2011 MBP
NEW OWC battery and solid state drive.
Cycle count = 23.
Battery drains quickly. After 1 hour, 40% battery is drained.
Should last 4-5 hours, lucky to last 3.....any ideas on how to improve the battery life?
My MBP is a beast and LOVE it.....battery life stinks.....
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7), Mail
Read the appropriate article on this list of Apple support articles:
https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro/batteries_power/
Ciao.
I appreciate your help, but I am not 12.
I have researched the reference material.
I was hoping to find some real life insight with someone who had or is having a similar experience.
best regards.
That's a new battery?
If it's new, it's defective. I'd talk to OWC about it.
I am not 12 either. FYI, sarcastic remarks to a serious attempt to help (from Oglethorpe above) will yield NO future help.
Since you are not 12, an analytical approach to your problem would be new battery, poor performance, hmmmmmm, maybe I got a bad battery or installed it incorrectly.
Barry
Thank you Barry.
part of my research, was scouring the net only to reveal that in some cease, the 2011 MBP was finicky when it came to battery life, but no definitive explanation could be found.
Yes, I could have and probably should have phrased my question differently, so I did I not get the "did you check the reference material" response.
Albeit you PASS said reference material to make a post.
The battery was installed correctly, I will seek advice from OWC.
joefromwantage wrote:
I appreciate your help, but I am not 12.
That is good to know because the Terms of Use for these forums requires one to be 13 years or older. Note this excerpt:
I have researched the reference material
Then you know that battery run time is a function of the number and type of applications in use, criteria you have not mentioned.
Have you reset the SMC and the NVRAM? If not consider doing so:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
These resets may or may not have a positive affect on battery performance.
Perhaps you might post the following from your MBP as found in System Information>Power.
This may offer a clue to the sub-par performance you are experiencing and then it may not.
(It would be very helpful if you made certain that the charger were connected when you do so.)
Ciao.
Is your OWC battery an original Apple branded battery? If not, you might also want to consider that it is a third party product and I would address my concerns with OWC. They have excellent customer support and might be willing to exchange it.
Thanks! I am working that angle now....they are reluctant to send me a new one...even though I bought it in March and it has a one year warranty.
Battery Life?
