MBP '16 and Safari battery drain - Ghostery!

[skids929]

Credit goes to Google who made a concerted effort (finally!) to get battery drain under control with Chrome 53. Now if they can keep on tweaking it, all the better for us! Glad it is working out well for you with the ad-blockers. They absolutely make an enormous difference in reducing battery drain.

I've been A/B testing the two browsers, Safari/Ghosterty and Chrome/AdBlock..I am noticing (anecdotally) a pretty big difference btween the two, Safari seems to use much less battery for me. Chrome still pushes through pretty quickly. I like it better for sure, always have, but the reality is Safari works better with it's native OS in my experience thus far.

It is close, but no Cigar for Chrome in the battery drain dept. It is however a much faster combination.

 

[Impatientmac]

I'm trying it now in combination with ublock. I used to only have adblock, but found that ublock apparently uses less battery. I'm not sure if thats true, but it seems to be improved. I'll see if this ghostery app is any good

 

[skids929]

I'm trying it now in combination with ublock. I used to only have adblock, but found that ublock apparently uses less battery. I'm not sure if thats true, but it seems to be improved. I'll see if this ghostery app is any good

I am testing it out as well...I deleted adblock altogether to eliminate as the culprit. Honestly, went back to Safari/Ghostery and the battery drain slowed down alot. I am going to try this combo and see if it works since I'd like to use Chrome, but in the end I just think Safari is optimized for Mac OS and Chrome will use more battery. I am on version 54 of Chrome btw. Will report back.

 

[thesaint024]

Kind of related: I have flash installed only on my Chrome setup. hbogo.com gets me up to 10-11 watts during use. Is this unavoidable for Flash? I don't want to install Flash on Safari as I'd like to keep that clean. Any thoughts, experience with Flash and battery usage?

 

[skids929]

Kind of related: I have flash installed only on my Chrome setup. hbogo.com gets me up to 10-11 watts during use. Is this unavoidable for Flash? I don't want to install Flash on Safari as I'd like to keep that clean. Any thoughts, experience with Flash and battery usage?

you could always add it, try it and see if there is a difference and remove if there is. Also, there is setting i Safari to prompt you before it used Flash, per use.

 

[thesaint024]

you could always add it, try it and see if there is a difference and remove if there is. Also, there is setting i Safari to prompt you before it used Flash, per use.

That was a very sensible answer. Why not just try it! OK, the testing continues.

 

[skids929]

That was a very sensible answer. Why not just try it! OK, the testing continues.

I try, it's not easy for me.


I agree with you though, it took me alot to finally install Flash on Safari. Truth is, I kind of always toggled between the two browsers on my old Mac and I imagine I will do the same with this one. I find even with Flash installed in Safari it can be flaky and I need to go to Chrome at times. Last night for example, looking at concert tickets and in the view when you look at the seats avail wouldn't work in Safari, but worked fine in Chrome. Hmmmph..

I am happy to report however, as a previous poster mentioned that uBlock is much better on the battery than ad block extension on Chrome. Closer to Safari battery life quite honestly. But still toying around with it over a period of time will tell.

 

[thesaint024]

I try, it's not easy for me.


I agree with you though, it took me alot to finally install Flash on Safari. Truth is, I kind of always toggled between the two browsers on my old Mac and I imagine I will do the same with this one. I find even with Flash installed in Safari it can be flaky and I need to go to Chrome at times. Last night for example, looking at concert tickets and in the view when you look at the seats avail wouldn't work in Safari, but worked fine in Chrome. Hmmmph..

I am happy to report however, as a previous poster mentioned that uBlock is much better on the battery than ad block extension on Chrome. Closer to Safari battery life quite honestly. But still toying around with it over a period of time will tell.

Testing done. Safari with Flash is much more power efficient than Chrome with Flash. HBOgo gets played on safari now. It was a steady 7.5 total with other apps running vs. 10-11 watts. If you're keeping score, that's a couple of hours. Some day, these guys will all start focusing more on efficiency. Until that day, I guess I need to keep my eye on the watts used.

 

[skids929]

Testing done. Safari with Flash is much more power efficient than Chrome with Flash. HBOgo gets played on safari now. It was a steady 7.5 total with other apps running vs. 10-11 watts. If you're keeping score, that's a couple of hours. Some day, these guys will all start focusing more on efficiency. Until that day, I guess I need to keep my eye on the watts used.

I agree for now Safari is my primary browser and Chrome when all else fails from here on out. Did you add Ghostery yet? It's awesome

 

[thesaint024]

I agree for now Safari is my primary browser and Chrome when all else fails from here on out. Did you add Ghostery yet? It's awesome

Yeah man! That's the title of the thread. The ghostery revelation is what got me to start this thread, to share my good results!

 

[skids929]

Yeah man! That's the title of the thread. The ghostery revelation is what got me to start this thread, to share my good results!

Yes!!! You are the thread starter!! Gawd I am an idiot!!! Great suggestion though I am running with it

 

[macintoshmac]

what are your settings in ghostery? Everything checked? Even with everything checked, there is one advertisement in the bottom of these forum pages that does not get removed. Gotta use something else for that. However, I noticed one thing. Ghostery is blinding fast in rendering. My other blocker is definitely far far slower, which in fact is faster than with ads, but having ghostery is like injecting steroids. I only wish that last bit of advert could be taken off, so interested in settings used by people here.

 

[skids929]

what are your settings in ghostery? Everything checked? Even with everything checked, there is one advertisement in the bottom of these forum pages that does not get removed. Gotta use something else for that. However, I noticed one thing. Ghostery is blinding fast in rendering. My other blocker is definitely far far slower, which in fact is faster than with ads, but having ghostery is like injecting steroids. I only wish that last bit of advert could be taken off, so interested in settings used by people here.

I agree it is fast, ublock on Chrome is equally as fast but Chrome drains the battery quicker. I have everything checked and I don't see the ad you are referring to at the bottom. I find myself dialing down ghostery a lot to be able to read reviews and what not, seems to block those on a lot of sites. I am ok with that, I'd rather have a strong wall that I dial back than the freakin free-for-all that the internet seems to be these days. I can't stand ads.