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Battery draining fast after upgrading to High Sierra 10.13.2

Hi Guys,

After updating my MacBook Pro (2017) to High Sierra 11.3.2 my battery is draining pretty fast ( hardly getting 3-4 hrs). Before the update I use to get around 9-10 hrs of usage. My application usage has been the same (videos in Safari on WiFi). Location service and bluetooth is off, brightness is below halfway. The laptop also heats up a lot. Anyone else facing the same issue, is it a buggy release?

MacBook Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.2), 2017

Posted on Dec 12, 2017 11:57 PM

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CStitches

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9 points

Posted on Dec 20, 2017 8:48 PM

I'm not sure any of this is going to help or is even applicable to newer MBP's Mid 2017 but it's worth a try, I'll explain why at the bottom

I went old school, restarted and did the Power Management reset, Command Control P R, let it chime 3 times.

Then a Command-S, then fsck -fy, then exit and let it start.

It's MUCH better, after 3+ hrs, down to 64%, with constant web surfing. Before all of this after the last update I was pushing 10% at 3 hrs. YMMV. It's still not as good as it was but it's better. I hope that they figure out what the heck happened with the last update.

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getangar

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4,548 points

Dec 22, 2017 8:50 AM in response to Mercurymingo

In the terminal type:

man fsck

and you get all the details you need 🙂

BBQPhil

Level 1

4 points

Dec 31, 2017 3:43 PM in response to Kareem_84

I just switched to chrome today after coming to similar conclusions. Thank you.

Dec 31, 2017 3:55 PM in response to Kareem_84

Try doing what I posted above, it seems to 'cure' the issue. If it doesn't let us know please.

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mrsmith4

Level 1

4 points

Jan 1, 2018 6:47 AM in response to nirajspawar

I am having the same exact issues! Heats up and battery drain is shocking. I hope this gets fixed soon. This is happening with Chrome, I don't use Safari.