The Nightmare of Replacing a Battery on a Mac Laptop

Re:The Nightmare of Replacing a Battery on a Mac Laptop by rayiner on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @12:26PM (#10465383)

I don't know about the MB Retina, but I get more than the advertised 9 hours on my rMBP 15" running Word and Outlook.

Your problem is probably Chrome + screen brightness. Recommended monitor brightness in an office setting is 100-150 cd/m^2. The MB gets up to 375 cd/m^2 for outside use, but inside it should be at like a 35% setting. Also, Chrome guzzles juice like there is no tomorrow--use Safari.

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Re:The Nightmare of Replacing a Battery on a Mac Laptop by eevilspock on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @12:45PM (#10465580)

It would be nice if they added a per app power usage tracking feature like they have on iOS to isolate such culprits. But yes, Chrome is the worst in battery and CPU usage.

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Re:The Nightmare of Replacing a Battery on a Mac Laptop by rayiner on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @02:58PM (#10466499)

I'm pretty sure Activity Monitor had per-app power usage tracking before iOS.

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Re:The Nightmare of Replacing a Battery on a Mac Laptop by eevilspock on Thursday October 29, 2015 @05:24PM (#10474417)

thanks for reminding me.

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