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MacBook Air Rapid Battery Drainage after OS X 10.8.3 Update

Hello, I updated to OS X 10.8.3 about a week ago and have noticed rapid battery drainage ever since! I purchased my MacBook Air end Oct 2012, I have 42 charge cycles on my battery, and mainly use my computer to surf the internet/use microsoft office progams (excel/word/powerpoint) - really really simple stuff!

The Activity Monitor says CPU use is 3% max, I normally keep my keyboard light off, bluetooth off, brightness of my screen at the halfway mark...before the update I would get 7hours+ of battey life and now I am only geting 4! Is anyone else experiencing the same problem? Help!

Thanks in advance!

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Mar 29, 2013 6:03 AM

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Bushin

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Jul 14, 2013 12:05 AM in response to MKamdar

I have installed OS X 10.8.4 and still have battery issues. I just noticed the drain a couple of weeks ago. Lasting only about 2 hours. Was getting 4-5hrs. I have install a airport extreme and connect to wifi through this which was kind of the same time as the battery drain. Any feedback if that is an issue?

Jul 14, 2013 6:45 AM in response to Bushin

Do you have dropbox, i heard that dropbox has had a major drain on the macbook air's battery.. http://blog.nicoschuele.com/?p=151

I found this site most helpful with this...

Jamm

Bushin

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Jul 14, 2013 3:21 PM in response to Jamalarr94

Thanks. I had read this as well but don't use Dropbox on the MBA. A new java update yesterday seems to have make a bit of difference.

MacBook Air Rapid Battery Drainage after OS X 10.8.3 Update