Battery life in new macbook pro

I just purchased a new macbook pro and the battery life seems to only be approx 1.5 hours- much less then i expected. Is this normal? The website claims up to 7 hours of wireless internet use.

Also, here is one MacBook Pro user guide:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/macbook_pro_15inch_early2011.pdf
Nowhere in that guide does it say anything about discharging the battery the first time.

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Any tips on how to improve battery life on new macbook pro?

Any tips on how to improve battery life on new macbook pro?

It all depends on how much you plan to run on battery power. If you don't use it often, set yourself a reminder to let it run unplugged about every couple of weeks to aboout a 40% charge and then plug it up and let it charge back to 100%. If you'r'e a frequent battery user (like me) don't let your MBP discharge to the point where you're running on reserve power - down to about 30 minutes remaining and then charge it back in.
I have over 130 cycles on my computer and I've just had it since March. Even though my battery health was 102.2% when I got my MBP, it's still at 98.8% health and I'm still getting 7+ hours out of my battery. To get the longest use when under battery, keep your activities to low-CPU intensive apps (browser, email client, word processor, etc.) - Internet surfing alone, and not watching a lot of online videos, will give you mor ebang for the buck. You can also check your battery health in 'real time' by using "Battery Health" - free from the App Store and you can make sure that you're running on integrated graphics, which uses less power, by downloading Cody Krieger's exceptional gfxCardStatus.
Keep your screen brightness down to about four ticks and your keyboard backlighting to one tick - should work fine.
Good battery health to you,
Clinton

Battery for Brand New MacBook Pro 17"

Hello,
I just purchased a new MacBook Pro 17".
What do I do with battery charing for the first use?
Apple's official battery resource: http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html does not effectively answer the question.
It writes "Be sure to fully charge your portable when you plug it in for the first time, and then run Software Update to ensure you have the latest software."
The question then is, do I run down the battery completely the first time (but never plugging it in), and then when it goes to sleep, charge it all the way up to full?
I basically want to know what to do for the first time - how long do I let the battery run down if at all?
Thank you

Here's the dirty little secret about lithium batteries: Heat & frequent full discharge/recharge cycles are the two biggest killers of these batteries. Fact is, lithium batteries really don't like to be discharged below 40% of capacity very often. I'm typing this on a 4 1/2 year old MacBook Pro, and my battery is still going strong. It's fine to leave it plugged in all the time, that's what I do. Once every two-three months, I discharge it to about 40% & then recharge. So, charge yours till full, and try to never fully discharge the battery.

Actual battery life on latest MacBook Pro 13?

I bought a MacBook Pro 13-inch a week ago. For the most part, I'm very pleased with it. But I'm disappointed in the battery.
Apple claims "up to 7 hours." The "up to" language clearly means that there is no guarantee of 7 hours regardless of how the computer is used. But it implies that this amount should be attainable with moderate use -- at least when the machine and battery are brand new.
I find that I'm getting 4-5 hours, with Bucktooth off, keyboard lighting off, screen at about 70% brightness, wireless on, running Apple Pages for word processing, doing moderate amounts of surfing on Safari, doing occasional iTunes stuff -- but really nothing else. That seems to me to be quite moderate.
With most computers, 4-5 hours would actually be a great battery life. But given Apple's extraordinary claims for this model, should I be expecting more? In other words, have I got a machine that is defective in some way or is this what, realistically, I should expect?
Comments would be greatly appreciated.

I was wondering the same thing. I normally run my backlight on the lowest setting or 25% brightness maximum and my keyboard light off. I also have bluetooth off most of the time. I find I still only get around 5ish hours if only doing internet/word processing.
A quick crude experiment I just ran was that Microsoft Entourage uses quite a bit of battery that I never really thought of. By using mail and ical instead of entourage I was able to have 3 more minutes for a 5% drop in my battery level. If this extrapolates for the entire life of the battery it may be costing me an hour of battery life. I like some features of entourage (my day, how the to do list is organized, etc) but hate others (how it drops my IMAP connections, resets my rules, and now how it appears to use a lot more resources).
I'm going to try using mail/iCal instead of entourage now and see if it offers better performance.
Also, here is a site I found on simple tips to increase your battery life.
http://theappleblog.com/2009/10/06/14-ways-to-be-kind-to-your-battery/

Battery Life of my MacBook Pro

My MacBook Pro is pretty new - I got it in July of 2012, so it's not even a year old. I know Macs are supposed to have reliable and lengthy battery lives. However, I am getting a maximum of 4 (? - maybe a tad more or less) hours of usage each time, before having to plug it into the charger.
Also, when checking the battery percentage, when it's fully charged for example, it will tell me that the computer has around 7 hours of life left, and I've found that this is never the realistic case.
Any ideas on what is going on? Is this normal?
Thanks!

The battery estimate is going to go up and down depending on how hard the CPU, backlight, wireless radios, and storage drives are working. If I render video my battery estimate will go down to like 1.5 hours, but when rendering is over and the machine is idle it can go up to 6 hours estimated but will probably end up 4 hours actual.
Apple's site says "up to" 7 hours battery but that is surfing the web using specific wireless and brightness settings. 4 hours sounds about right for moderate actual work. It's what I get on my year-old MacBook Pro (battery health 98%). You can exceed 8 hours if you have a dim backlight, light usage, and no networking, like when you're on a late-night plane flight.
You can do things like monitor CPU usage. For example, you might think you're innocently surfing the web lightly, but if you have a couple of browser tabs open in the background and there are Flash ads cycling on them, that could take down your battery life real quick even though they are not visible.

First 4 Days: Life With New MacBook Pro Retina (Business Use)

Wrote a co-worker my early impressions of the new machine a couple of days ago. This is a bit updated. - We are a global organization in 62 countries, so this is written from and for our needs. The co-worker does major video work, but I have no idea what his impression would be.
Not as distinct looking as I thought unless you're looking from the side, but very wellexecuted. It did draw a crowd at the set up table Tues at the Apple Store. Turns out they sold a few they had gotten for display models by accident, so they told me and another guy really lucked out. So far, I think they're right. There's a new Apple Business manager at this store now.
Keyboard seems to have additional rebound in the key stroke, I like it.
Weight loss makes a much bigger difference than I had imagined. Much more comfortable to use and move around. You can easily hold it with one hand by it's corner open.
The screen doesn’t flop anymore! Used to make me nuts. If I used the open 15” MacBook Pro at certain angles, particularly if I was laying back in bed or on a plane reclined, the screen could fall forward some under it’s own weight (or move slightly in turbulence on a plane). Now the retina screen no longer has the glass cover, the hinges function much more stiffly and it holds it’s angle!!
Screen is gorgeous. Did not seem to be such a huge difference at first, but that is because I have been duly spoiled by Apple using the Retina iPad for a while now. When you do get a graphic like a detailed high res photo, and oh my goodness, it is indeed spectacular. Text is like a magazine.
Screen Glare! What happened? I guess when Apple dropped the glass cover on the screen. Anyway, a major issue in certain settings is no longer an issue.
Crazy fast. Loads faster. Once an update is downloaded the install time is spectacular. Sucked up files I was transferring by high capacity thumb drive (USB 2) incredibly quick. Can't wait to use thunderbolt, I ordered a Lacie with two 3 Terra drives I'll run mirrored.
Does not appear to run any warmer than my last generation 15" Mac Book Pro. Perhaps cooler, hard to say this early on. Fan is much quieter.
Seems that Apple's claim of 7 hour battery may be optimistic - not sure. We'll see. This is an issue for us because, for example, the flight from Atlanta to Johannesburg is sixteen hours on Delta, and unless I’m in business class, I can’t recharge. When my laptop goes down, I have to switch to iPad with Bluetooth keyboard. Delta only has wi-fi on U.S. flights as far as I know, even on their regional jets.
Charger chord not attached as firmly, but not a problem either. Bought a second to permanently reside in my office.
Very surprised at the speakers - much improved. I would never compare these new speakers with the Bose Blue Tooth portable; however, it is worth noting that the new speakers in the computer stopped me from buying said Bose speakers as the on-board new ones are enough for the hotel rooms I frequent with my high travel job and I won't be lugging something else around. At home I have even gone to bed with these speakers whereas I used to go through that little black TV box Apple sells to my stereo.
Next machine we buy I'll get the next step up as I need the extra 250 gigs but not the speed. I'm at 62% full with this because I left most of our promotional videos off the machine, and just loaded around 5 key ones.
HDMI worked great in a presentation Wednesday, you have to tell the sound to go to the T.V. speakers via the System preferences. No problems, nice to just take an HDMI chord and no data projector!
My daughter is the most happy - she went from a Vista based laptop to my previous MacBook Pro Tuesday. When I set up her profile, I learned there’s some very cool parental settings available, she’s not as happy about that (set it not to operate between 12a and 6a.

Since you mentioned "buisness use" I thought I mention this as thes people usually have security concerns.
1: SSD's/flash are not "scrubbable" like hard drives are.
2: One can't open the MBP-R to remove/replace the SSD for destruction.
3: Best one can do is enable Filevault 2, but the password is required to repair the machine, for Customs and court orders, etc. Of course someone skilled can easily break that password.
The SSD is on a proprietary daughtercard, meaning it could be replaced by Apple, however no mention of a policy or procedure concerning a users private data and if the old SSD is given to the user for destruction or can be accessed via outside enclosure means.
All in all I would assume at this point the SSD is replaceable only if defective.
You will have to be careful who you hand that machine down to later, as there is no way to ensure the data on it is destroyed.
Many people don't realize this, but data on SSD's and in closed devices (iPhones, iPads etc) are accessible with the right technology, even if it's encrypted.
How do I securely delete data from the machine?

How do I prolongue the battery life of my macbook pro?

I just bought a 13" macbook pro and i was reading about it having a certain amount of cycles and so i dont want to use up my cycles too fast or keep it charged too much and instead end up messing up the battery. i was wondering if anyone can tell me how i can use the battery in a way that will make it last longer. Thank You

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Battery life on C2D macbook pros?

anyone know if its any good?

According to Apple:
15-inch MacBook Pro
60-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery (with integrated charge indicator LEDs) providing up to 5 hours of battery life(1)
17-inch MacBook Pro
68-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery (with integrated charge indicator LEDs) providing up to 5.5 hours of battery life(1)
(1) Battery life depends on configuration and use.

No low battery warning on new Macbook Pro (Mid 2012)

Hello!
I just purchased my macbook pro this saturday and it's my first mac. I've noticed that I do not receive a low battery warning at all. What can I do about this?

Thanks for the battery info, but the steps for calibrating the battery don't apply to current laptop models.
>>
Portables with built-in batteries
Current Apple portable computer batteries are pre-calibrated and do not require the calibration procedure outlined in this article.

HT1338 The battery life of my Macbook Pro lasts less than what is indicated in the specs. It is a real nuisance!!! especially when I'm in a meeting and have to utilize my Mac laptop!

I am having trouble with the duration of my Macbook Pro battery. It does nt lasts as long as what is indicated in the battery specs. Is there something wrong with my battery? I have charged it as required when I bought my Mac. Is this another overlooked and over-estimated presentation of Apple? Please enlighten my perceptions regarding this matter. Thanks

how old is the battery? How many charge cycles are on the battery?
You can get this information by opening the application "System Information" in the folder "/Applications/Utilities". Select the informtion from the "Hardware > Power" section
It should look something like:
In this case I have 35 charge cycles on the battery. The larger this number the more likely it is that you will have less actual usable capacity.

Battery issue with new MacBook Pro 13 inches

I bought my MacBook Pro on November 2012. I've noticing that my battery will only last for four hours (using chrome, iTunes and Microsoft word) what can I do to fix this problem?
Also: every time I put the computer on sleep mode the next day it shows that 10 percent of the battery has drained.

Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh):          5047
Fully Charged:          No
Charging:          No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh):          5721
Health Information:
Cycle Count:          46
Condition:          Normal
Battery Installed:          Yes
Amperage (mA):          -950
Voltage (mV):          12035

Battery life on new macbook ai 11

Hello,
I've just bought a macbook air 11" 128GB and the battery life is less than 3 hours when no application is running, when my battery is fully charged it's about 3h, and it goes so fast when I start workign on it. On teh apple site I see up to 5h
Is it just mine or is it a known issue?
thank you so much!

Most Apple software and hardware products include unlimited complimentary support incidents within the first 90 days of product ownership.
Call AppleCare. 1-800-275-2273
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"Battery not Charging" on a new MacBook Pro 15''

The battery of my new MacBook Pro 15'' is not charging when plugged in. The battery is down to 4% and the battery status bar shows "Battery not Charging".

If this is a new MBP and you purchased it from an Apple store, you have a 14 day period in which to exchange it for a new one (or a refund). If you purchased st from a reseller, their return policies will apply but the MBP should be fixed under the warranty provisions.
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Terrible Battery Life - New MacBook Pro

OK, 4 weeks into my New MacBook Pro. MacBook Pro 15", 8GB Ram, 512GB SSD (Lion O/S as shipped). I know there are other threads but here's the full summary from my perspective.
Prior machine was MacBook Pro 17", 4GB Ram and 256 GB Hard Drive (Upgraded to Lion O/S). This older machine and the battery is 30 months old. It's awesome but I really needed more RAM and better battery life. Stumped over over $4000 for it.
I migrated virtually everything (Using Migration Assistant). Machine came up perfectly, works like a charm.
Except, the new machine gets only about an hour more at best than the old machine. The old machine was getting about 2.5 hours to 3 hours. I could get some work done on a plane and watch a 2 hour movie.
However, the new machine will only get me about 3 1/2 hours. I only get 2 1/2 hours if I watch a movie.
This is terrible. I have taken to Genius store and they agree the battery is fine and something is wrong but didn't have a fix. They and I since have tried all sorts of things at boot time to clean up errors, disk stuff, aplplied updates and all that. Basically, everything suggested in every forum. Some of these things actually have an effect on the "Time available" on the status bar, showing 7-8 hours for a while leading me into a false sense of security that a "fix" has worked. However, then after an hour or so of of use or booting from sleep, it's really averaging just 3 1/2 hours in real life, and sometimes just 3 hours.
I had a spare bettery for my old MacBook so could get 6-7 hours on a long haul flight. Now, I am dead at 3 hours in.
SInce Genius bar have confirmed machine is fine, and others have reported similar findings when going to Lion *AND* I have exactly the same apps on both machines... what the heck can it be?
Does anyone want to guess? Does someone from Apple want to "see" my machine in use?
HELP HELP HELP. PLEASE. This $4k machine is leaving me with a very sour taste.

Suppose you elaborate on what you are doing with the MBP that makes the battery life terrible.

Updated to OS 10.7.3; fan runs constantly and battery life dropped to under 2 hours when 100% charged. How do I get back to 10.7.2, I don't have a backup prior to this upgrade. This is a newer Macbook Pro 13", no modifications.

Help! This new version of Lion is making me miserable. The fan runs constantly, the computer is hot and battery life has dropped to under 2 hours on a fully charged battery. I updated yesterday, nothing but misery today. Even running the mail program alone make the fan run like I have everything open. Using Pages, iPhoto, and iTunes simultaneously makes the computer blistering hot.Yesterday, I could use all three without any trouble. Any suggestions to either jettison 10.7.3 or how to fix without any expense? I haven't modified this computer at all, it is as it came from the box in August 2011: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5, 4GB 1333 Mhz DDR3.

I updated to Lion 10.7.3 and started noticing my fans running on high all the time and my battery would drain 2-3x faster. I was going to take my computer into an Apple store until I found this thread. I did the SMC reset by shutting down my computer, plugging it in, and then pushing down shift+control+option while also pushing down the power button. Nothing happens on the screen and the computer did not turn on. I then released all the buttons at once after holding them down for 10 seconds.
After that, I simply turned my computer back on and everything seems to be working fine. The fans are not blasting anymore. I have a newer MacBook Pro where I can't access my batteries. The SMC reset may differ for other types of laptops.

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