My battery on my MacBook Pro is advertised as lasting about 10 hours, it only lasts 4 hours which is disappointing...
What do I do to improve the battery? I use Safari instead of Chrome which I have been told improves the battery.
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2016, 2 TBT3), macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)
Not good. You can run Apple Hardware Diagnostics and see if it catches anything: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202731 but I doubt it will. There's really not much you can do except try to minimize things that tax the battery, like the display brightness. Aside from that, if there really is a hardware issue, nothing's going to help except going to an AASP.
Hi,
Try resetting the SMC: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
See the section on Optimizing battery life: About Mac notebook batteries - Apple Support
Also, see if there are extra processes running in the background: Open Utilities > Activity Monitor > click on CPU > click on %CPU > click on it again, if necessary, to get the highest numbers to the top of the list/column. What are the highest numbers and the Process Names? Taking a screenshot and posting it may be easier.
This is what I got tjk
I would bring the Mac and power adapter to an Apple Store “genius” bar for a free diagnosis and potentially a free repair, as needed: https://support.apple.com/contact
Looks good.
Is your Mac still under warranty?
Yes, I got it back in May. I did get the screen repaired because of a crack but that was with my home and contents insurance.
We don't have any Apple Stores in New Zealand unfortunately... What should I do?
Try to find an Apple Authorized Service Provider: https://locate.apple.com
Do you have any authorised resellers? It's not the same as the Genius Bar but they can run a diagnostic on your computer and see what's wrong.
The closest one to me is in Invercargill which is about 3hrs away.
MacBook Pro 2017 (Non-Touch Bar)
