HT3371 battery life in mac air
My Mac Air is only 1.5yrs old... and this morning it wouldn't power up...even being plugged in! How long is the battery life on these normally?
That doesn't sound like a battery problem. Depending on how much time you spend on battery is the deciding factor. We've customers with early Air's still on the the original battery.
Even if the battery was flat it should still power up on mains. First try a PMU reset, see here for a step by step guide http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1365
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Please, the battery of my mac air does not last more than two hours, it's been over 30 days I sent for technical assistance and nothing! I am very disappointed with the mac air, I had a very different expectation of apples products!!!
Maybe the problem is not your MB Air......
Try these:
Make sure bluetooth is turned off if you're not using it.
Set your screen brightness to 4 bars.
See what's loading in your login items. Delete the ones you don't need.
Open Activity Monitor - under All Processes see what's using most of your CPU's resources.
Highlight the ones with the highest %CPU and hit quit process.
Remember that when Apple says that your battery should last 7 hours, they tested it just browsing the web and not have anything open in the background and screen is set at 50% brightness. -
Battery life issue - MacBook Air
Hi there,
could you please help me?
I have an issue in my MacBook Air battery life. it doesn't last more 2:30 hours. below is the report of Etresoft application.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir5,2
1 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 4 days 11:35:24
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD TS128E disk0 : (121.33 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 120.47 GB (72.72 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
Launch Agents:
User Launch Agents:
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
BitTorrent
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Internet Plug-ins:
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
None
Top Processes by CPU:
28% WebProcess
4% WindowServer
1% Microsoft Outlook
1% EtreCheck
1% PluginProcess
1% fontd
0% Microsoft Word
0% netbiosd
0% coreservicesd
0% warmd
Top Processes by Memory:
479 MB WebProcess
229 MB Microsoft Outlook
147 MB Safari
123 MB PluginProcess
66 MB mds
66 MB WindowServer
49 MB Finder
20 MB iTunes
20 MB loginwindow
20 MB SystemUIServer
Virtual Memory Statistics
865 MB Free RAM
1.76 GB Active RAM
325 MB Inactive RAM
1.08 GB Wired RAM
2.45 GB Page-ins
624 KB Page-outs1. Your problem is not the battery, but a memory leak: you do not have enough free ram.
SystemPreferences/Users&Groups LoginItems tab: remove the line BitTorrent with the minus sign underneath.
Use BitTorrent sparsely : start manually, and Quit (from the menu) immediately when the download is ready.
If you do not need a torrent app, uninstall it.
2. Did you do already the machine update of last week: Apple Menu/ Software Updates.
Fine machine otherwise.
Lex -
2013 Macbook Air 13" battery life not as good as advertised
At full charge, the estimated battery life read a little over 17 hours. At 97%, it now reads 15:39. Like I get this is vastly better than the older Macbook Air, but it still falls quite short of the 24 hours advertised on the website. Currently, it is still at 97% but now the estimated battery running time reads 14:59. Is this normal? I accidentally drained my battery twice since I bought it at the beginning of August, and I understand that's not good for the newer batteries - could this be the reason? My screen brightness is at 50% and I have no movies or music playing. Safari is the only ap I have open.
I'd appreciate any ideas or help with this problem (that is, if it is one).
I just looked at the estimated time again, and while it is still at 97%, the estimated remaining time is at 13:48. It's taken me a little over a minute to type this.
I'm not very tech-savy - is there something wrong with the way I understood the advertised battery life?The Air is nowhere advertised for 24 hrs. batt. life......... in any configuration.
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Poor Battery life? Is this normal?
Hey, I made 2 other posts on here as you might know, I just got a new macbook. Well after I fully charge it up I turn it to the best battery life setting and it only gets about 3:30 hours. I read on other forums that people are getting close to 5 hours. Is something wrong with my battery? I installed the new battery update as soon as I got it and everything, so what do you think I should do?
3 1/2 hour is about the most I ever got out of my MacBook. My MBP is even less.
MacOSG: how to extend your battery life >>
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Mac Owners Support Group
Join Us @ MacOSG.com
iTunes: MacOSG Podcast
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Power usage when using line out dock /poor battery life
Hi,
Does using a line out dock use more battery power than using the headphone jack?
I'm asking because in real life usage I am only getting about 6 hours of play time from my 4GB Nano. For me real life usage is maybe 20-30 minutes of use at a time while commuting to and from work or going for walks. Much of that play time is spent using a line out dock connection in my car. I have an Aux port in my car and the sound from the headphone jack is horrible. With the line out dock it's great.
I did run the Apple suggested battery test and when I leave my unit on and don't touch it at all I get about 13-13.5 hours of play time. So I'm trying to understand why that drops in half when I use the Nano the way I use it. Was wondering if using the line out dock is part of that. I do not have the Equalizer on, I use the Hold switch when I'm not using the Nano and am carrying it around in a pocket or in my purse, and I have the backlight set to 5 seconds. I don't use any of the extra features. I just play music. All of my music should be in AAC format. It's music I either purchased and downloaded from ITunes or music I imported from my own CD's using the default ITunes settings.
LisaI too share your frustration. I'm on my fifth iPad as an owner, and really like them, but Apple made a huge mistake with the Air 2 by making it thinner and putting a smaller battery in it. The iPad Air was wonderfully thin and didn't need slimming down. I get noticeably worse battery life on my iPad Air 2 compared to my first iPad Air. My Air had epic, brag-worthy battery life. My Air 2 has cringe-worthy battery life. Apple's product designers need to get their priorities straight: thin, when it compromises the user experience, is TOO THIN.
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Late 2013 Retina Macbook Pro Battery Life
I am getting around 3-5 hours of battery life with my late 2013 rMBP with brightness turned down, bluetooth off, Wi-Fi on, forcing integrated GPU, and using safari w/out flash.
I've seen other people with the early 2013 model get 10 hours!
I used migration assistant to transfer my data across to this mac when I started using it a few weeks ago.
I have included a screenshot showing my current usage.
http://take.ms/TMw6b
My relevant specs:
ME294LL/A - 2.3ghz i7 w/ GeForce GT 750m.
Any solution other than fresh install?Hello, raikun.
Thank you for the question. The first thing we need to look at is the health and condition of your battery. This first article will show you how to process this. Be sure to test the results after each troubleshooting step processed.
Mac notebooks: Determining battery cycle count
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1519
If the battery health shows acceptable, then try a reset of the System Management Controller. If the battery health shows to be unacceptable, reach out to use here.
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
I would also recommend taking a look at the article below to help maximize battery life.
Mac notebooks: All about batteries
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1446
Cheers,
Jason H. -
Battery Life of my Mac Book Air
My Macbook Air was giving me almost 12 hrs battery life. Recently it has been reduced to 3 hrs max. The Apps using most battery are blackberry_help_agent and Contacts as shown in the machine. The Blacberry stuff, I presume relates to Blackberry Link which I cannot delete as it relates to backup/sync of my phone. Contacts is having a issue of having 250,000 cards (reported in a seperate thread in this forum https://discussions.apple.com/message/25164362#25164362 ) and is not opening up.
Any pointers to resolve the issue would be highly appreciated.
Ajit1. Check the cycle count of the battery against the limit for your model. The battery may be due for replacement. If the power adapter is connected almost all the time, the battery may need replacing even though the cycle count is not too high.
2. Follow these instructions, or these for OS X 10.9 or later.
3. In the Energy Saver preference pane, uncheck the box marked
Enable Power Nap while on battery power
4. You can also try resetting the SMC.
5. Make sure your system is up to date in Software Update.
6. Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service center. -
2 hr battery life on 2011-2012 Mac air
My 11" Mac Air will only run 41 minutes on 50% charge. Wi-fi is off, only microsoft word is on and screen brightness all the way down! What is wrong with it?
1. Check the cycle count of the battery. It may be due for replacement.
2. If not, follow these instructions.
3. You can also try resetting the SMC.
4. Make sure your system is up to date in Software Update.
5. Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service center.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed. -
13" Air Mid 2011 hot cpu, fan on high, short battery life
Since it seems many have this problem, here is what I have found so far.
Background: 13" Air i7 Mid 2011 4gb RAM, 256 SSD, purchased in Aug 2011. Battery life is normally 5.5hours with wifi on, blue tooth off. I charge the battery until status says charged then I unplug until I get the reserve power message at 9%, most days I charge 2 times, sometimes 3 times. When I plug in an external monitor using my thunderbolt to dvi or thunderbolt to hdmi my battery life drops to 2.5-3.5hours (extra work, less battery, makes sense), back left is hot and fan is running. When I have apache web server, mysql, php, netbeans, firefox with over 30 tabs, safari with over 10 tabs, thunderbird, avast antivirus, adium, skype and other random pgms loaded my battery life stayed over 4.5 hours, activity monitor at about 80% idle. The back left corner of the keyboard stays cool during this time.
I have read the CPU power and cores are adjusted automatically based on usage, and this is what I have found to be true with great consistancy.
About 1-2 months ago my battery life dropped to about 2.5 hours. I have been trying to figure the cause. At the same time my back left corner of the keyboard is getting hot like I have the external monitor plugged in. The fan is running all the time. I look at the activity monitor and it shows 80%-90% idle. I have been on the phone with support and we tried the SMC reset, but the fan is just doing it's job of cooling the cpu. Apple phone support seemed to feel this was normal, even though I told them the back left of the keyboard was not normally this way. I have narrowed it down to.... the cpu is being told to run harder than before, so where is the mixedup signal? I began this morning reading all the messages here in the disscussions this am (and there are many with the same description), many references to activity monitor.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1473 - the activity monitor in this will show the process that is using the cpu the most.
In my case I had installed HP scanner software 2 months ago, which is badly written and very misbehaved, see the following link. This process would go to 100% cpu every few seconds (not all the time, so I could not see it in the summary, ), shown when I sorted by cpu % usage.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Mac-Printing-and-Scanning/OS-X-scanner-driver-maxes -CPU/td-p/197310
I have removed my scanner drivers.
My battery life is back to 5.5hr, back left of keyboard is cool to touch, and the fan is off.
My findings, when the back left of the keyboard is hot, the CPU is running hard. External monitors heat up the cpu. Activity monitor can tell you what is using the cpu, by sorting by %cpu usage (don't trust the summary, look at the individual processes, as shown in the link TS1473) and watching for 10-30 seconds, a misbehaved app may not be at the top all the time. I hope this helps.
Thanks for all the great posts here, I was able to solve a 2 month problem.You should probably ask this in the MacBook Air forum. This is the forum for the white and black plastic MacBooks that were discontinued in 2010. You should also post this question there to increase your chances of getting an answer.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_air -
Air Mid 2011 hot cpu, fan on high, short battery life
Since it seems many have this problem, here is what I have found so far.
Background: Air i7 Mid 2011 4gb RAM, 256 SSD, purchased in Aug 2011. Battery life is normally 5.5hours with wifi on, blue tooth off. I charge the battery until status says charged then I unplug until I get the reserve power message at 9%, most days I charge 2 times, sometimes 3 times. When I plug in an external monitor using my thunderbolt to dvi or thunderbolt to hdmi my battery life drops to 2.5-3.5hours (extra work, less battery, makes sense), back left is hot and fan is running. When I have apache web server, mysql, php, netbeans, firefox with over 30 tabs, safari with over 10 tabs, thunderbird, avast antivirus, adium, skype and other random pgms loaded my battery life stayed over 4.5 hours, activity monitor at about 80% idle. The back left corner of the keyboard stays cool during this time.
I have read the CPU power and cores are adjusted automatically based on usage, and this is what I have found to be true with great consistancy.
About 1-2 months ago my battery life dropped to about 2.5 hours. I have been trying to figure the cause. At the same time my back left corner of the keyboard is getting hot like I have the external monitor plugged in. The fan is running all the time. I look at the activity monitor and it shows 80%-90% idle. I have been on the phone with support and we tried the SMC reset, but the fan is just doing it's job of cooling the cpu. Apple phone support seemed to feel this was normal, even though I told them the back left of the keyboard was not normally this way. I have narrowed it down to.... the cpu is being told to run harder than before, so where is the mixedup signal? I began this morning reading all the messages here in the disscussions this am (and there are many with the same description), many references to activity monitor.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1473 - the activity monitor in this will show the process that is using the cpu the most.
In my case I had installed HP scanner software 2 months ago, which is badly written and very misbehaved, see the following link. This process would go to 100% cpu every few seconds (not all the time, so I could not see it in the summary, ), shown when I sorted by cpu % usage.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Mac-Printing-and-Scanning/OS-X-scanner-driver-maxes -CPU/td-p/197310
I have removed my scanner drivers.
My battery life is back to 5.5hr, back left of keyboard is cool to touch, and the fan is off.
My findings, when the back left of the keyboard is hot, the CPU is running hard. External monitors heat up the cpu. Activity monitor can tell you what is using the cpu, by sorting by %cpu usage (don't trust the summary, look at the individual processes, as shown in the link TS1473) and watching for 10-30 seconds, a misbehaved app may not be at the top all the time. I hope this helps.
Thanks for all the great posts here, I was able to solve a 2 month problem.You should probably ask this in the MacBook Air forum. This is the forum for the white and black plastic MacBooks that were discontinued in 2010. You should also post this question there to increase your chances of getting an answer.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_air -
Mid-2013 Macbook Air Battery Life has become awful-Not Mavericks related
I have a Mid-2013 Macbook Air that I bought in July. i5, 1.3 GHz, 8GB RAM, 500 GB SSD. I honestly thought that my horrible battery life was due to the recent upgrade to Mavericks (many MBAir users are having problems with 10.9), so I downgraded to 10.8.5 this AM. With my backlit keyboard off and the screen at a mid-level of brightness, I am barely getting 2hrs of battery life. Before I go make an appointment with the Apple Genius, I was wondering whether anyone has any suggestions. I saw other threads on this issue, but none of them seem to really help. Below is the EtreCheck file (there seems to be a lot of Symantec traffic, but I am not sure that is the cause). Also, I am also running "hidden" so I wonder if the constant location services are draining the battery. Again, any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,1
1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
AirPlay: Version: 1.7
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1
Startup Items:
HDDFanControlDaemon - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HDDFanControlDaemon
NortonMissedTasks - Path: /Library/StartupItems/NortonMissedTasks
SMC - Path: /Library/StartupItems/SMC
SymAutoProtect - Path: /Library/StartupItems/SymAutoProtect
System Software:
OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0 days 0:13:9
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500.28 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
RAWAIR (disk0s2) /: 499.42 GB (230.02 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
com.parallels.virtualsound (1.0
com.Symantec.kext.SAVAPComm (12.1)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.hidden.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon.plist
[loaded] com.raynersw.nshctldo.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist
[loaded] com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist
[loaded] com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist
[loaded] com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist
[loaded] com.symantec.quickmenusa.application.plist
[loaded] com.symantec.savdiskmountnotify.application.plist
[loaded] com.symantec.scannotification.application.plist
[loaded] com.symantec.symsecondarylaunch.application.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.c-command.SpamSieve.LaunchAgent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.startgui.launchagent.plist
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Citations
HDD Fan Control Monitor
Dropbox
Google Drive
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
HDD Fan Control
SymAutoProtect
Symantec\nQuickMenu
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobeAAMDetect.plugin
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750.plugin
CitrixICAClientPlugIn.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
MeetingJoinPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
SlingPlayer.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
RAWAIR: Disk size: 499.42 GB Disk used: 269.4 GB
Destinations:
MBAIR TIME MACHINE [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 499.97 GB
Total number of backups: 4
Oldest backup: 2013-09-15 03:56:43 +0000
Last backup: 2013-10-10 23:32:11 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 499.97 GB < (Disk used 269.4 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:
134% Dropbox
14% mds
14% Creative Cloud
3% SymAutoProtect
3% WindowServer
2% Finder
1% fontd
1% EtreCheck
1% hidd
0% taskgated
Top Processes by Memory:
524 MB SymAutoProtect
188 MB WebProcess
175 MB Dropbox
172 MB mds
172 MB Safari
139 MB Finder
90 MB CalendarAgent
66 MB Creative Cloud
66 MB Google Drive
41 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Statistics
51 MB Free RAM
2.70 GB Active RAM
4.47 GB Inactive RAM
798 MB Wired RAM
1.59 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsYes,
After Mavericks install, your "time remaining" WILL BE INACCURATE until you do a SMC reset in many case
SMC reset
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
There is a HUGE distinction here about someone getting less batt. life in actuality .......or are they just reading the "time remaining" and using that as a true indicator which is certainly is not.
Ive seen 3 notebooks after SMC reset jump 4+ hours in "time remaining" and slowly climb after 3+ full charge cycles.
Until things settle down, nobody should trust what the 'time remaining' says. -
I have a mid-2012 Macbook air and I've noticed recently my battery life is horrible. I've read every single other thread about this issue but nothing really helped and even the most recent is from a couple of years ago. Obviously now it's 2015 and my macbook is running on Yosemite, so its not the battery issue that everyone seemed to have with Mavericks.
Just writing that small section I went from 73% to 68% and at the current 68% I only get an estimated 2 hours and 10 minutes remaining. I've also had only Safari running this whole time.
Option clicking the battery icon reveals that the condition is normal, as well as the power system report. It also has gone through only 441 cycles, no where near its 1000 cycle "limit" and its health is already down to 77%. While obviously the condition is normal and doesn't say I need to replace the battery I feel that I should, based off of everything else.Have macbook air from mid 2012 - I installed Yosemite November 2014 and since then I'm having problem with my battery - it has been draining super fast - 4hrs battery life now compared to earlier 8hrs.
I reinstalled Yosemite, didn’t help and then made a clean reinstallation of Yosemite about 5 days ago and there is still the same drain issue.
Thank you in advance!
Here is the Etre Check Report:
Problem description:
The battery has been draining super fast - 4hrs battery life now compared to earlier 8hrs.
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 5/2/15, 8:02 PM
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir5,2
1 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 341 - SN = D8622840AXXDKRNAA
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Color LCD 1440 x 900
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 10:53:27
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE SSD TS128E disk0 : (121.33 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 120.11 GB (105.35 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.mtrecorder.plist
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.apple.spirecorder.plist
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
6% WindowServer
4% fontd
3% hidd
1% configd
1% powerd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
519 MB kernel_task
156 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
66 MB Safari
57 MB mdworker(7)
57 MB Pages
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
5.28 GB Free RAM
2.72 GB Used RAM
72 MB Swap Used -
Improving the 2013 Macbook Air i7 battery life
Hi
I've checked couple of topics related to this issue seems many people suffer from this problem, i7 8gb ram with 512gb ssd Macbook air has some issues with its battery life it reduced very quickly. I've applied some techniques -like smc reset,deleting launch daemons and agents- and have an improvement in battery performance. Now the point is, when i do the EtreCheck there are many kernel extensions displayed in the report. Is there any way to delete them and slightly improve the battery life?
Here is the output:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2
1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: (null)
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 13:15:5
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500,28 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499,42 GB (372,12 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[not loaded] com.NovatelWireless.driver.NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMControl (3.0.13) Support
[not loaded] com.NovatelWireless.driver.NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMData (3.0.13) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.3.35) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter (1.3.35) Support
[not loaded] com.nike.sportwatch (1.0.0) Support
[not loaded] com.novamedia.driver.IceraUSB_MSD_Bypass (1.3.0) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3G (3.0.13) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3GData (3.0.13) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.DisableAutoInstall (3.0.13) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.Option72 (2.15.0) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionHS (3.26.0) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMSD (1.21.0) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionQC (1.11.0) Support
[kext loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.67) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.67) Support
[not loaded] com.vodafone.driver (3.0.9) Support
[not loaded] com.vodafone.driver.Data (3.0.9) Support
[not loaded] com.zte.driver.cdc_ecm_qmi (1.0.26) Support
[not loaded] com.zte.driver.cdc_usb_bus (1.0.26) Support
[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMSamsung (0.0.2) Support
[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMSmartplugSCSIDevice (1.0.1) Support
[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMUSBCDCACMControl (3.2.12) Support
[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMUSBCDCACMData (3.2.12) Support
[not loaded] de.novamedia.oem.vodafone.vtp.huawei.cdc (0.0.2) Support
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[running] de.novamedia.nmnetmgrd.plist Support
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
User Login Items:
None
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions:
Open in Internet Explorer: Version: 1.0
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
OctoshapeWeb: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support
MusicManager Support
Xmarks for Safari Support
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Destinations:
My Passport Air [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 465.41 GB
Total number of backups: 1
Oldest backup: 2014-02-20 22:28:07 +0000
Last backup: 2014-02-20 22:28:07 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 465.41 GB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
3% WindowServer
1% hidd
1% mds_stores
0% fontd
0% warmd
Top Processes by Memory:
82 MB Google Chrome
52 MB Google Chrome Helper
49 MB mds_stores
41 MB Calendar
33 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
6.03 GB Free RAM
998 MB Active RAM
97 MB Inactive RAM
633 MB Wired RAM
522 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Is there any other suggestions that you may offer ? Many thanksYou can use the new Activity Monitor to determine a unitless "Energy Impact" value:
You can also click the battery icon in your Mac's menu to reveal significant energy hogs (UPS is shown below):
Whereas Apple recently updated their apps to take advantage of Mavericks' energy saving algorithms, few other vendors have. I surmise the prominent "Energy Impact" hall of shame addition to the new Activity Monitor is Apple's subtle way of nudging them into compliance.
Google's plethora of invasive OS X system modifications is a popular reason for excessive battery drain. Google has yet to demonstrate the ability to develop efficient OS X apps, and one can only surmise they are not interested in doing so. If you elect to use Google Chrome or any other poorly implemented OS X programs, you must accept the detrimental effect they will have on performance and battery life.
If you no longer use a Blackberry, uninstall RIM's software. Be sure to follow its uninstallation instructions. -
New Mid-2013 macbook air BATTERY LIFE decreasing fast?
Hi,
I just bought a new Macbook Air 13" 256GB , 4GB RAM. I'm worried about my battery life. With only 2 hours of just surfing the net and on 50% brightness, my battery life dropped to 60%. So every 30 minutes, it drops by 10%. I also found that my computer usage is 95% idle so how can my battery life waste so quickly??
my battery health is 100%. Is that even normal for a Macbook Air that is only 5 days old?
Thank you!
PS: I am running Mountain Lion OSX.Hardware Information:
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2
1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
Startup Items:
HWNetMgr - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr
HWPortDetect - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect
System Software:
OS X 10.8.4 (12E3067) - Uptime: 0 days 0:3:21
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SM0256F disk0 : (251 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 250.14 GB (135.77 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.94)
com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.2.3)
com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.2.3)
com.Bitdefender.iokit.av (2.0.1)
com.rim.driver.BlackBerryVirtualPrivateNetwork (1.0.11)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] cn.com.zte.PPPMonitor.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.bitdefender.avp.AuthHelperTool.plist
[loaded] com.bitdefender.avp.UpgDaemon.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
[not loaded] com.rim.nkehelper.plist
[failed] com.rim.tunmgr.plist
[failed] com.sec.faxdb.plist
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] cn.com.zte.usbswapper.plist
[not loaded] com.bitdefender.avod.18.fullsystem.plist
[loaded] com.bitdefender.avp.antiphishing.plist
[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
[loaded] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist
[loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
[loaded] com.rim.blackberrylink.BlackBerry-Link-Helper-Agent.plist
[failed] com.rim.PeerManager.plist
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Box Sync
Flash Player
Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
DivX Plus Web Player.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
OVSHelper.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
None
Top Processes by CPU:
2% hidd
2% WindowServer
1% EtreCheck
1% BDDaemon
1% Safari
1% fontd
0% BBLaunchAgent
0% loginwindow
0% WebProcess
0% Mac_SwapperDemon
Top Processes by Memory:
324 MB BDDaemon
131 MB mds
131 MB WebProcess
86 MB Mail
78 MB Safari
37 MB WindowServer
29 MB Dock
25 MB SystemUIServer
20 MB mdworker
20 MB PluginProcess
Virtual Memory Statistics
1.77 GB Free RAM
1.37 GB Active RAM
198 MB Inactive RAM
547 MB Wired RAM
230 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
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