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why does my battery drains fast?, why does my battery drains fast?

tried everything the website adviced me to do called and do there reset option and still my battery wont even last for more than 3 hours. i am getting frustrated i just got this mac book pro las week not even a week old

MacBook Pro, new mac book pro mid 2012

Posted on Jun 30, 2012 9:25 PM

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Posted on Jun 30, 2012 9:32 PM

I have a late 2011 MBP and I get 7+ hours on my machine. It's likely that you're just trying to do too much under battery power. Go to Energy Saver and set your machine so that it's optimized for battery power. Use the scren brightness set to about 4 bars. And don't have to many apps open - I run Outlook, Firefox, Word, Acrobat Pro X, Activity Monitor, TextEdit and a few other 'small' apps to get good battery power. Don't use Photoshop, etc., while under battery power.


Hope this helps - you should be able to get at least 7 hours.


Clinton

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why does my battery drains fast?, why does my battery drains fast?

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