Yosemite Battery Drain

Thanks for the tip. Battery is functioning normally. No apps using significant energy. And just in the last two minutes of my computer sitting doing nothing on it I lost 2%. In activity monitor, activity monitor was using the most CPU at 6%. Everything else was below 1%.

Ok, you could try the following;

Download and post the results of 'Etrecheck' so other members can see what might be causing conflicts and offer a solution http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

Reset your System Management Controller Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

Create a new user account and run that account, to see if you get the same battery drain

Boot into safe mode - OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?

My +1 here. My battery life went from 9hs down to 4-5 in my MBP retina 2013. Impressively the issue was fixed after reinstalling Mavericks.

This together with the pdf files issue being reported here: Annoying slowness of Preview after Yosemite upgrade

, makes unusable and otherwise really nice looking OS version.

This seems like a calibration issue, resetting the SMC should solve the problem

Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support

This solved the problem for me.

When you see the remaining time, it will start to go up slowly

Yup really, (plus 7 kept on Mavericks awaiting updates)

As are 10's of millions of others.

This is the least buggy version of OSX at release that I have seen, so far.

You can fix it or complain about it here Apple Feedback

Ok guys,

I had connectivity problems since if there was bad signal to WIFI my laptop simply disconnected. Batterie life was about 3-4 hours down from 9 on Mavericks. I experienced several graphic issues too. Date and Time f.ex. AM / PM were only half there or the apple sign bar didn't even show up, after booting the screen had to adjust to my settings first and sort of "jumped" and so on...

However, I did a clean install. MBP late 2013 Retina (the fastest there is). I bought a new external to get through the procedure.

1. FIRST, backup with "Time Machine". I did a backup on my "old" external. (no.1)

2. Create an image of your HD drive on an external drive (no. 2). Make it bootable (to do so, download Carbon Copy Cloner). Then put Yosemite installer on it too. I created 2 Partitions, put the installer into the second and the bootable image into the first. How to? -> Create a bootable installer for OS X Mavericks or Yosemite - Apple Support

3. Boot your Laptop from the external drive. (Restart, hold "opt", select your 1st partition of the second external. It will probably run a bit slower but never the less stabile.

4. Go to Disc Utility and erase your MAC HD Drive (IF everything runs properly with your image you just created and all files are there! CHECK THAT FIRST)

5. Restart, hold "opt", select "Install Yosemite" - or whatever it is named (2nd Partition, external no. 2) and select you MAC HDD as destination.

6. Follow the instructions as Yosemite will now be installed on your MAC.

7. When "Migration Assistant" pops up, select Transfer Data from "another mac" or "time machine backup" (first option) and select your backup drive (external no. 1)

8. WAIT! Do not restart or shut down or whatever you will feel like doing. It can take several hours for your transferred files to index (depending on how much data you have). I did shut it down after 4 hours because I thought it was stuck. Bad idea. So, I did the whole thing again and learned patience... so WAIT!

Now batterie life is 9 hours, Connectivity ist fine and all else is too.

Hope it helps

As I wrote,

I suggest you start your own question and include your own system details. If you do that I can assist you in addressing your own concern.

To my knowledge you have failed to do so. The only reasonable conclusion is that you are not interested in solving your problem.

I'll wait a bit before trying out that update, meanwhile this is a link to Apple's official OS feedback form: https://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

I hope that exposing the problem there reaches them faster or more directly, so drop them a message there if you may.

my battery is draining like no one's business!

Here my report - can anyone please help me?? I can't afford being connected to the charger all day as I move around a lot for meetings.

Problem description:

Battery drains fast

EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)

Report generated January 17, 2015 at 1:39:26 PM GMT+8

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) (Technical Specifications)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,1

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 250

Video Information: ℹ️

Intel Iris

Color LCD spdisplays_2560x1600Retina

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 4 days 21:12:3

Disk Information: ℹ️

APPLE SSD SM0256F disk0 : (251 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 249.80 GB (21.47 GB free)

Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online

USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Adware: ℹ️

Downlite [Remove]

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.mbbecm.driver.MBBDataCardEcmDriver (5.00.00 - SDK 10.8) [Support]

[not loaded] com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm (12.7.1f4 - SDK 10.8) [Support]

[loaded] com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity (5.4f4 - SDK 10.8) [Support]

[loaded] com.symantec.kext.ips (3.9.2f1 - SDK 10.8) [Support]

[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.ftdi (1 - SDK 10.9) [Support]

/Library/Extensions/MBBDataCardECMDriver_10_9.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[loaded] com.mbbApp.driver.MBBAppUSBCDCECMControl (4.2.1b5 - SDK 10.8) [Support]

[loaded] com.mbbApp.driver.MBBAppUSBCDCECMData (4.2.1b6 - SDK 10.8) [Support]

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.26 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.3.10 - SDK 10.9) [Support]

/System/Library/Extensions/ssuddrv.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.26 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.26 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.26 - SDK 10.5) [Support]

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.26 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

[killed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

[killed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

[killed] com.apple.cloudd.plist

[killed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist

[killed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist

[killed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist

[killed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist

[killed] com.apple.rcd.plist

[killed] com.apple.sbd.plist

[killed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist

[killed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist

[killed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist

[killed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist

13 processes killed due to memory pressure

Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[killed] com.apple.AssetCacheLocatorService.plist

[killed] com.apple.awdd.plist

[killed] com.apple.ctkd.plist

[killed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist

[killed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist

[killed] com.apple.nehelper.plist

[killed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist

[killed] com.apple.periodic-daily.plist

[killed] com.apple.periodic-monthly.plist

[killed] com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist

[killed] com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist

[killed] com.apple.tccd.system.plist

[killed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

[killed] com.apple.xpc.smd.plist

[killed] org.cups.cupsd.plist

15 processes killed due to memory pressure

Launch Agents: ℹ️

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]

[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.symantec.errorreporter-periodicagent.plist [Support]

[running] com.symantec.uiagent.application.plist [Support]

[not loaded] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist [Support]

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]

[running] com.huawei.mbbservice.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.symantec.errorreporter-periodic.plist [Support]

[running] com.symantec.liveupdate.daemon.ondemand.plist [Support]

[running] com.symantec.liveupdate.daemon.plist [Support]

[not loaded] com.symantec.nav.migrateqtf.plist [Support]

[running] com.symantec.sharedsettings.plist [Support]

[running] com.symantec.symdaemon.plist [Support]

[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon.plist [Support]

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]

[invalid?] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist [Support]

User Login Items: ℹ️

iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

KiesAgent Application Hidden (/Applications/Kies.app/Contents/MacOS/KiesAgent.app)

fuspredownloader Application Hidden (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/.FUS/fuspredownloader.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Support]

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 [Support]

WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.6 - SDK 10.9 [Support]

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.257 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.257 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.7 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player [Support]

Flip4Mac WMV [Support]

Norton\nQuickMenu [Support]

WacomTablet [Support]

Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

64% LiveUpdateDaemon

13% Adobe Fireworks CS6

8% WindowServer

3% sysmond

1% launchd

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

369 MB Adobe InDesign CC 2014

155 MB Safari

137 MB Adobe Illustrator

98 MB Creative Cloud

86 MB Mail

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

127 MB Free RAM

2.56 GB Active RAM

1.96 GB Inactive RAM

1.40 GB Wired RAM

56.54 GB Page-ins

190 MB Page-outs

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Jan 14, 2015, 03:35:14 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/System Preferences_2015-01-14-153514_[redacted].crash

Jan 14, 2015, 03:34:59 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/System Preferences_2015-01-14-153459_[redacted].crash

Jan 14, 2015, 03:34:52 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/System Preferences_2015-01-14-153452_[redacted].crash

Jan 14, 2015, 03:34:40 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/System Preferences_2015-01-14-153440_[redacted].crash

Jan 14, 2015, 02:45:31 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/System Preferences_2015-01-14-144531_[redacted].crash

Jan 14, 2015, 02:44:50 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/System Preferences_2015-01-14-144450_[redacted].crash

Jan 14, 2015, 02:44:33 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/System Preferences_2015-01-14-144433_[redacted].crash

Dec 19, 2014, 10:21:35 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2014-12-19-102135_[redacted].panic [Details]

Here is the etrecheck report - Fresh Yosemite install and no other software installed.

Description du problème :

Yosemite Macbook Pro Mid 2009 battery drain

EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)

Report generated 9 février 2015 14:00:15 UTC+1

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Informations matérielles : ℹ️

MacBook Pro (15 pouces, mi-2009) (Caractéristiques techniques)

MacBook Pro - modèle : MacBookPro5,3

1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU : 2-core

8 GB RAM Extensible

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Vieux - Handoff/Airdrop2 pas disponible

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

La santé de la batterie : Normal - Comptage de cycles 138

Informations vidéo : ℹ️

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM : 256 MB

Color LCD 1440 x 900

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM : 256 MB

Logiciel du système : ℹ️

OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Temps depuis le démarrage : 3:42:0

Informations des disques : ℹ️

Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 disk0 : (240,06 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <non monté> : 210 Mo

SSD Fabrice (disk0s2) / : 209.15 Go (170.53 Go libre)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <non monté> [Restauration] : 700 Mo

BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP : 30.00 Go (12.80 Go libre)

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868

Informations USB : ℹ️

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Gatekeeper : ℹ️

Mac App Store et développeurs identifiés

Éléments Ouverture : ℹ️

iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Plug-ins internets : ℹ️

Default Browser : Version : 600 - SDK 10.10

QuickTime Plugin : Version : 7.7.3

Panneaux de préférences tiers : ℹ️

Aucun

Time Machine : ℹ️

Sauvegardes mobiles : Désactivé

Sauvegarde automatique : NON - Sauvegarde automatique désactivée

Disques sauvegardés :

SSD Fabrice : Taille de disque : 209.15 Go Disque utilisé : 38.62 Go

Destinations :

TimeMachine [Local]

Taille totale : 0 o

Nombre de sauvegardes total : 4

Sauvegardes la plus agée : 2015-01-20 20:15:18 +0000

Dernière sauvegarde : 2015-01-22 19:57:49 +0000

Taille de la disque de sauvegarde : Trop petit

Taille de sauvegarde 0 o > (Disque utilisé 38.62 Go X 3)

L’utilisation du CPU par processus : ℹ️

9% storedownloadd

9% WindowServer

0% fontd

0% AppleSpell

0% storeassetd

L’utilisation de la RAM par processus : ℹ️

275 Mo softwareupdated

211 Mo com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

206 Mo mds_stores

146 Mo Finder

120 Mo ocspd

Informations de la mémoire virtuelle : ℹ️

2.84 Go RAM Disponible

3.48 Go RAM Active

1.11 Go RAM Inactive

888 Mo RAM Résidente

5.71 Go Pages entrants

5 Mo Sorties pages

Informations du diagnostic : ℹ️

Feb 9, 2015, 10:17:55 AM Examen de soi - succès

Here's my Etre check. Not much going on since it was a total reinstall of the OS X following the 4th logic board replacement.

EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)

Report generated February 16, 2015 at 10:59:53 AM PST

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 103

Video Information: ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB

Color LCD 1440 x 900

AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 1024 MB

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:6:31

Disk Information: ℹ️

TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 748.93 GB (721.80 GB free)

Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

Core Storage: disk0s2 749.30 GB Online

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23NR

USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Logitech USB Receiver

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]

User Login Items: ℹ️

iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

Ghostery

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player [Click for support]

Java [Click for support]

Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

9% mds

6% WindowServer

0% launchd

0% AppleSpell

0% fontd

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

77 MB mds_stores

77 MB Safari

69 MB ocspd

60 MB WindowServer

34 MB mds

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

5.97 GB Free RAM

1.16 GB Active RAM

337 MB Inactive RAM

1.13 GB Wired RAM

820 MB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Feb 16, 2015, 10:52:45 AM Self test - passed

If you started to notice the issue after installing Yosemite, there is a 99% chance that your battery is not the problem. My battery only had 213 cycles after upgrading to Yosemite and when my battery life went from 7-8h (real) to 3-4h (real).

Cycles are really what's matter more than age of the battery. You can download the app "Battery Health" from the Mac App Store to check if you need a replacement (check this website to determine the appropriate cycles count for your laptop: Mac notebooks: Determining battery cycle count - Apple Support)

Up to 7 hours of wireless web seems to me to be navigation with wi-fi on and changing page every 5 min or so with backlight halfway. I think it is not representative of a normal use so I would really expect less (5-6 seems to be the thing for your 2011 laptop).

PS: Also I found that a week ago but too lazy to try myself; maybe it's worth trying: Yosemite battery drain solution found?

Dis anyone tried the new combofix yet?

http://support.apple.com/...le=nl_NL&locale=en_US

To me it help a little bit against the drain, but what helps best is still disabling transparency for

me, than i have up to 6 hours on a 5 your old MB 7.1!

@Alex,,

Al-tho the description is the same, the package itself is different:

Mac OS X: What's the difference between delta and combo updates? - Apple Support

In another (dutch) article and discussion people told there is a complete reinitialization of the drivers.

To me after this update my old MB was more responsive, and the popular items in Safari consists

of two rows now. And yes, some longer battery life.

Beta went public, so maybe it's okay to discuss on it

Unfortunately, it is not; see the FAQ about the beta here (including the confidentiality clause) and the link to the Non-Disclosure Agreement Terms:

https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/faq

After trying numerous suggested fixes listed in this thread (to no avail), I have submitted feedback on Yosemite's negative effects on battery life to Apple.

https://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

I will report back to this thread if there are any improvements with the impending 10.10.3 update.