Q: Battery life after El Capitan upgrade is very bad

If you read the report did you notice there isn't anything about the battery. Don't post these reports unless you have been asked to do so or have an identified problem in the report for which you need help.

Your battery information is reported in the Power section of System Information located in your Utilities folder. User Activity Monitor to see if you can identify any running processes consuming a lot of CPU time.

Pre-Mavericks

 

Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu.  Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order.  If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar.  Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.

 

Mavericks and later

 

Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select All Processes from the View menu.  Click on the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click twice on the %CPU column header to display in descending order.  If you find a process using a large amount of %CPU, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar.  Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.

Reinstall OS X or run through these items:

Try these in order testing your system after each to see if it's back to normal:

 

1.  a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM

     b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

 

2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:

 

     Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the

     COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities menu screen appears.

 

3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.

 

    When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility and press the Continue button. After Disk Utility loads select the

    indented Macintosh HD entry from the the left side list.  Click on the First Aid button in the toolbar. Wait until the operation

    completes, then quit Disk Utility and return to the main menu.

 

4. Reinstall OS X: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall OS X from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.

 

Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

Just to  mention, CleanMyMac & MacKeeper have been known to be big problems for many, not that they are causing this Battery problem, but most recommend uninstalling them ASAP.

And what is your conclusion from that?

sedona22 wrote:

 

Since upgrading to El Capitan, it seems like my battery drains rather quickly.  Here is my EtreCheck report.  Please advise on what I should do to get it back to normal.  Thank you

 

EtreCheck version: 2.6.6 (226)

Report generated 1/5/16, 3:03 PM

Runtime 3:14

Download EtreCheck from http://etrecheck.com

 

Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.

Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.

 

Hardware Information: (What does this mean?)

   MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009)

   [Click for Technical Specifications]

   [Click for User Guide]

   MacBook - model: MacBook6,1

   1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

   8 GB RAM Upgradeable

   [Click for upgrade instructions]

       BANK 0/DIMM0

           4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

       BANK 1/DIMM0

           4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

   Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

   Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

   Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 1286 - SN = W000881YP9X7A

 

Video Information: (What does this mean?)

   NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

       Color LCD 1280 x 800

 

System Software: (What does this mean?)

   OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 (15C50) - Time since boot: about one day

 

Disk Information: (What does this mean?)

   TOSHIBA MK2555GSXF disk0 : (250.06 GB) (Rotational)

       EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

       Swope MacBook (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (97.27 GB free)

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

 

   MATSHITADVD-R  UJ-898  ()

 

USB Information: (What does this mean?)

   Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

   Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

   Microsoft Microsoft¬Æ Nano Transceiver v1.0

   Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

       Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

 

Configuration files: (What does this mean?)

   /etc/sudoers, File size 1242 but expected 2299

 

Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)

   Mac App Store and identified developers

 

Kernel Extensions: (What does this mean?)

       /Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app

   [not loaded]   net.kromtech.kext.AVKauth (2.3.9 - SDK 10.10) [Click for support]

   [not loaded]   net.kromtech.kext.Firewall (2.3.9 - SDK 10.10) [Click for support]

 

       /Library/Application Support/Roxio

   [not loaded]   com.roxio.TDIXController (1.2) [Click for support]

 

       /System/Library/Extensions

   [not loaded]   com.leapfrog.driver.LfConnectDriver (1.0.1) [Click for support]

   [not loaded]   com.ragingmenace.driver.SideTrack (1.6) [Click for support]

 

Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

   [loaded]   com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]

 

Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

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

   [running]   com.fitbit.galileod.plist [Click for support]

   [loaded]   com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]

   [loaded]   com.leapfrog.connect.shell.plist [Click for support]

   [running]   com.mackeeper.AntiVirus.plist [Click for support]

   [running]   com.mackeeper.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon.plist [Click for support]

   [loaded]   com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist [Click for support]

   [running]   com.ragingmenace.SideTrack.Daemon.plist [Click for support]

 

User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

   [running]   com.mackeeper.MacKeeper.Helper.plist [Click for support]

   [loaded]   com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist [Click for support]

 

User Login Items: (What does this mean?)

   CleanMyMac 3 Menu   Application (/Applications/CleanMyMac 4.app/Contents/MacOS/CleanMyMac 3 Menu.app)

   Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper   Application (/Applications/Fitbit Connect.app/Contents/MacOS/Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper.app)

 

Other Apps: (What does this mean?)

   [running]   com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000006.MemoryKeeper

   [running]   com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x1000000e.EtreCheck

   [running]   com.fitbit.GalileoMenubar.189152

   [loaded]   com.mackeeper.MacKeeper.service.clean

   [running]   com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Menu.11232

   [loaded]   net.kromtech.MemoryKeeper.60832

   [loaded]   net.kromtech.MemoryKeeper.Launcher

 

Internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

   o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.3.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

   Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.4.2f3 - SDK 10.5 [Click for support]

   Default Browser: Version: 601 - SDK 10.11

   Silverlight: Version: 4.0.50917.0 [Click for support]

   FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 20.0.0.267 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

   QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

   Flash Player: Version: 20.0.0.267 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

   googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.3.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

   iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

   Photo Center Plugin: Version: Photo Center Plugin 1.1.2.2 [Click for support]

   GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.2.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

   JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.1 - SDK 10.11 Check version

 

User internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

   CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 [Click for support]

 

Safari Extensions: (What does this mean?)

   Adblock Plus

 

3rd Party Preference Panes: (What does this mean?)

   Application Enhancer

   Flash Player [Click for support]

   SideTrack [Click for support]

 

Time Machine: (What does this mean?)

   Mobile backups: OFF

   Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

   Volumes being backed up:

       Swope MacBook: Disk size: 249.20 GB Disk used: 151.93 GB

   Destinations:

       Backup [Local]

       Total size: 499.76 GB

       Total number of backups: 27

       Oldest backup: 1/15/13, 11:03 PM

       Last backup: 12/19/15, 3:12 AM

       Size of backup disk: Adequate

           Backup size 499.76 GB > (Disk used 151.93 GB X 3)

 

Top Processes by CPU: (What does this mean?)

        6%   WindowServer

        2%   kernel_task

        0%   fontd

        0%   CleanMyMac 3 Menu

        0%   MemoryKeeper

 

Top Processes by Memory: (What does this mean?)

   670 MB   kernel_task

   442 MB   softwareupdated

   328 MB   Safari

   311 MB   AntiVirus

   213 MB   com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

 

Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)

   439 MB   Free RAM

   7.82 GB   Used RAM (3.70 GB Cached)

   0 B   Swap Used

 

Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)

   Jan 4, 2016, 06:49:41 PM   Self test - passed

You've got so much garbage on your computer, I'm surprised the **** thing even turns on.  You need to completely uninstall, according to the developer's instructions, the following items:

• MacKeeper
• CleanMyMac 3
• Memory Keeper

Macs do not need superfluous products like this in order to function correctly.  There is no need for "cleaners," "organizers," "optimizers," "refreshers," or any other program that claims it will perform maintenance on your hard drive.  There is no maintenance that needs to be done on your hard drive, and even if there was, you certainly don't need any of that tosh. 

You are also running a leapfrog device or at least have leftover installation from the upgrade.

if you do not need this device uninstall that software, or if you do need the device is it charging off your laptop battery? Do you have any other devices attempting to recharge while you are on battery power?

Do you use Chrome? Chrome is an intergalatic cluster **** on the mac, it causes a great deal of issues, notably it taxes your system with bloated extensions and goes on a RAM rampage. If you do use chrome try another browser and see if the battery life is better.

Also reiterating the AV and Clean products for Mac are a horrendously bad thing to have running. The people who wrote those programs need to be taken from their computer desks and ground into a fine pink powder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuDnjtWOL5c

Let's see if we can figure this out...

Open Console in Applications>Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.

Click on the top line we want, Shift plus click on the bottom line we want, CMD+c to copy, then paste the text in a reply with CMD+v

A few dozen lines should be about right, hundreds or thousands won't likely be readable.

Well, Spotlight is having problems for one thing, & are you in the midst of Migrating something to this Mac?

What are you trying on Safari, that is hanging also?

Oh, when you deleted those 3 Apps, did you just delete them, or did you uninstall them?

The uninstallers often do not work & you need to manually go through a bunch of hidden file removers... do either of those 3 still show in etrecheck?