Anyone else experiencing terrible battery life with Yosemite? With Mavericks I was getting between 10-15 hours depending on usage, now with light usage I'm getting 3 hours with Yosemite.
It's a beta. Maybe something got corrupted with the update, or a process is stuck that's using your resources.
Battery life went own DRASTICALLY on my 2012 15inch MBP as well. Reverted back to Mavericks. Way too dependent on battery life right now.
Battery life is still dramatically reduced on my macbook 7,1 with PB3.
I understand it is still Beta but is it really likely to change that dramatically once 'fully optimised' for final release?
Does the fact it is an older system with less RAM cause a higher energy/battery usage?
Full battery says 3 hours remaining with no apps running. On Snow Leopard it is about 6-9 hours.
Thanks
Battery life is still dramatically reduced on my macbook 7,1 with PB3.
I understand it is still Beta but is it really likely to change that dramatically once 'fully optimised' for final release?
Does the fact it is an older system with less RAM cause a higher energy/battery usage?
Full battery says 3 hours remaining with no apps running. On Snow Leopard it is about 6-9 hours.
Thanks
Snow Leopard was 10.6 right? Have you ever used Lion, Mountain Lion or Mavericks since? What was the battery life like on those OS updates?
The chances are the more features apple add in then they're going to have more of a hit on performance for older machines. I would imagine either 10.7/8 or 9 would have had some impact on performance also.