moving to html5 on youtube. You can actually opt in and use html5 over flash in youtube, which is a lot more efficient.

Also, of course energy usage is high right after booting up. Your computer is reloading all the programs, drivers, etc.

 

[macfreak101]

Run it for a few days and then post those screenshots. The energy tab tracks usage over time, so it isn't helpful to post those right after rebooting. Basically, if any of those in that tab are high, they are the culprit. If safari is the highest, then it is probably flash that is causing the problem. It could be due to a lot of ads that are popping up, which can be addressed by installing an adblocker. If it is youtube, etc, then you can try moving to html5 on youtube. You can actually opt in and use html5 over flash in youtube, which is a lot more efficient.

Also, of course energy usage is high right after booting up. Your computer is reloading all the programs, drivers, etc.

okay ill do that, ill collect the screenshots for a few days and then post them.
I just had this crazy idea, how about i create a partition on my internal hard drive and i install yosemite on it and then see if the same problem occurs?
I won't be losing any data also so is it okay?

 

[Freyqq]

okay ill do that, ill collect the screenshots for a few days and then post them.
I just had this crazy idea, how about i create a partition on my internal hard drive and i install yosemite on it and then see if the same problem occurs?
I won't be losing any data also so is it okay?

I would wait a couple days first and see if the energy tab on the laptop gives any insight. Also, don't reboot during the testing days, as the data will reset.