Just received my new MacBook Pro 2016 15", best configuration available. Battery charge though is disappointing. At full charge and with dimmed screen it shows only 2.5-3 hours of battery remaining. Is this a calibration issue? I am only at the 4th cycle, so it might take a while to adjust or shall I raise a ticket right away?
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2016), macOS Sierra (10.12.1)
The Apple article below may help.
See how apps affect Mac performance, battery runtime, temperature, and fan activity - Apple Support
Laptop is brand new, nothing is installed except what came with it. In activity monitor there is no significant app draining battery
I have the same brand new laptop. There is also no app significantly draining the battery.
You also experience very low battery time?
Yes. My 15" MacBook Pro arrived yesterday. I charged it fully after transferring all my files from my old laptop. The battery lasted about 2-3 hours with normal use. I don't have any games. None of the apps are significantly draining the battery when I open Activity Monitor.
OK, it seems that there is an issue with new laptops battery life. Would be great to hear what Apple has to say about it. This laptop battery should last 10 hours !! It was even claimed that some decisions were made in sake of having such good battery life, e.g. 16GB RAM limit instead of 32GB.
I'm having this exact same issue on my new 15" MacBook Pro laptop.... seems like a problem
Aside from the estimated time, have you tested how long the battery actually lasts?
I did. It lasts as written above, 2.5-3h max
I figured out a temporary fix to this problem. It seems (at least on my 15") that there is a process running called secd that is eating up 85% or more of my cpu, which was causing major battery drain, and also caused my laptop to get pretty warm.
I did research and found out that this is related to the keychain under iCloud. What I did to fix this, was I unchecked keychain, and restarted my computer. Once i did this the secd process was no longer eating at my battery, and my battery life (estimated) was at 7-8 hours. I am assuming that once apple fixes this bug, we can reenable the keychain.
Hope this helps!
Mine drains very quickly while in SLEEP... are you having the same issue
I am having the same battery life problem on my 15" MacBook Pro with touch bar. Although I see an SECD app in my activity monitor, it does not seem to be using a lot of CPU or Energy in Activity Monitor.
I did an chat session with Apple Support and they asked me to create a new user ID and use that for an hour to see if battery drain was any different. It has been a half hour and so far it does not seem to me any different. My battery dropped from 84% to 67% in that time. That would be a rate of 34% per hour or about 3 hours of battery life.
I have received mine yesterday and worked through all the data transfers today. I got about 6 hours out of it and after I fully charged it the indicator says about 5 hours as well. I believe when multitasking and not under heavy load 5-6 hrs is what is to be expected. 10hrs seems way overstated (unless you dim the screen completely and just do safari).
Try doing an SMC reset on it. Mine was reading 2 hours while at full charge. After performing this reset it has gone up to about 8 hours. I will continue to monitor this over my 14 day return period. Hope this help people
I'm having the same exact problem. Around 3 hours of battery life, max.
MacBook Pro 15" short battery life
