MacBook Pro 2016 short battery life

I did a lot of tests during the last month and in my case the problem was only when I use the restore process from TIME MACHINE .... If I perform a "new installation" and re-install all data / apps, etc .... battery works fine (+/- 8 hrs). If I use the restore process (+/- 2hrs) .... I use a MB 2016 15".

Dear Bert,

I do not see the bad actors I expected. You have a very clean installation. I would contact Apple for their evaluation.

One thinkg to try--a lot shot but easy to do: restart the computer and see if it acts differently. This entry:

System Software: ⓘ

macOS Sierra 10.12.3 (16D32) - Time since boot: about 10 days

is not a serious issues--I try to restart my older MBP about once a week--but a restart will clean out caches and temp files that Etrecheck does not report. If that helps it could indicate that some process or program is a little too busy in the background after the computer has been on for a while. Again, long shot.

This Apple article:

See how apps affect Mac performance, battery runtime, temperature, and fan activity - Apple Support

talks about runaway background processes that cans shorten runtime.

Hey Bert,

My MacBook has similar specs (13 inch, 3.3Ghz, 8GB), and I have been experiencing the same issues since I received the laptop in early January--would love for someone with more expertise than I to advice.

-Cartter

Have you installed any third-party utilities like anti-virus programs or so-called "cleaning/tuneup" apps? They will hurt battery runtime (technically "battery life" is the time before the battery must be replaced). So can adware and some security programs for online banking..

Software causes of runtime issues are easily diagnosed so are a good place to start. A respected and long-serving member of these communities has created a simple utility that will take a "snapshot" of your configuration without revealing any sensitive information about you and your computer. It is Etrecheck, and is available here:

http://etrecheck.com/

Run it and, when its report displays, click "Share Report" and then "Copy Report" from the resulting dropdown. Paste the entire report into a response to your own thread here. It will allow us to quickly identify or eliminate software as the problem.

I think I figured out what was causing the issue on my end: the hover zoom safari extension that I was using. Before uninstalling, the 'Avg Energy Impact' of safari on the activity monitor was ~30, and it is now staying under 10. Hope something similar can work for you.

reckonankit wrote:

I think this is a deawback in macbook pro 2016.

Yes, it could be. However, many of these reports here prove to be due to uselss third-party utilties like anti-virus that users installed. Note that user cartterp found a third-party Safari extension was causing his problem.

Yes, the Macbook Pro you have (I just bought the same configuration) has a 30% smaller battery capacity than the last Macbook Pro version, there's no magic solution for that unfortunately. Anandtech wrote a concise article about this issue, please check it out:

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/12/explaining-the-battery-life-problems-with- the-new-macbook-pros/2/

I will probably return my one - I'm really not that fussed about battery life if it's reasonable, my biggest "thing" was getting a very compact device that would power Xcode and video editing. But the battery life I'm seeing (clean setup, not transferring data/settings) is dire. Kaby Lake would help but without a radical internals-redesign even that won't make a day-night difference.

If you're hoping that Apple will fix the issue, I've a bridge I'd like to sell you - that's not how Apple works. They will have already pulled most everyone except for a skeleton team off resolving any Macbook Pro issues onto getting the Kaby Lake macbook launched.

To eek out a longer battery life you'll need to resort to using Safari (which I never ordinarily use), being VERY picky about which apps are running, and dramatically skimping on screen brightness. Personally I'm not sure I'm interested in playing those games, that's why I'm returning mine.

I bought an 8GB RAM MBP 13" with TouchBar and some days ago I've been using it to write my monography with TexPad, browsing with Safari and listening to MP3 songs with iTunes. I rarely use backlight on keyboard and screen brightness is lower than 50%.

I sadly cannot reached more than 5 hours before a recharge.

Numerous causes, tests and options have already been posted. Please read the other responses.

Please start a new thread with the Etrecheck report from your computer. It is seldom useful to tag onto a post that has been dormant for several months. Starting your own thread means you get focused suggestions without diluting the help the original poster deserves.

See if calibrating makes a difference.

Discharge the battery to 10% then re charge to 100% the monitor battery usage.

About Mac notebook batteries - Apple Support

Hello there Allan , I have the same issue .. short battery life and i dunno why , here is my report ..

EtreCheck version: 3.4.6 (460)

Report generated 2018-01-15 07:22:42

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 3:36

Performance: Good

Click the [Lookup] links for more information from Apple Support Communities.

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

Problem: Other problem

Description:

short battery life

Hardware Information: ⓘ

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro13,3

1 2,7 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-6820HQ) CPU: 4-core

16 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

8 GB LPDDR3 2133 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 GB LPDDR3 2133 MHz ok

Handoff/Airdrop2: supported

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

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 35

iCloud Quota: 4.56 GB available

Video Information: ⓘ

Intel HD Graphics 530 - VRAM: 1536 MB

Color LCD 3360 x 2100

AMD Radeon Pro 455 - VRAM: 2 GB

Disk Information: ⓘ

APPLE SSD SM0512L disk0: (500,28 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

(disk0s1) <not mounted>
[EFI]: 315 MB

(disk0s2) <not mounted>
[APFS Container]: 499.96 GB

USB Information: ⓘ

USB30Bus

Apple Inc. iBridge

USB31Bus

USB31Bus

Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus_1

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus_0

Virtual disks: ⓘ

Macintosh HD (disk1s1 - APFS) /
[Startup]: 499.96 GB (447.96 GB free)

Encrypted: Yes (Unlocked)

Physical disk: disk0s2 499.96 GB (447.96 GB free)

(disk1s2) <not mounted>
[Preboot]: 499.96 GB

Physical disk: disk0s2 499.96 GB

(disk1s3) <not mounted>
[Recovery]: 499.96 GB

Physical disk: disk0s2 499.96 GB

(disk1s4) /private/var/vm
[VM]: 499.96 GB

Physical disk: disk0s2 499.96 GB

System Software: ⓘ

macOS High Sierra
10.13.2 (17C205) - Time since boot: about one hour

Gatekeeper: ⓘ

Anywhere [Fix Gatekeeper security]

Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.paragon-software.filesystems.ntfs (15.1.70 - SDK 10.10) [Lookup]

System Launch Agents: ⓘ

[failed] com.apple.cvmsCompAgent3425AMD_x86_64.plist (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-12-01)

[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks

[loaded] 169 Apple tasks

[running] 113 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[not loaded] 37 Apple tasks

[loaded] 175 Apple tasks

[running] 118 Apple tasks

Launch Agents: ⓘ

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-01-13) [Lookup]

[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-01-13) [Lookup]

[running] com.paragon-software.ntfs.notification-agent.plist (Paragon Software GmbH - installed 2018-01-12) [Lookup]

Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[loaded] com.adobe.acc.installer.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-01-13) [Lookup]

[running] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-01-13) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing.plist (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-12-01)

[running] com.paragon-software.installer.plist (Paragon Software GmbH - installed 2018-01-12) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.paragon-software.ntfs.loader.plist (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-12-13)

[running] com.paragon-software.ntfsd.plist (Paragon Software GmbH - installed 2017-12-13) [Lookup]

User Launch Agents: ⓘ

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-01-13) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2018-01-11) [Lookup]

User Login Items: ⓘ

iTunesHelper Application (Apple, Inc. - installed 2018-01-11)

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

Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 (installed 2018-01-13) [Lookup]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-12-01)

3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

NTFS (installed 2017-12-13) [Lookup]

Time Machine: ⓘ

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

11%
Google Chrome Helper

9%
Google Chrome

6%
Mail

5%
kernel_task

5%
MailStorageManagement

Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

1.06 GB
kernel_task

362 MB Mail

331 MB Google Chrome

283 MB Google Chrome Helper

193 MB Google Chrome Helper

Top Processes by Network Use: ⓘ

Input Output Process name

1 MB 239 KB Mail

16 KB 104 KB biometrickitd

46 KB 34 KB mDNSResponder

21 KB 13 KB CalendarAgent

7 KB 9 KB apsd

Top Processes by Energy Use: ⓘ

6.04 WindowServer

5.90 Mail

4.68 MailStorageManagement

3.72 Adobe CEF Helper

2.46 Google Chrome

Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

9.73 GB
Available RAM

2.71 GB
Free RAM

6.27 GB
Used RAM

7.02 GB
Cached files

0 B Swap Used

Software installs (last 30 days): ⓘ

AdBlock Master: 1.0.7 (installed 2018-01-12)

product:
(installed 2018-01-12)

product:
(installed 2018-01-12)

Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018:
(installed 2018-01-13)

Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018:
(installed 2018-01-13)

Lightroom Classic:
(installed 2018-01-13)

Adobe Premiere:
(installed 2018-01-13)

Install information may not be complete.

Diagnostics Events (last 3 days for minor events): ⓘ

2018-01-14 21:04:38 CVMCompiler Crash [Open]

2018-01-14 13:49:07 Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017.app High CPU use [Open] [Details]

2018-01-13 15:51:09 Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018.app Crash [Open]

2018-01-12 20:39:19 lsappinfo Crash [Open]