Why does my Macbook Pro Retina's battery drain so quickly?

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Why does my Macbook Pro Retina's battery drain so quickly?

Okay so I have Mavericks for my Macbook Pro retina ( I have been hesitant to update to Yosemite because I heard connecting to wifi takes longer and it slows down the laptop but at this point if it improves my laptop's battery life I might update anyway..). It is only about a year old I got it December of 2013. Lately I have been noticing that my laptop's battery has been draining so easily. It usually lasts about 4-5 hours (even thought ideally it would last about 7) but these days it has been lasting me barely 2 hours. How can I fix this? Will quitting applications like Google Chrome make it any better? Are there any apps or anything I can install that can help in extending my Mac's current battery life? Please, help. I really need my battery life to be way better than this :/

Thank you.

MacBook Pro with Retina display

Posted on Feb 12, 2015 11:24 PM

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Answer 1

OGELTHORPE

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Feb 13, 2015 4:11 AM in response to kj8P

There are a variety of reasons that will affect battery run time. Activity monitor may identify some culprits:

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203184

Google Chrome and its various parts have had a history of compatibility issues with OSX and has often been a resource hog. I suggets deleting it. I use Firefox.

Here are a few Apple support articles, that may assist you:

https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro/batteries_power/

Should you have any AV software or so called 'cleaning' or 'performance' applications, they are also detrimental to MBP operation and that may be relected in battery run time.

Ciao.

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Answer 2

etresoft

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Feb 13, 2015 5:38 AM in response to kj8P

Run Activity Monitor and see if there is some process that is draining your CPU.

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