Brand new Macbook Pro 2020 13" Battery Drain

I bought the same computer, 2.0ghz 4TB 16gb, two and a half months ago. I struggled hard with this battery shortage for the first month. I had telephone support two or three times. They recommend;

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204054

They told me to do a battery cycle from the activity monitor and watch the apps that use the most power, and it didn't work. The only thing that consumed power was the Safari application, it was the only thing I used. Finally, they stated that if I am not satisfied, I can return it. After my 2015 Macbook Air computer, the battery issue has been a complete fiasco for the new Macbook Pro. Pro devices consume more power and are not good at battery. This was the result of all my research in this month. I use it plugged in as much as possible now. But there are a few advice I can give because we bought this device to be portable and it was disappointing that the battery didn't last for 10 hours. I hope you can get up to 8 hours of usage time as needed with these recommendations.

• Cancel Turbo Boost of CPU (2.0 GHz base clock speed is sufficient for daily tasks)
• From Security&Privacy>Location Services>System Services(Details) turn off everything except Find My Mac
• Use only Safari for internet browsing
• Turn Bluetooth OFF
• If you doing offline tasks, turn off wifi as well. This gain at least one hour more.

By doing this, I can increase my usage time to 8 hours. I hope it helps you too

You should NOT be running a third-party Virus scanner on your already well-protected Macintosh computer. Contrary to the developer's advertising it compromises (not improves) your security, and waste resources, and as you will see again soon, runs out the battery for nothing.

Effective defenses against malware and ot… - Apple Community

Only slightly better are third-party file Sync apps. They also scan your files incessantly, rather than just consulting MacOS, because they are ported from other platforms.

DropBox, backBlaze, google drive, iDrive etc.

Check Activity Monitor for background processes.

See how apps affect Mac performance, battery runtime, temperature, and fan activity - Apple Support

Thank you for helpful information.Antivirus programs constantly use power. I’m using macos ecosystem for a long time and I think antivirus programs a little unnecessary. I suggest you to trust these machines use the macos apps and only focus on your tasks. Macos already taking care of the rest. Also I hate web browsers out of Safari. (:D)When I start to use it, struggled a bit but I’m loving it. I only use Chrome for 4K youtube contents.

Time machine could be the victim. I’m not using it. When you find out, share with us ; )

Btw cleanmymac isn’t appt that have significant battery impact