MBP M1 Pro battery draining really quickly

My new Macbook Pro M1 Pro 14' drains really quickly on battery - more than 20% an hour - doing just reading PDFs using adobe. I know this isn't an adobe problem because using other programs in isolation (Word, safari, etc) makes it drain even faster. I've closed all unnecessary background programs, switched off bluetooth, location, siri and pro-motion, turned low battery use mode on when on battery and checked that the OS is up to date. The battery drain is really terrible despite all this.. Any ideas what might be wrong?

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Jan 2, 2022 5:43 AM

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MBeheshty

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Posted on May 14, 2022 8:14 PM

Went to Apple and Here’s the result

DIAGNOSIS: They did battery testing and mine was charging to 99% - basically no issues

SOLUTION:

1) Try not to use Chrome OR leave a lot of Chrome tabs open. This is the main battery drainer

2) Be sure to actually turn off your computer at least Once a week.

I did this and it works.

The issue is not in the hardware but how we use it. Also MacBook Air M1 is most efficient as it doesn’t have a fan and thus the battery seems to last longer.

MacBook Pro M1 has fans so it also kicks in resulting in more battery drainage.

PS. I still you chrome as it’s for me the best browser. But I now close everything and don’t leave open chrome tabs as well as shut down my computer every week. The result has been great actually

TRY IT.

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