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MAJOR battery disappointment. What am I doing wrong?
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dmccloud, do you by any chance have Chrome installed? Or is your machine Chrome-free?
I ask because of this Tweet from Loren Brichter (who knows what he's talking about).
I indeed have Chrome installed and wonder if that's part of the problem.
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The Cockney Rebel
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I'd calibrate your battery, if I were you.
Run the machine until it powers off (0%) then fully charge it, without using it. This will calibrate your battery, and should help.
Run the machine until it powers off (0%) then fully charge it, without using it. This will calibrate your battery, and should help.
Is calibrating a battery still a thing? I feel like battery technology left that behind years ago. Not to mention, it's a brand new battery. 5 days old.
The Cockney Rebel
macrumors 601
I performed a battery calibration first thing with my M1 MBP.
I think it just gets all of the cogs working, so to speak.
You have nothing to lose, by giving it a try.
Actually you have since deep discharge causes huge stress to battery. Li-ion battery should be avoided to run empty-
4sallypat
macrumors 603
Do the SMC reset and it will do a battery calibration - I had to do that on many of my Macs to start reducing drain over time...
Well depth of discharge plays a big part in battery health. https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
Just going from 100% to 80% DoD increase life by 50%.
Just going from 100% to 80% DoD increase life by 50%.
Of course, but that is more relevant to daily charging habits. Deeply discharged battery would be difficult to charge to begin with.
My point was also that you do not magically get better battery run times by doing completely unnecessary "calibration". All you get from running 100% to 0% is straining your battery and there is no benefit from this.
Maybe give Brave browser a try instead of Firefox? I used it all day yesterday with multiple tabs open and it definitely was not a battery hog. Dont have to add no-tracking extensions.
Calibration may be unnecessary at this point, but apparently occasional calibration is still a thing:
BU-603: How to Calibrate a “Smart” Battery – Battery University
Learn why calibration is needed and how often it is required
batteryuniversity.com
It wouldn't be a thing if it wasn't pretty harmless.
It was mentioned in comment section of your link that Apple Macbook with non-removable battery has already been calibrated from factory and does not need this.
Anyway, run ”calibration” cycle if you wish but it will not increase total battery run time and it will cause more strain to battery than partial cycle.
Not suggesting otherwise, but using a performance gain Mac should not overlook the need to still use brightens that can affect battery..
Perhaps not as much, but why is it off the cards no matter how good a laptop gets? Just curious. Fine, Apple does that with lack of CU upgrades, but why do consumers need to think the same because the M1 handles battery better ?
No matter how good a laptop is brightness and max settings will always prevail as "issues" The problem is, we want our devices to be soo good, we no longer have to worry about max. settings.
Perhaps not as much, but why is it off the cards no matter how good a laptop gets? Just curious. Fine, Apple does that with lack of CU upgrades, but why do consumers need to think the same because the M1 handles battery better ?
No matter how good a laptop is brightness and max settings will always prevail as "issues" The problem is, we want our devices to be soo good, we no longer have to worry about max. settings.
dmccloud
macrumors 68040
Chrome is installed on my machine, version 87.0.4280.88 (M1 build)
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smoking monkey
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Seems there might be something about Chrome that is causing issues with battery drain on M1s.
Check out Rene Ritchie vid on Youtube for the full rundown on the situation.
Check out Rene Ritchie vid on Youtube for the full rundown on the situation.
Idc how “painful” it is to switch people stop using chrome 🙄