Macbook does not last 5 hours

[Zillicah]

My macbook lasts about 2.5 hours when i just have itunes and safari open. Is my battery bad?

 

[thegoldenmackid]

What year is it.

Download CoconutBattery...

 

[miles01110]

Odds are you probably have a lot more than Safari and iTunes open. Is iTunes playing music? Are you watching YouTube videos or something? These can all contribute.

 

[-tWv-]

A big thing is screen brightness. The difference between having your laptop at full brightness and close to dark can make a huge difference. Try keeping the brightness as low as comfortably possible so you can maximize battery life.

 

[thegoldenmackid]

Energy Saver settings, but, Coconut should tell a lot of information.

 

[Zillicah]

My battery capacity is still 100% and with itunes, there was no music and i was on macrumors on safari and that's it. also brightness was about 75%

 

[-tWv-]

Try downloading Coconut battery or battery health monitor. This will provide info on your battery capacity and health

 

[Zazoh]

Something aint right.

 

[andalusia]

Something aint right.

Thankyou very much for your input

Open Activity Monitor, see if anything is using up a lot of CPU in the background.
Make sure you don't have any login items that are set to hide themselves.
Try recalibrating your battery.

 

[Zillicah]

Okay. For CPU:

Safari - No More than 50.0

Activity Monitor - No More Than 5.0

Everything else is usually less than 5.0

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I've already re-calibrated my battery.

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[thegoldenmackid]

What is the health?

 

[NewMacbookPlz]

If Safari is running Flash apps/video, that's why.

50% CPU being used is fairly significant in terms of battery life/usage.

 

[Zillicah]

No, that's max. Most of the time it's around 15%.

 

[Kat King123]

thats a lot 15% for safari is usually using about 1-3 precent when im just reading articles

 

[miles01110]

No, that's max. Most of the time it's around 15%.

Safari, FF, and iTunes are currently idling on my machine right now, taking up a combined 8% of the CPU. You must be doing something within those programs that is sucking battery life.