MacBook Pro Battery Not Lasting More that 4 Hours
Hello! I just got my new MacBook Pro and I have calibrated the battery. I have noticed that the battery meter is terribly inaccurate and jumps around from 1 hour to 6 hours of estimated lasting time! I usually only get 3 and a half to 4 hours and this is with the keyboard backlight and the display backlight on its lowest setting and using the integrated graphics! I am doing nothing more that some word processing and internet browsing. On the Apple Tech Specs it states that one could easily get 5 hours and thats with the backlighting on the mid point! I am wondering if I have a defective battery. When running coconut battery it used to say my battery had 98% of its charge and that was with 3 charge cycles! Now after calibrating it, it states it has 100% however what is odd to me is that it says it has 4648mAh when the batters compactly is only 4000mAh.
Thanks for any help!
--Anthony
anthonyalvernaz wrote:
Now after calibrating it, it states it has 100% however what is odd to me is that it says it has 4648mAh when the batters compactly is only 4000mAh.
under the preferences of the coconut battery prog. you can change the mAh settings to the desired mAh.
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Таймер режима сна диска (минуты): 10
Таймер режима сна монитора (минуты): 10
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Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
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Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 0
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http://pastebin.com/z91Sp3Kk
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