OS 10.10 Yosemite and Macbook Pro battery life

Greetings,
I have a mid-2012 Macbook Pro 15" that was getting 6-7 hours of battery life before installing Yosemite a few weeks ago during the initial public release.
Within the last week or so, if I am lucky, I now get maybe 3 hours before I'm down to less than 30%.
Twice this week, I have intentionally gone down to less than 5% before letting the laptop recharge for at least 12 hours before using it again, thinking maybe some sort of memory was being created; and it still drains power quickly. And with the new formatting of the "about this Mac", I have not been able to locate how many cycles the battery has on record.
I'm not watching movies or gaming. E-mail, Facebook, and web surfing.
If anyone has constructive ideas, I would be very appreciative.
Thank you for your time.
Tony
Florida, USA.

Hey arahaim,
Thanks for the follow up! If your issues persists after following the above resources, you may want to check out our service options for batteries that are not functioning normally:
Apple - Batteries - Service and Recycling
https://www.apple.com/batteries/service-and-recycling/
MacBook Owners
Your battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 1000 complete charge cycles. The one-year warranty includes replacement coverage for a defective battery. Apple offers a battery replacement service for all MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro notebooks with built-in batteries.
- Matt M.

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