Michael Empric
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Q: Lion - Horrible MacBook Pro Battery Life

After upgrading to Lion, my MacBook Pro battery life has been severly affected. After 1.5 hours of light web browsing, my battery has decreased to 40% from 100% after charging all night.

 

Notes: Spotlight completed indexing the hard drive over night, and the laptop remained plugged in charging. The fans seem to be running normally, not at a higher rate. The backlight is at 50% brightness.

 

Thoughts?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7), 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB Ram

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 7:02 AM

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  • by Franc_Iphone,

    Franc_Iphone Franc_Iphone Oct 3, 2011 1:42 PM in response to F_F
    Level 1 (10 points)
    Oct 3, 2011 1:42 PM in response to F_F

    Tried removing the citrx plugin (and webex's) too. Did zip.

  • by daycor,

    daycor daycor Oct 3, 2011 1:42 PM in response to Tony Corasaniti
    Level 1 (25 points)
    Oct 3, 2011 1:42 PM in response to Tony Corasaniti

    Obviously there are issues with the battery, fans and general sluggishness. It's apparent when you look at the number of people posting here, direct interaction with other users and general media information available.

     

    Currently, most of the suggested fixes do not work or are short lived.

     

    What I find amazing is that when these issues were orginally posted how many fanatics came out of the wood works to suggest that it was the user fault.

     

    Hopefully, Apple will have a working solution soon.

  • by Dark Dave,

    Dark Dave Dark Dave Oct 3, 2011 10:51 PM in response to F_F
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    Oct 3, 2011 10:51 PM in response to F_F

    I tried this already but it didn't improve my battery life at all.

    In my opinion the problem is somthing different.

  • by evilblob,

    evilblob evilblob Oct 4, 2011 3:53 AM in response to Michael Empric
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    Oct 4, 2011 3:53 AM in response to Michael Empric

    Just adding another voice to this. Hoping Apple can fix this soon. That said, I'm still getting double what a friend with a Windows 7 PC was getting doing the exact same task.

  • by bertmbp49,

    bertmbp49 bertmbp49 Oct 4, 2011 4:05 AM in response to evilblob
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    Oct 4, 2011 4:05 AM in response to evilblob

    If so many customers are complaining and there is no reaction at all from Apple, why cannot we form a Facebook Apple complain action?

     

    Or search direct contact with the press, they are always waiting for Apple news to write about.

     

    Now we are acting like stupid sheep, waiting untill the Apple God has time to look down at us.

  • by Dark Dave,

    Dark Dave Dark Dave Oct 4, 2011 5:47 AM in response to bertmbp49
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    Oct 4, 2011 5:47 AM in response to bertmbp49

    I think the idea of bertmbp49 with the Facebook Apple complain action would be a good idea. At least they might mention the prob.

    Would you open up such a complain facebook page because it was your idea and I don't want to steal it.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 4, 2011 5:56 AM in response to bertmbp49
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    Oct 4, 2011 5:56 AM in response to bertmbp49

    bertmbp49 wrote:

     

    If so many customers are complaining and there is no reaction at all from Apple, why cannot we form a Facebook Apple complain action?

     

    Or search direct contact with the press, they are always waiting for Apple news to write about.

     

    Now we are acting like stupid sheep, waiting untill the Apple God has time to look down at us.

    Why don't you set it up bert,  others will follow

  • by chokung,

    chokung chokung Oct 4, 2011 7:15 AM in response to Michael Empric
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    Oct 4, 2011 7:15 AM in response to Michael Empric

    I think for a newer MBP it has already been taken care of, please read.

     

     

    I come across this issue last week from the news here.

     

    It seem legitimate to me but for an older MBP, I would keep my finger cross that Apple will launch an update for battery issues.

  • by hemamalini,

    hemamalini hemamalini Oct 4, 2011 10:57 AM in response to Michael Empric
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    Oct 4, 2011 10:57 AM in response to Michael Empric

    I  created new  2nd partition and installed  SL from the installation disk. It looks like the battery usage went back to normal. I am thinking of installing it in the main partition and remove  LION. With 87% level ,i see 7hrs 37 min battery level

     

    Anybody tried installing SL instead of LION  and saw battery issues resolve ?

  • by lesliefromstockton-on-tees,

    lesliefromstockton-on-tees lesliefromstockton-on-tees Oct 4, 2011 11:22 AM in response to bertmbp49
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    Oct 4, 2011 11:22 AM in response to bertmbp49

    Set it up, plenty of support out here

  • by Germany_chris,

    Germany_chris Germany_chris Oct 4, 2011 12:51 PM in response to Goatstorm
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    Oct 4, 2011 12:51 PM in response to Goatstorm

    I have a '11 i5 13" MBP that replaced my '10 2.4 C2D...

     

    Lion tops out at 5ish hrs. I'm back on Snow Leopard 10.6.8 same settings as lion and I get close to 10..

     

    Lion is pretty and I like it but not at the expence of battery life

     

    Chris

  • by DrChandra,

    DrChandra DrChandra Oct 4, 2011 2:16 PM in response to Germany_chris
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    Oct 4, 2011 2:16 PM in response to Germany_chris

    1. Bert why don't you creat Facebook page

    2. @Germany_chris - Install all recent updates and let us know about battery performance on SL please.

  • by Gunnerjoe,

    Gunnerjoe Gunnerjoe Oct 4, 2011 6:54 PM in response to Michael Empric
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    Oct 4, 2011 6:54 PM in response to Michael Empric

    Hi All,

     

    Brand New MacBook Pro 17" running SnowLeapard 10.6.8.

     

    Looking at istat  http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/  Current charge : 55%  Time Left:  52 Minutes.

     

    Wow that needs fixed!

     

    Joe

  • by bigd_pdx,

    bigd_pdx bigd_pdx Oct 4, 2011 7:48 PM in response to Michael Empric
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    Oct 4, 2011 7:48 PM in response to Michael Empric

    I replied earlier in this thread, but just throwing in a comment here.  I'm getting fantastic battery life with Lion. Early 2011 15 inch Macbook Pro I7 2.2 8GB 750GB 5400rpm drive.  I currently have 82% with 7:13 remaining, surfing the web via WiFi with brightness at 1 tick less than half.  I do run gfxCardStatus (V2.1) and have it set to integrated only when on battery.  Battery usage has been very consistent between SL and Lion for me.  I did an in place upgrade on this machine from SL.

     

    While I've been surfing and typing, I read 81% with 7:33 remaining.

     

    D

  • by Gunnerjoe,

    Gunnerjoe Gunnerjoe Oct 5, 2011 4:35 PM in response to Michael Empric
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    Oct 5, 2011 4:35 PM in response to Michael Empric

    Hi All,

     

    Battery Life Test:

     

     

    Apple MacbookPro 17" 8 GB Ram , 500 GB 7200 RPM HD.

    SnowLeapard 10.6.8.

    Battery indicator:  iStat  http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/

     

     

    Local time:  1536

    Laptop 100% Charge, green light on power adapter.

     

     

    Power On Laptop

    Login

    Wifi Off using ethernet

     

     

    iStat reports:  Battery Health 100%

                                            Battery Charge 99%  (Confirmed by battery menulet, on menu bar)

     

     

    22 Minutes run time, no activity, setting at screen save.

    Local time 15:58

    iStat reports:  Battery Charge 83% -- 1:20 time remaining

     

    16:00 Started iTunes download of Apple Keynote Oct 2011

     

     

    Download finished 16:14

     

     

    iStat reports:  Battery Charge 67% -- 1:17 time remaining  (Confirmed by battery menulet, on menu bar)

     

     

    Notice the charge / time differances:  83% - 1:20 remaining  and 67% - 1:17  (not sure why that is)

     

     

    Laptop now idle, nothing running.

     

     

    16:22 Play iTunes Keynote Oct 2011

     

     

    16:37 1:01 Minutes run time ( iTunes playing video for 15 minutes)

    iStat reports:  Battery Charge 47% -- :49 minutes time remaining

     

     

    16:55 1:19 Minutes run time ( iTunes playing for 34 minutes )

    iStat reports:  Battery Charge 30% -- :31 minutes time remaining

     

     

    17:15  1:39 Minutes Run Time ( iTunes playing for 54 minutes )

    iStat reports:  Battery Charge 10% -- :09 minutes time remaining

     

     

    17:24 DEAD  1:48 Minutes Run Time.

     

     

    Recapp:

    WiFi Off / Blue Tooth Off

    No software running except what is mentioned below.

    Downloaded one file (14 minute download using ethernet)

    iTunes playing 63 minutes

    Laptop Dead in 1 hour 48 minutes

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