Yosemite Battery Drain

It looks like it worked too! I used to get 4:30 in remaining now up to 7 something. It used to be at least 8 though in Mavericks... We'll see, maybe some more improvements to be done by Apple later. Thank a lot for sharing!

Unfortunately battery life began to drop rapidly again for me as well. Checked back in with apple and they suggested I run it in safe mode to see if the same problem occurs (hold down the shift key while restarting). I'm recharging the battery now and I'll estimate the energy resources asap and post here.

I just got off a very long chat with apple support during which I was transferred to a supervisor who advised me that my usage of the computer was draining the battery (I'm getting approx. half of the 9 hour battery life). He said it was probably because I use Skype 4-5 hours a day (some audio, some video) and leave it open to receive calls. He said he couldn't tell me what battery life to expect with my usage. They don't test with apps not made by apple. Does this sound accurate? Does Skype cause excessive battery drain?

Me too... Problem is back after restarting the computer... It only solved the issue (very) temporarily. Only getting 1:40 at 61% of charge, this is non-sense.

I am going to perform an entirely clean install of Yosemite during the weekend and will come back on the topic to let you guys know how it goes... Hope Apple will release an update and solved that issue...

I have the same problem ! you always hope with the new update your battery will last longer not the opposite! I have Macbook Air 13 2012.

The battery last half of what it used! PLEASE APPLE FIX this Quick !!!

Definitely I'm going to reinstall Mountain Lion from scratch. In my opinion this is by far the best Apple OS because it's stability, looooong battery life, look and feel and memory consumption. It has the most important and useful functions of Yosemite excepting tabs in Finder, notifications widgets (not important at all for me), and continuity new function.

The problem? You have to pay for it: 18 $. Why that price? Because it works perfectly. Why Mavericks and Yosemite are free? Because they aren't as polished and perfected as the prior. Perhaps if you buy a new mac just now Yosemite will work perfectly because it might be optimized for these new models, and not for previous computers. Another problem with ML is that perhaps you don't like the old visual style of dock and windows, but that's not my case. I recognize that in a 21'' screen Yosemite looks excellent and have a great performance but in a small screen I prefer the old style.

I have been testing Yosemite since the official release, and at the beginning it had poor performance in my laptop, high memory usage and low battery life, however I solved it partially doing the following:

* Firstly backup your system with Time Machine to be sure that you will be able to return to your actual state.

* Clean startup items that you don't need and remove programs that you don't use at all.

* Disable every widget from the notifications area and in System Preferences

* Disable bluetooth, wifi and external devices (HDD, etc)

* Disable transparency

* Start in safe mode (pressing Shift on boot).

* Repair disk permissions

* Remove sleepimage file. From terminal type: sudo rm /private/var/vm/sleepimage

* Try the steps in the article (reset SMC, etc): http://www.imore.com/how-resolve-battery-life-troubles-your-retina-macbook-pro

* Disable app nap. This is for optimizing memory but if you have memory enough (8Gb i.e.) you'll save battery life if you don't fill the memory all the time. Do this from terminal: defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAppSleepDisabled -bool YES

With these steps my laptop works almost fine, fast and stable, not as good as on Mountain Lion but I have a decent battery life of 4:15 hours on my MBP 2009. With the elder OS with no optimization I have 5 hours o even more, which is very important for me.

Hi everyone,

So I did a clean installation of Yosemite and I still have the battery drain issue (at least my computer is faster for other reasons obviously).

Apparently most of the threads I've read say we need to wait for the recalibration of the battery and for spotlight to finish its indexation. They also say that after one or two days, the battery should get back to normal. Has anyone experienced that?

I'll give it a week and see how it goes...

i see a lot of fails:)

Problem description:

battery drainage

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated October 28, 2014 at 7:20:42 AM GMT+1

Hardware Information:ℹ️

MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir5,2

1 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

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

Video Information:ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 4000 -

Color LCD 1440 x 900

System Software:ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 7 days 9:34:9

Disk Information:ℹ️

APPLE SSD TS128E disk0 : (121.33 GB)

S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 120.47 GB (12.99 GB free) (Low!)

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

USB Information:ℹ️

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader 128.71 GB

S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

HDD2 (disk2s1) /Volumes/HDD2 : 128.70 GB (43.79 GB free)

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Thunderbolt Information:ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper:ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Problem System Launch Agents:ℹ️

[failed] com.apple.accountsd.plist

[failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist

[failed] com.apple.bird.plist

[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.cloudd.plist

[failed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist

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

[failed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist

[failed] com.apple.gamed.plist

[failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent.plist

[failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist

[failed] com.apple.pluginkit.pkd.plist

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

[failed] com.apple.recentsd.plist

[failed] com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent.plist

[failed] com.apple.sbd.plist

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

[failed] com.apple.secd.plist

[failed] com.apple.secinitd.plist

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

[failed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist

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

Problem System Launch Daemons:ℹ️

[failed] com.apple.AssetCacheLocatorService.plist

[failed] com.apple.awdd.plist

[failed] com.apple.cache_delete.plist

[failed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist

[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist

[failed] com.apple.diagnosticd.plist

[failed] com.apple.findmymac.plist

[failed] com.apple.GSSCred.plist

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

[failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent.plist

[failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesd.plist

[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist

[failed] com.apple.MobileFileIntegrity.plist

[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist

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

[failed] com.apple.sandboxd.plist

[failed] com.apple.secinitd.plist

[failed] com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist

[failed] com.apple.spindump.plist

[failed] com.apple.systemstats.analysis.plist

[failed] com.apple.systemstatsd.plist

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

[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

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

[failed] org.cups.cupsd.plist

Launch Agents:ℹ️

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

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support

Launch Daemons:ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support

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

[loaded] com.skype.skypeinstaller.plist Support

User Launch Agents:ℹ️

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

User Login Items:ℹ️

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

Alfred 2 Application (/Applications/Alfred 2.app)

Android File Transfer Agent Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)

Google Chrome ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)

AdobeResourceSynchronizer ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

Google Drive Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)

Internet Plug-ins:ℹ️

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.189

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version

3rd Party Preference Panes:ℹ️

Flash Player Support

Time Machine:ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:ℹ️

14% Google Chrome

14% VLC

13% uTorrent

10% WindowServer

6% com.apple.WebKit.Networking

Top Processes by Memory:ℹ️

69 MB Finder

64 MB Google Chrome

56 MB VLC

39 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

34 MB WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information:ℹ️

39 MB Free RAM

878 MB Active RAM

846 MB Inactive RAM

967 MB Wired RAM

120.03 GB Page-ins

6.00 GB Page-outs

My battery wen from 9-10 hours to 4-5 hours 😟

Here's my etrecheck report:

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated October 29, 2014 at 5:23:06 PM GMT-3

Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2

1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM 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: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information: ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 4000 -

Color LCD 1280 x 800

AL1916W 1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 18:20:10

Disk Information: ℹ️

APPLE HDD HTS541075A9E662 disk0 : (750.16 GB)

S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.30 GB (353.94 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8

USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

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

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.2.16) Support

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.2.16) Support

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.2.16) Support

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.2.16) Support

Startup Items: ℹ️

ChmodBPF: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ChmodBPF

VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox

Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X

Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support

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

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

[invalid?] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

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

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.189

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 Support

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.5.4f1 - SDK 10.6 Support

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 55 Check version

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

Searchme

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player Support

Java Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

18% Google Chrome

10% WindowServer

3% grunt

2% hidd

1% sysmond

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

206 MB Google Chrome

129 MB mds_stores

112 MB iTunes

103 MB spindump

86 MB Dropbox

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

2.03 GB Free RAM

2.80 GB Active RAM

1.72 GB Inactive RAM

1.14 GB Wired RAM

9.88 GB Page-ins

60 MB Page-outs

Hi guys,

So I contacted Apple Support since after a week I have had no sign of improvements. They asked me to run a system diagnostic (when just after starting your computer you press and hold the D key) and I have a message saying "Your battery may not be charging correctly" when the battery is charging.

I tried again with the battery full and no error message. Anyway, I am bringing my computer to an Apple Store tomorrow; they believe it is a hardware issue... But for you guys maybe you should check the diagnostic tool to see if you get the similar error message.

First thing to do when new OS version (trust me on that, I had the same issue on Mavericks) is to NOT use Google Chrome. Get back to Safari and if the issue is still here, you may be affected with the same thing as most of us. Otherwise, stay with Safari until Chrome is updated with better Yosemite compatibility.

The issue on my computer comes from using Safari. Actually, Chrome is no better. And unfortunately, the idea that it is a hardware issue CANNOT be true. If it was, then none of us on this thread would have issues suddenly occurring once upgrading to OS X Yosemite. This is a bad software release that I sincerely hope Apple is working on diligently. When not using Safari, my battery lasts close to 8 hours (or so estimated). When Safari is running, now and since the last time I posted on this thread (7 days ago), my MBP Mid-2012 w/ Retina Display is lucky to make it to a full 2 hours. This is just as bad as all the Windows PC’s around me. I’ve tried resetting PRAM or whatever as someone earlier suggested, but have had no luck in a lasting fix.

This has been an issue long enough. Apple, please fix this.

—your loyal customer.

Reganh,

Just trying to help everyone here; I inform you about what I have done so you wouldn't have to do it and waste the time I've wasted. We have no feedback from Apple and nowhere on the Internet will we find the answer at the moment...

I know that it is unlikely to be a hardware issue considering the fact that everyone has experienced a battery drain after upgrading (including me). Whatever the issue is, it seems like it has also damaged my battery since I have this error using the diagnostic tool. Furthermore, according to the app called Battery Health, I used to be at 98% of capacity on Mavericks and now it tells me I am at 92% (IN ONLY TWO WEEKS!!).

I am just encouraging you to see if you have the same sub-consequent hardware issue, maybe due to the software issue causing it. I'll see whatever they have to say tomorrow at the Apple Store, and if problem unsolved, I'll go back to Mavericks so that would definitely solve the problem for sure until further information on that issue solved on Yosemite...

I have the same issue with my battery. I have a Macbook pro Retina display (13,3" mid 2014)

EtreCheck version: 2.0.8 (95)

Report generated 30 oktober 2014 20:49:42 CET

Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) (Verified)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,1

1 2.6 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

Video Information: ℹ️

Intel Iris -

Color LCD spdisplays_2560x1600Retina

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:10:41

Disk Information: ℹ️

APPLE SSD SM0256F disk0 : (251 GB)

S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 249.78 GB (216.92 GB free)

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

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

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

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[invalid?] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

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

Dropbox Program (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Google Drive Program (/Applications/Google Drive.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 Support

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

1% WindowServer

0% fontd

0% mds

0% hidd

0% AppleSpell

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

120 MB mds_stores

105 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

94 MB WindowServer

86 MB Safari

69 MB Dock

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

4.69 GB Free RAM

2.59 GB Active RAM

472 MB Inactive RAM

832 MB Wired RAM

1.12 GB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

Came back to Maverick, MBP late 2013. got my 12 hours on 100% back. Like new OS, but it does not make any sence to loose 50% of battery life with it. Apple should fix it... otherwise no go for Yosemite...

P.s. Even erasing disk and clean install Yosemite just eats my battery. So for last week, got my mbp reinstalled three times. Have never had that pain in a butt before... what is going wrong with Apple...