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bamafever09

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Original poster
Aug 6, 2008
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Hoover/Tuscaloosa Alabama
Hey so i bought a 15 inch pro the other day from a friend. The battery was new and has 11 cycles on it and it says the health is perfect when i run coconut battery. For some reason when its fully charged it only gets 2 hours of time. I was wondering if anyone new if i need to do something to it since its a new battery or if im basically screwed and its bad? Thanks guys.
 
All depends on what you're running while on battery mode. Obviously running 10x programs while watching a movie etc. will drain it faster than idle'ing ;)
 
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Have a look at Activity Monitor (Applications / Utilities /) and select All Processes and sort by CPU to see what the culprit may be.

image below uses sorting by CPU as an example
Acitivty_Monitor.png

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