MacBook Pro 13" Battery Life

[marcel500]

Hello. I am super shocked ab out the battery life of my new Macbook pro 13" (Late 2016). Fully charged and I am at 4:54 min.

You guys have similar experience?

Configuration:
- 3.3 GHZ
- 16 GB RAM

Super disappointing

 

[ZestyOne]

With my 15" rMBP I just bought, the battery died in about 3 hours. It was probably because I was super aggressively compiling things, simultaneously uploading and downloading, indexing, etc. I noticed it was very very poor though.

But good thing its thinner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[marcel500]

With my 15" rMBP I just bought, the battery died in about 3 hours. It was probably because I was super aggressively compiling things, simultaneously uploading and downloading, indexing, etc. I noticed it was very very poor though.

But good thing its thinner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I agree I would spend even more money for an even thinner macbook pro... Who needs batteries, so old school

My 4 years old MacBook Air still last longer than the new one - sounds right to me.

 

[T5BRICK]

Hello. I am super shocked ab out the battery life of my new Macbook pro 13" (Late 2016). Fully charged and I am at 4:54 min.

Battery life is highly dependent on usage and the time remaining is a rough estimate.

 

[iasix]

TB or no TB?

 

[blackhawk10]

Agree, my MB is still to new, but battery is lasting about ½ of Apple's advertised 10 hours. Apple CS will tell you to turn everything down or off (why have a high horsepower machine). My MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013) lasted all day.

13" 3.3GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, 16GB, 1TB

 

[marcel500]

Battery life is highly dependent on usage and the time remaining is a rough estimate.

Thanks for the advise.... I might not use my MacBook Pro then to save energy

 

[newdeal]

well that makes me pretty happy to still have my air. The battery life is the most important thing to me. I have heard that the non-touchbar pro does have pretty good battery life, but still not as good as the air

 

[marcel500]

Agree, my MB is still to new, but battery is lasting about ½ of Apple's advertised 10 hours. Apple CS will tell you to turn everything down or off (why have a high horsepower machine). My MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013) lasted all day.

13" 3.3GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, 16GB, 1TB

Super frustrating... But I guess we have to life with that.... I am actually super irritated, what a beautiful device and then battery life... I can life with all the adapters but now battery, come one Apple.

 

[T5BRICK]

Thanks for the advise.... I might not use my MacBook Pro then to save energy

My point is that you're complaining about battery life and you didn't provide any information about what you were doing with your computer.

Are you just whining or do you want help trying to figure out if your battery life is normal based on your usage?

 

[Rob21]

I just charged my 13" w/ touchbar overnight to 100% and it's showing I have 8.5 hours.

 

[zhenya]

Without digging in to what exactly is consuming that power, there is no way to know whether the battery life you are seeing is to be expected or not. At a minimum you need to dig into the Energy tab in Activity Monitor and determine what processes are using power. Apple is extremely good at building devices that match or exceed their stated battery life under defined conditions. You clearly have something consuming excessive power, so it's up to you whether you want to find out what that is, and see if there is anything you can do about it.

 

[badlydrawnboy]

Yes, I'm having the same experience. We've been discussing battery life in other threads, here and here.

I'm nearing the end of my second charge cycle and looks like I'll get about 6 hours for each.

As I said in the other thread:

A lot of people making excuses about software etc are missing some fundamental points:

• When I bought my MBA 3 years ago, I went through the exact same process I'm going through now, but it got 12-13 hours on its first charge and continued to after that. I didn't have to limit what software I used, or mess around with Activity Monitor, or any of that.
• 13" non-TB users are reporting 10+ hours of battery life in normal usage. They aren't messing with any of this stuff either.

Look, I'm as big a fanboy as can be. I'm 42 and have used Apple computers and products exclusively since I was a kid. I remember that we had an Apple IIe in our house (I was probably 4 or 5 years old). I've never owned a PC or a non-Apple device.

But even I can accept the possibility that Apple may have flubbed this. The battery in the 13" non-TB is larger and power consumption is lower. Is it that big of a surprise that the 13" TB has significantly inferior battery life?

 

[fokmik]

please, after again fully charge your macbook pro, surf the web with safari for 10 min and see what is saying
On mine 15" i get around 11 hours and 20 min with safari and 7 hours and 40 min with chrome/firefox

 

[badlydrawnboy]

please, after again fully charge your macbook pro, surf the web with safari for 10 min and see what is saying
On mine 15" i get around 11 hours and 20 min with safari and 7 hours and 40 min with chrome/firefox

To be clear I have a 13" TB, not 15".

That is a remarkable difference between Safari and Chrome/Firefox.

 

[tjleonard]

Hello. I am super shocked ab out the battery life of my new Macbook pro 13" (Late 2016). Fully charged and I am at 4:54 min.

You guys have similar experience?

Configuration:
- 3.3 GHZ
- 16 GB RAM

Super disappointing

I have the exact same experience. I'm sure there is something wrong (possibly software). I also have the same specs you do.
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Agree, my MB is still to new, but battery is lasting about ½ of Apple's advertised 10 hours. Apple CS will tell you to turn everything down or off (why have a high horsepower machine). My MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013) lasted all day.

13" 3.3GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, 16GB, 1TB

I turned everything down and closed everything and I still wouldn't achieve 10 hours.
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To be clear I have a 13" TB, not 15".

That is a remarkable difference between Safari and Chrome/Firefox.

I fully charged mine, after the indexing was complete, and got just over 4 hours with safari and surfing web pages before it turned off from no power.

 

[kevinkyoo]

Lol and people are still defending these MacBook Pro's battery lives. It's been known since release that these guys have had significantly smaller battery lives... "But... Hardware and software! It's Apple!" You can only do so much with a smaller battery size to squeeze as much as you can.

 

[mattopotamus]

I just charged my 13" w/ touchbar overnight to 100% and it's showing I have 8.5 hours.

Which probably translates to <7 hours when you actually start using it. My no TB shows 12+ after a full charge and the TB shows 8-9.

 

[Kimcha]

Instead of using the macOS estimate or making decisions based on partial usage, can some of you guys who are testing and reporting battery life install Battery Logger so we can see exactly how long your MBP lasts without guestimates?

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/battery-logger/id473673114?mt=12

 

[yillbs]

Instead of using the macOS estimate or making decisions based on partial usage, can some of you guys who are testing and reporting battery life install Battery Logger so we can see exactly how long your MBP lasts without guestimates?

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/battery-logger/id473673114?mt=12

I paid the 1.99 for it, but you can also just fire up your phones stop watch and turn it on and do a lap when it goes to sleep, good way to get the same results.

 

[macintoshmac]

With my 15" rMBP I just bought, the battery died in about 3 hours. It was probably because I was super aggressively compiling things, simultaneously uploading and downloading, indexing, etc. I noticed it was very very poor though.

But good thing its thinner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thinner. Enough said. You had Jony at that word.

 

[Satti]

Hi all, how is battery life now with Sierra 10.12.2 ? any improvements or still the same ?

 

[macintoshmac]

I'd say, use the machine logically in your actual scenario, on a typical work day and see how it has fared at the end of it.

 

[nincompoop]

can anyone please report their battery life after the sierra 10.12.3 update? I am wondering whether to get a 2016 macbook pro. Thank you.

 

[macintoshmac]

can anyone please report their battery life after the sierra 10.12.3 update? I am wondering whether to get a 2016 macbook pro. Thank you.

Get one without worries. Any version. If you like the Touch Bar, go for that. All these machines are great machines with really good user experience and yes, very good battery life.

I was regularly left with anywhere between 40 and 60% after 5 hours of PDF viewing, OneNote and Safari browsing with occasional Outlook when I was on 10.12.2.

With 10.12.3, it is slightly more controlled at around 50-60%, more testing needed as I went office just one day after update and at home it is plugged in with an external disk so isn't a good test.