So i've had my Macbook 2016 for about a month now. The battery have been the same ever since I got it, but it's not until now i'm starting to wonder if something is wrong because this can't be right... All i do is use safari and iTunes on my macbook. I've used my computer for about 1,5h - today and it's already down to 73%. It currently says I have about 4h battery time left. Not even when it has just hit 100% battery it ever say any battery time close to about 8h at least or anything. Is this just how it is for everyone?
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Is my battery faulty or is anyone else not getting the "10h" battery life
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It's 5-6 hours for a heavy workload and 8 hours just web browsing to be honest. To get 10 hours you need to turn things off
Turn down the screen lighting - It uses battery like crazy. Also, don't expect 10h if you keep the processor going all the time, which you might be doing with Safari.
Flash, Silverlight, Java, Bluetooth, Wifi, keyboard light, screen light, whatever you might have running that is active all the time. Plenty of things.
Just remember that the battery time left is dynamic and shows you the "approximate" battery left under your "current" battery load.
Apple battery times are always quoted at best levels to make battery last longer.
all laptop makers do it.
apple will out last most windows laptops but generally what ever a maker says remove between 1-3 hours from quote in real life.
people have lots of junk and stuff draining battery, sometimes without knowing it.
all laptop makers do it.
apple will out last most windows laptops but generally what ever a maker says remove between 1-3 hours from quote in real life.
people have lots of junk and stuff draining battery, sometimes without knowing it.
Web browsing is actually an incredibly power hungry activity these days if you don't turn off plug-ins and/or block advertisements. Scripts will run constantly in the background, videos may continually load, etc. Something as simple as a news web page may consume many tens or even hundreds of megabytes if allowed to run in the background. Blocking ads is a very effective way of increasing your battery life.
You can use the Activity Monitor to get a glimpse of what's using the most energy. Go to the Energy tab and sort by Energy Impact. Anything in the double digits is worth looking at.
You can use the Activity Monitor to get a glimpse of what's using the most energy. Go to the Energy tab and sort by Energy Impact. Anything in the double digits is worth looking at.
Yeah you were right about safari. As soon as I start doing anything on safari it goes up to about 30 - 40
