Bad Battery Life on Yosemite

Hello all,


I have mid 2013 MBA 13' and three days ago I updated to Yosemite. Since then, the battery life has been awful. My regular ~12 hour of work has dropped to 6-7 hours at most. First I read that is can be due to Spotlight indexing. However, 2 days latter, the battery performance performance remained awful. Now I'll need to start carrying a charger.


Below I listed etrecheck results. As you can see the CPU performance is low. Nothing drains the battery.


There are more similar posts on this forum. I hope apple will fix it soon or someone can help me with it.


Thank you!


EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated October 20, 2014 at 11:10:39 AM EDT


Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) (Verified)

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

1 1.3 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/ac


Video Information: ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 5000 -

Color LCD 1440 x 900


System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 22:59:19


Disk Information: ℹ️

APPLE SSD SM0128F disk0 : (121.33 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]: 120.10 GB (47.52 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online


USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader 64.29 GB

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

EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Second Disk (disk2s2) /Volumes/Second Disk : 63.95 GB (55.91 GB free)

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/Application Support/VirtualBox

[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.16) Support

[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.16) Support

[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.16) Support

[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.16) Support


/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support

[loaded] com.jft.driver.PdaNetDrv (1.0.64) Support


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

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.20 - SDK 10.5) Support

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support


Startup Items: ℹ️

ChmodBPF: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ChmodBPF

MySQLCOM: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM

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


Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

[failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist

[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.cloudd.plist

[failed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist

[failed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist

[failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist

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

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

[failed] com.apple.sbd.plist

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

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

[failed] com.apple.diagnosticd.plist

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

[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist

[failed] com.apple.installd.plist

[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist

[failed] com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist

[failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist

[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

[running] com.jft.PdaNetMac.plist Support


Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

[loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support

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

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

[running] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support


Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

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

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

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

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist Support


User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

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

[running] com.coppertino.VoxHelper.plist Support

[invalid?] com.nero.HSMMonitor.plist Support

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist Support


User Login Items: ℹ️

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

PdaNetMac Application (/Applications/PdaNetMac.app)

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Skype Application (/Applications/Skype.app)

Skype UNKNOWN (missing value)

Messages Application (/Applications/Messages.app)

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

KiesAgent UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)

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

Spotify Application (/Applications/Spotify.app)


Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

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

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 20 Check version


Safari Extensions: ℹ️

AdBlock (Disabled)

Searchme


3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player Support

FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support

Java Support

MenuMeters Support

MySQL Support

NTFS-3G Support

TeXDistPrefPane Support

Vox Preferences Support


Time Machine: ℹ️

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Destinations:

SeagateBackupDrive [Local]

Total size: 999.86 GB

Total number of backups: 5

Oldest backup: 2013-12-09 00:59:00 +0000

Last backup: 2014-09-25 20:57:25 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)


Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

1% Google Chrome

1% WindowServer

1% fontd

0% AppleSpell

0% com.apple.WebKit.Networking


Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

129 MB Google Chrome

120 MB Safari

69 MB Mail

69 MB Google Chrome Helper

60 MB Finder


Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

62 MB Free RAM

1.22 GB Active RAM

1.19 GB Inactive RAM

918 MB Wired RAM

32.66 GB Page-ins

699 MB Page-outs


MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 20, 2014 9:05 AM

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7 replies

Oct 20, 2014 9:53 AM in response to Den137

If you look at that reprort you will see many many processes that have failed to start (or crashed). The most sensible solution I can suggest is to erase the drive and reinstall Yosemite. Restore data (only) from a backup.


Then don't put things like Fuse and NTFS3G, back on


The real problem is here, of 26 Apple startup services, 25 failed.

[failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist

[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.cloudd.plist

[failed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist

[failed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist

[failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist

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

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

[failed] com.apple.sbd.plist

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

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

[failed] com.apple.diagnosticd.plist

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

[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist

[failed] com.apple.installd.plist

[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist

[failed] com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist

[failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist

[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

[running] com.jft.PdaNetMac.plist Support


Also, what is Escrow Security?

Oct 20, 2014 1:53 PM in response to Csound1

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated 20 Ekim 2014 23:46:15 GMT+3


Hardware Information: ℹ️

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

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2

1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

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


Video Information: ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 4000 -

Color LCD 1280 x 800


System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:22:25


Disk Information: ℹ️

APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500,11 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]: 498.88 GB (309.16 GB free)

Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online


MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8


USB Information: ℹ️

Microsoft Compact Optical Mouse 500

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. iPhone

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad


Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers


Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Applications/Wondershare AllMyMusic.app

[loaded] com.Perfect.Driver.SystemAudioRecorder (1.0.0 - SDK 10.6) Support


/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.displaylink.dlusbncm (1.11.0 - SDK 10.9) Support

[loaded] com.displaylink.driver.DisplayLinkDriver (2.2 - SDK 10.9) Support


Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support

[not loaded] com.displaylink.useragent-prelogin.plist Support

[running] com.displaylink.useragent.plist Support

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

[invalid?] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support

[invalid?] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist Support


Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[running] com.displaylink.displaylinkmanager.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

[invalid?] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist Support


User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

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

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

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support


User Login Items: ℹ️

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

Octoshape Uygulama (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Octoshape/Octoshape.app)

Google Drive UNKNOWN (missing value)


Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 Support

Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.5.0f6 - SDK 10.6 Support

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 67 Check version


User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

OctoshapeWeb: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.8 Support


Safari Extensions: ℹ️

DuckDuckGo


3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player Support

FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support

Java Support


Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!


Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

9% WindowServer

5% DisplayLinkUserAgent

3% DisplayLinkManager

2% iTunes

1% sandboxd


Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

190 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

180 MB iTunes

168 MB Keynote

150 MB Safari

94 MB com.apple.MediaLibraryService


Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

50 MB Free RAM

1.76 GB Active RAM

1.64 GB Inactive RAM

780 MB Wired RAM

1.60 GB Page-ins

4 MB Page-outs


Hello, I am experiencing the same battery drain and here is my EtreCheck results. Where did it go wrong?

Oct 30, 2014 2:46 PM in response to Den137

Hi I bought my computer very new. And in 20 min battery went down %15percent

Can you please check my result and please tell me what I need to do ?

Thanks

EtreCheck version: 2.0.8 (95)

Report generated 30 Ekim 2014 23:43:08 GMT+2


Hardware Information:ℹ️

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014) (Verified)

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

1 1.4 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/ac


Video Information:ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 5000 -

Color LCD 1440 x 900


System Software:ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 12:30:11


Disk Information:ℹ️

APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0 : (121,33 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]: 120.11 GB (50.07 GB free)

Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online


USB Information:ℹ️

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Seagate FreeAgent Go 1 TB

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

EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Backup (disk2s2) /Volumes/Backup : 999.86 GB (737.66 GB free)

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller


Thunderbolt Information:ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Configuration files:ℹ️

/etc/hosts - Count: 20


Gatekeeper:ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers


Problem System Launch Agents:ℹ️

[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist

[failed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist

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

[failed] com.apple.lookupd.plist

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

[failed] com.apple.rcd.plist

[failed] com.apple.sbd.plist

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

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

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

[failed] com.apple.installd.plist

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

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

[failed] com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist

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

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

[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist


Launch Agents:ℹ️

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


Launch Daemons:ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

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


User Launch Agents:ℹ️

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

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


User Login Items:ℹ️

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


Internet Plug-ins:ℹ️

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

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: 14.1.0 Support


3rd Party Preference Panes:ℹ️

Flash Player Support


Time Machine:ℹ️

Mobile backups: ON

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 120.11 GB Disk used: 70.04 GB

Destinations:

Backup [Local]

Total size: 999.86 GB

Total number of backups: 1

Oldest backup: 2014-08-07 08:28:48 +0000

Last backup: 2014-08-07 08:28:48 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk size 120.11 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU:ℹ️

108% Mail

13% WindowServer

3% CVMServer

2% backupd

2% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64


Top Processes by Memory:ℹ️

119 MB WindowServer

114 MB Mail

71 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

60 MB Safari

47 MB com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64


Virtual Memory Information:ℹ️

44 MB Free RAM

631 MB Active RAM

606 MB Inactive RAM

1.11 GB Wired RAM

18.94 GB Page-ins

969 MB Page-outs

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