My battery life is terrible

My MacBook Pro is almost worthless for battery life.
Correction. I have TWO MacBook Pros, both of which are worthless for battery life.
All day they are charged and the rare time I go to use them without being charged, they last at the absolute most 1 hour. If I am lucky and don't do anything on the computer, maybe 1 hour and a half.
Both laptops are 15" MacBook Pros, running Leopard OSX, 2.33 Core 2 Duo, 2bg RAM. All I'm generally doing is surfing the internet, writing e-mails. I try to keep the screen brightness low enough until I feel I'm straining my eyes.
I have tried running both batteries completely out until charging them again, but I see no difference in battery life. I have read they are supposed to last upwards of 3 hours. This simply is NOT possible for me.
What can I do?

Go to the Power tab in System Profiler and get the data for your battery. For example.
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 3769
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4556
Health Information:
Cycle count: 200
Battery health: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1788
Voltage (mV): 11563
If the Full charge capacity is 4400 (80% of 5500) or more and the Cycle count is less than 300, then your battery is within spec. If the Full charge capacity is less than 4400 and the Cycle count is less than 300, your battery is out of spec and you should contact AppleCare or visit an Apple repair center. If the cycle count is over 300, it's probably time to consider buying a new battery.
Even when new, I never got more than 2:45 out of my batteries (I am on the 4th battery).

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My Macbook Pro is 4 years old and I still get approximately 5 hrs of battery life under normal usage with no more than 2 applications open at a time. Playing downloaded games or games played directly from a cd , I get around 4 - 4 1/2 hours. I faithfully calibrate my battery every other month per my user manual schedule.
I never watch movies while using my battery.
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Battery life suddenly terrible on iPhone 4

I've been having my iPhone 4 for about a year and a half now and never had any issues with the battery life. But yesterday, the battery life suddenly decreased exponentially. I typically do a "hard reset" on my phone every few days because it tends to get slow or buggy after a while.
So yesterday after a hard reset, my battery went from 100% to just over 80% in about 15 minutes of music playback on the iPod/Music app — no streaming from the Web and no other apps open. The battery percentage continued tanking throughout the day even though I was only occasionally sending texts and never really using any data. I pulled it from my pocket to check the time and noticed it was dead, only about four hours after I'd completely charged it to 100%.
The battery life has never been close to this bad, and the only thing I think could have had any effect on it was the hard reset I did yesterday afternoon. I haven't recently updated the software or installed any new apps. The strange thing is that the battery life seems to go by even faster when the phone's idle. Looking through Facebook posts or playing games don't drain it as much it just sitting on my desk. Any idea what might work? Thanks.

I've encountered the exact same. I now keep the phone plugged/tethered to the computer all day to conserve battery live. My usage is the same but I'm wondering if the notifications are to blame for the shortened life. Withoout plugging the phone in the battery may not make the entire day.

Battery life suddenly terrible, apple care expired in September but still 10 months on my contract?

Hi there,
I'm wondering if there is anything that Apple can do for my iPhone 6? I first got it in September 2012 (2 years and a bit ago) and I purchased apple care. I had previously replaced the battery because it did the same thing. The battery life depletes in less than a couple hours even if it is fully charged, and if I am outside in the cold, the phone will shut off even if there is 50% or 40% of the battery life remaining.
Please let me know if there is anything. I know that the laws in Quebec are different because we have legal warranty here which means that even without Apple Care I should be able to get help for this.
Please let me know if you have any advice or help as to what I should do!

Since I am from the US, I cannot comment on Canadian laws. If you have an issue with Canadian law and Apple, then I suggest you address that with the Apple store. What I was saying was if you let someone other than Apple open the device, then it voids warranty and post-warranty support. If Apple made the replacement, then discuss it with them.
Your statement to the other poster about phone support; unless you purchase Apple Care Plus, complementary phone support for the iPhone is only 90 days, whereas the warranty is 1 year. Apple Care Plus extends both to 2 years. Those are the Apple standards, but could differ in your country. To understand that, you would need to look up the warranty info for your country. You can find that at http://www.apple.com/legal/

Why is my battery life is terrible?

I use my Macbook pro (non-retina, purchased March 2013) for internet browsing (not very much music or video streaming, though), light Microsoft office editing, and some scripting. As I use my Macbook, I can watch the battery-percentage indicator tick down like the minute hand on a clock. From a full charge, my battery lasts 2-4 hours, and it used to last at least 50% more, while running more applications. What is going on? It would be nice to use my portable laptop as a portable laptop.
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Problem description:
My battery doesn’t hold charge like it used to. I bought the computer new exactly two years ago. With light use (internet browsing but not streaming, document editing, some scripting), the battery only lasts 2-4 hours from full.
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1. Check the cycle count of the battery against the rated life 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 10.8 or earlier.
3. In the Energy Saver preference pane, uncheck the box marked
          Enable Power Nap while on battery power
if it's shown (it may not be.)
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.

Battery life gotten terrible

Hello,
Has anyone's phone battery gone downhill fast? I have had my iphone 5s for around 5 months and recently the battery will not even last a day, when it used to last for well over a day and a half. Went into Apple the other day and the tech told me there was nothing wrong with it and the daigonostic test said my battery was still 97% good. However could not answer why my standbye and usage times move at the same rate. This has never happened and feel this is part of the problem. I have turned off all location and pushing data options and have even resotred my phone. Nothing, does anyone have any ideas?

Basic troubleshooting from the User's Guide is reset, restart, restore (first from backup then as new). Try each of these in order until the issue is resolved.

New iPhone 5 is overheating, I can hear a loose screw & the battery life is terrible?

I recently upgraded my 1 year old iPhone 4s for an iPhone 5. Using it in exactly the same way as the iPhone 4s, it ran out of battery considerably faster and it got really really hot whilst I was using it. This has never happened with my iPhone 4s, and the fact that a brand new iPhone's battery is worse than a 1 year old phone isn't very good. Also the heating up is a bit concerning. Moreover, when I shake the iPhone, I can hear a screw or something else rattling on the inside of my phone.
Has anyone else had these problems & if I brought it to apple would I be able to get them to do anything about it?

Bring your phone in to Apple for evaluation

New wireless Keyboard with terrible battery life

Is this how they all work?
I recently bought a wireless keyboard for my mac mini that's in a closet functioning as a media server. It seems that the battery life is terrible. I used the keyboard for about one hour one day and didn't touch the device for two weeks. After this two week interlude the batteries were dead. This is the 2nd time I have noticed this.
So should I remove the batteries when not using the keyboard. I can't seem to tell if the keyboard is on or off by pushing the button since the keyboard light doesn't stay on when in use.
I have other wireless keyboards that seem to have battery life that go and go and go

One Possible EXPLANATION For Apple Wireless Keyboards Or Mice GOING THROUGH BATTERIES In A Matter Of Weeks is as follows:
When you shut down or sleep your Mac, if there is a second Mac running at some distance away (up to 100 meters distance), and this distant Mac has bluetooth switched on, and was, for some reason, previously been paired with your wireless keyboard or mouse, then I believe the keyboard or mousewill try to link to the distant Mac after you have shut down the local Mac, using all its available transmission power to overcome the distance, and thereby wearing down the batteries.
This happened to me. I have two Macs in the house, and paired my new wireless keyboard with both computers, just so that I could use this keyboard with either Mac.
But when I shut down the Mac I was using, without me realizing, my wireless keyboard that I had in front of me would then link up to my other distant Mac (which was usually always running), located at the other side of my house, and in doing so, my wireless keyboard would wear out its batteries in weeks from the power drain due to long distance transmission and reception.
Whether this battery draining from long distance transmission and reception can also occur when the wireless keyboard or mouse has not been paired with the distant Mac, I am not sure. It's conceivable that in the bluetooth polling mode, where the distant computer is trying to link up to the wireless keyboard or mouse, there could also be substantial power draining from long distance transmission and reception (especially if bluetooth is set to discoverable).
Someone may want to test this: seeing if bluetooth polling over distance can drain power. Who knows, it may be that your neighbor has a Mac, and so when you switch off your computer, your wireless keyboard or mouse spends all night trying to link to your neighbor's Mac.

How do I maximise battery life on iphone 5s

I have just got an iphone 5s and the battery life is terrible. With my 4s I used to double click the home button then I could close down each app fully as they showed up in a row and I could press an x. I cant seem to do this with the 5s. Please help, its lasted 9 hrs since charging and I ve been asleep for most of them!!! I tried Apple support chat but after over 30 mins I didnt get a reply.

To shut down apps double-click the home button then swipe the app screen shot upwards. However, very few apps actually run in the background.
The list of apps you see when double-clicking the home button is only a list of recently used apps, it is NOT a list of all running apps.
Battery life will improve over the next days and weeks as the battery is used.

IPhone 6 battery life draining since 8.1 update

Is anyone else having problems with their iPhone 6 battery life diminishing since the latest 8.1 update? I notice I'm getting much less usage time per hour. For example, before 8.1, it would take about 3 hours of usage time to get to 70%. Now it only takes 2 and it gets worse after that. Here is a screenshot I took of the battery usage before the 8.1 update:
This is pretty normal usage timings for me (it was taken Monday, October 20th). Now, here is a screenshot from today, after starting out with 100% this morning:
As you can see, it's quite a huge difference. The weird thing is that messaging seems to take up more battery life than it used to. Yes, I do text quite a bit during the day but the frequency of this has not changed between now and October 20th. It shouldn't be using THAT much battery life. I took it to the Genius Bar yesterday to ask them about this problem and the girl told me that she saw some crashing from the Messages app in Diagnostics Information and she felt that maybe since the update, there was something causing that app to use more battery. So she suggested erasing the phone and restoring from an iCloud backup. I did this yesterday when I got home but, as you can see, the problem is no better (though there are no more crashes listed in the diagnostics information).
I have no idea what else I can do to fix this and I'm getting really tired of having to charge this twice a day now (I used to have to do this with my iPhone 5, as well). If anyone has had a similar problem, I would appreciate suggestions. And before you ask, I'm doing all of the normal battery saving tricks, like turning off background app refresh, not having it check for mail all the time (it's manual), brightness is down, I turn wifi off when not using it, I don't leave apps open, etc etc etc.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!!!
Pooja

I turn off background refresh, mail push/fetch, and I turn off wifi and bluetooth if I'm not using them. I also minimize which apps use location services. Even when doing all of that though, the battery life became terrible on 8.1. Since updating to 8.1.1 all issues seem to have been fixed so I'm very grateful for that. I recommend anyone on 8.1 who is having issues to upgrade to 8.1.1 immediately.

Problems with stuck/dead pixels, battery life, ICS, and other problems

Stuck/Dead Pixels:
I bought my Droid Razr at around the 21st of December last year. On or around Christmas, I found a bright red pixel on the very bottom of my screen. Unlucky for me, I was leaving for Florida on Christmas Night. I got back on December 31st. Sometime in the first week of this year, I visited my verizon store and told the customer service lady that I had a dead pixel on my screen and had just bought it. But, she told me that she needed the manager to fix this and there was no manager there. For the next week I was busy with school and sports etc and was not able to go back to the store. It was now past my 14 day return period. So I decided, its only one pixel, most people won't notice it anyway. So here I am 5 months later, just starting to discover more pixels dying on my screen. I now have the one bright red one, two light blue ones, and one dark red. I have no idea what the return policy is on defective phones, and the verizon site is designed so that you can't find anything. And an FYI, I have tried stuck pixel removers and other apps, which haven't been successful.
Battery Life:
I have also been finding more problems with my phone. The battery life is terrible when 4G and even 3G are on. I actually see no difference in battery consumption between 3G/4G. My battery dies about 4-5X faster when data is turned on, compared to using no data. I know it isn't because of the apps I installed since when I use WiFi, the battery is alright. I also make sure that my RAM isn't above 400MB, so that the processor doesn't use a lot of battery. I feel like I completely wasted my money buying the Razr. Mainly because of the fact that the Razr Maxx was announced two weeks later, which has about 80% more battery. Not only this, but I've seen the Razr selling for only ONE PENNY on amazon over the past month and it still is. I payed $300 on my Razr.
Ice Cream Sandwich:
After these major problems comes another one, that I bet all Razr and Razr Maxx customers are still thinking about. When will I get Ice Cream Sandwich? It is very disappointing when you are told that you will be getting an upgrade in early 2012, and are still wondering where your upgrade is 5 full months in. From what I understand, we won't see an upgrade until the end of June, since Motorola has posted on their website that "rollouts" would begin in the second quarter. Even if they release it by the end of June, when will it get to your phone? Maybe another week or two for some people. This is another thing that I feel I wasted my money on. My brother told me to get the Nexus because of ICS, but I trusted Motorola that they would upgrade my phone in a timely manner. WRONG.
Phone Freezing:
One more problem that I've had is that the phone will freeze. Usually you only need to turn the screen off and on, but once in a while, you have to completely reboot your phone. When I was coming back from Florida, right as I was about to get home, my phone completely froze. I was about to go return it, but after about 15-20 minutes, it became unfrozen.
Motion Sensor not functioning:
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In Conclusion:
I really just want someone to tell me how to return my phone for a new one, due to the dead pixels. I also wish I could be upgraded to the Razr Maxx because of the poor battery life on the Razr, but from what other people are saying, that probably won't happen. And finally, if anyone has more info about Ice Cream Sandwich, that would be awesome.

Well since it's a Manufacturing Error it should Fall under your Warranty if you got one with your Razr. You know you can Call C.S. an they can Assist you with the Matter on it.. Just remember to have another phone so they can Trouble shoot the One that is Experiencing the Issue an when you talk to them go over thing. An they should send you C.G.A.N unless they request you to send it in before you get anther one. If you feel Better going to the Store try that. And Good Luck..

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