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New Air. Closed the lid last night with 72% battery, opened it this morning with 33%.
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that's strange. my 11" macbook air barely lost 2% battery over an almost 24 hour period. did u have power nap enabled on battery? or any usb device attached
Odd... I closed my lid at 67% and it didn't go down at all. I had mail, chrome and itunes open. I don't have time machine setup though
Nope, and bluetooth itself is off.
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Also, since I've posted this 14 minutes ago, I've dropped to 27% battery, estimating 2:20 remaining. In that time I've also quit and restarted Safari, but that's the only application running.
Perhaps, but I only had 20-something new emails so unless it decided to do this once every 5 minutes all night, I can't see that being the drain.
It's a 2013 model (i5, 8GB, 512) that I've had for three days now.
Tonight, restart your MBA (uncheck 'Reopen Windows...'), making sure your battery % is above 40. Note the current battery %, then close your lid. When you wake up take the battery % and post the change.
Are you running 10.9 or 10.8?
Was anything connected to your computer?
Was WiFi on?
In system preferences > Energy Saver >> Battery, can you just confirm that 'Computer Sleep' is less than 15mins.
Are you running 10.9 or 10.8?
Was anything connected to your computer?
Was WiFi on?
In system preferences > Energy Saver >> Battery, can you just confirm that 'Computer Sleep' is less than 15mins.
Will do on the first bit.
I'm running 10.8, and from what I can tell, I don't actually have a computer sleep slider. I have a Display sleep slider, and the checkbox options for put hard disks to sleep when possible (checked), slightly dim the display while on battery power (checked) and Enable power nap while on battery (not checked) but nothing else of note. (see here) Display sleep is set to one tick above 1 minute, but given that I closed the lid of the laptop, I'd expect the display to have turned off.
just for some comparison, I unplugged my air a couple of nights ago and opened it up today to check battery loss since I read your thread. After two days of sitting I was still at 100% battery. I got my 2013 machine almost two weeks ago and am still on default settings. I did add a time capsule and when I opened the air today the backup started.
so with your air, it could be a run away app/process that didn't go to standby or a bad unit. I hope I offered some helpful info.
so with your air, it could be a run away app/process that didn't go to standby or a bad unit. I hope I offered some helpful info.
This is odd. Take it in. I have all my programs running on my 2013 MBA when I close the lid. Battery brain is almost non existent.
I'm guessing it didn't actually go to sleep. In this context, 40% drain overnight in idle is pretty normal.
Maybe check system logs to see if it actually went to sleep that night?
Maybe check system logs to see if it actually went to sleep that night?
Which version of istat are you using as i am not able to get such a detailed report in mine
?Which version of istat are you using as i am not able to get such a detailed report in mine
The most recent version. I just downloaded it from the website specifically for that menu. It's istat menus, not the widget.
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Closed the lid last night at 47%. Nothing connected or plugged in. Wifi was on, bluetooth was off. Dropbox and Google docs were closed and all processes quit. Open apps were safari and mail only. Apple logo on the back went dark when the lid closed. Opened it up this morning to 39%. Still very weird. I may exchange for a different one.
haha you made my day with that !!
i just bought a 11'' model two days ago, the basic, 4g ram 1.3 i5 and 128. tonight i went to sleep around 12 am and it was at 78%, and i woke up at 8 am today and it was at 75%. so 3% in 3 hours, is that ok, normal?
Weird.
I had my MBA charged up on Wednesday at 100%. I put it to sleep and went on a 2 day trip. I got home Friday evening, about 48 hours later. I opened it up and it was STILL at 100%.
I had my MBA charged up on Wednesday at 100%. I put it to sleep and went on a 2 day trip. I got home Friday evening, about 48 hours later. I opened it up and it was STILL at 100%.
I had this issue with my brand new MBA. I couldn't figure it out, but kinda-sorta narrowed it down to either Flash, or doing a Migration from a Hackintosh.
I reinstalled OS X, and have not had the issue since. I was only 3 days in, so I didn't really have everything set up, so I wasn't invested yet. It would have sucked if I'd been using it for weeks and a fresh reinstall would be less desirable.
I reinstalled OS X, and have not had the issue since. I was only 3 days in, so I didn't really have everything set up, so I wasn't invested yet. It would have sucked if I'd been using it for weeks and a fresh reinstall would be less desirable.