MacBook Air 2013 short battery life?

If you didn't calibrate the battery when you first got your Mac, you should do that.

Apple Portables: Calibrating your computer's battery for best performance

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1490

Portables with built-in batteries

Current Apple portable computer batteries are pre-calibrated and do not require the calibration procedure outlined in this article. These computers use batteries that shouldbe replaced only by an Apple Authorized Service Provider.

MacBook Air

*MacBook Air (all models)

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Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime, affect performance, and increase heat and fan activity

The battery doesn't need to be calibrated.

See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446

These tips will help you extend your battery life.

The backlit display uses considerable power. So the biggest change you can make is to lower the brigntess of the display to a low but tollerable level and have it dim the display soon after the maciine is idle (3 to 5 minutes).

Are you certain you recieved the latest release of the Macbook Air with the Haswell chip and not a generation prior? If you purchased this computer from anywhere other than an Apple Store or the Apple web site, then it is a possibility. Verify the specifications in "About this Mac" and the System Profiler.

I understand (second hand -- from some previous posts I've seen) that Google Chrome is a resource hog.

What happens if you use Safari instead?

I have similar problem, after 2 months from 10 hours battery life I have currently maximum 6. Please anyone, Help!

Dear User's,

I had the same problem, it seams that some apps like dropbox waste a bit the battery but the worst of all is chrome. It uses the gpu alot to speed up web browsing. So it drains your battery very quickly.

Use safari or if you prefere chrome disable gpu usage in chrome://flags ou something like that. Google it...

Best regards,

Netbofia

I Have the same problem guys...Ever since I installed Maverick, I have noticed that my battery life has gone from bad to worse. My average battery life now is around 3 to 4 hours depending on what I am doing. I have the 1.7 GHz i7 processor. My Macbook air is less than 3 months old and I have already noticed the battery life to be progressively deteriorating...Tonight, my computer was fully charged when i left the office at 7.30pm and I used my lap top in the car all the way to dinner and thro dinner. Its now 9.14pm and my battery life is already down to 47% with 1.10 mins or so remaining...I have just been surfing the net and reading docs, no movies...This macbook air was awesome in the beginning and I didn't need to recharge my battery between Hong Kong and Shanghai but now, it no longer lasts the whole plane/car trip to the hotel and I need to recharge on the plane just as I did with the last gen of macbook air. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I can confirm that Google Chrome is battery killer on my MacBook Air 2013 model.

My battery lasts at least 2-3 hours less if surfing internet using Google Chrome and i am not talking about watching YouTube videos. With streaming videos i can bet sittuation is even worse.

So big big advice, use Safari and ditch google chrome.

If you have google chrome installed it also might be running in background so that it will be able to show notifications. My advice is kill that beast (google chrome).

Also please check memory usage of google chrome in attached picture (just started chrome and nothing is opened in it)

On image you cant see additional Google Chrome Helper processes that starts when you open pages.

My advice if you run chrome please open activity monitor and watch over those things i mentioned.