rMCB 15" battery life

Do you have the discreet graphics card? What's the details of your machine?

 

A brand new rMBP pro

Hi,

I'm very disappointed with the macbook pro 15" battery lifetime. I had high expectations after upgrading from my macbook air 2011 which i had about 3-4 hours battery lifetime.

Usually i have 3 different estimations: 3, 4 and 5 hour. i don't know which is causing these differences but are far away from the 9 hours apple says.

I work in email, excel, powerpoint most of the times but sometimes i have reports that Powerpoint is consuming battery (when i'm not working in it).

Since this is a brand new macbook pro (less than 2 weeks) i'm only using it with yosemite so i don't know if this is a OS X problem.

This is ETRECheck report:

Problem description:
Test

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated 6 de Novembro de 2014 às 15:34:11 WET

Hardware Information: ??
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,3
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Video Information: ??
Intel Iris Pro -
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - VRAM: 2048 MB
Color LCD spdisplays_2880x1800Retina
ASUS PA238 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz

System Software: ??
OS X 10.10.1 (14B17) - Uptime: 5:28:55

Disk Information: ??
APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500,28 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 499.05 GB (137.23 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.42 GB Online

USB Information: ??
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Thunderbolt Information: ??
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Configuration files: ??
/etc/hosts - Count: 1

Gatekeeper: ??
Anywhere

Kernel Extensions: ??
/Applications/Splashtop Streamer.app
[not loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.splashtop.driver.SRXDisplayCard (1.6 - SDK 10.7) Support
[not loaded] com.splashtop.driver.SRXFrameBufferConnector (1.6 - SDK 10.7) Support

/Applications/VMware Fusion.app
[loaded] com.vmware.kext.vmci (90.6.3) Support
[loaded] com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.14.1.3 (14.1.3) Support
[loaded] com.vmware.kext.vmnet (0223.55.95) Support
[loaded] com.vmware.kext.vmx86 (0223.55.95) Support
[loaded] com.vmware.kext.vsockets (90.6.0) Support

/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.logmein.hamachi (1.0.0) Support

/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.Ralink.driver.RT2870USBWirelessDriver (4.2.6 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter (1.3.1) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.1.1) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) Support

/System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.1.1) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.1.1) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.1.1) Support

Problem System Launch Agents: ??
[failed] com.paragon-software.NTFS.SparkleUpdate.plist Support
[running] com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist Support

Launch Agents: ??
[running] com.logmein.hamachimb.plist Support
[not loaded] com.splashtop.streamer-for-root.plist Support
[running] com.splashtop.streamer-for-user.plist Support
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ??
[running] com.crashplan.engine.plist Support
[running] com.logmein.hamachi.plist Support
[running] com.splashtop.streamer-daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.splashtop.streamer-srioframebuffer.plist Support
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ??
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.microsoft.LaunchAgent.SyncServicesAgent.plist Support
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
[running] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist Support

User Login Items: ??
iTunesHelper AplicaçãoHidden (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Microsoft Database Daemon Aplicação (/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Daemon.app)
CrashPlan menu bar UNKNOWN (missing value)
Dropbox Aplicação (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
WirelessUtility UNKNOWN (missing value)
WDDriveUtilityHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
Spotify Aplicação (/Applications/Spotify.app)
EOS Utility UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)
CrashPlan menu bar Aplicação (/Applications/CrashPlan.app/Contents/Helpers/CrashPlan menu bar.app)
TrapsMonitor Aplicação (/Library/Application Support/hp/laserjet MFP/Trap Monitor/TrapsMonitor.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ??
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
DivX Web Player: Version: 3.2.3.1164 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.12 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.12 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 67 Check version

User Internet Plug-ins: ??
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support
iGetterScriptablePlugin: Version: 2.8.8 Support
ScreenleapPlugin_1.0.0: Version: 1.0.0 - SDK 10.9 Support

Safari Extensions: ??
1Password
Translate

3rd Party Preference Panes: ??
Box Sync Support
Flash Player Support
FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support
GoPro Support
Java Support
Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X Support

Time Machine: ??
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 499.05 GB Disk used: 361.82 GB
Destinations:
OSX [Local]
Total size: 1.00 TB
Total number of backups: 3
Oldest backup: 2014-11-03 11:22:17 +0000
Last backup: 2014-11-04 09:57:21 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 1.00 TB < (Disk used 361.82 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ??
5% WindowServer
2% vmware-vmx
1% Safari
1% loginwindow
1% Microsoft Word

Top Processes by Memory: ??
1.27 GB vmware-vmx
395 MB WindowServer
258 MB Safari
258 MB Mail
241 MB Finder

Virtual Memory Information: ??
2.35 GB Free RAM
7.66 GB Active RAM
4.55 GB Inactive RAM
2.61 GB Wired RAM
6.56 GB Page-ins
37 KB Page-outs

 

The 15" only gets 8 hours according to Apple, also try forcing the machine to use only the integrated GPU and see what you get

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Open Activity Monitor from Utilities and click the Energy tab, see whats eating all your power

 

You guys are aware, that battery life depends on a variety of factors. one of the biggest and most obvious being brightness.
Just asking how much someone gets is completely pointless.

 

I get 7 hours at full brightness.

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I'm not a fan of the energy display tab on Activity Monitor. CPU usage for me is the most interesting and relevant.

 

Well it shows Firefox as the biggest usage followed by Safari in the last 24 hours.

 

Exactly. Too many differentiating factors.

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Completely agree!