MacBook Air battery drain with High Sierra 10.13.4

I have a 13" 128 GB MacBook Air from 2013, with a 1.3 GHz Intel i5 processor and 4 GB of RAM. My computer's battery life has been excellent, considering that I bought it almost 5 years ago, and even when I first upgraded from OS X El Capitan to macOS High Sierra, I still had decent battery life (about 7-8 hours on average). Anyway, ever since I updated to High Sierra 10.3.4, my battery life has been terrible. In the time it took to type this paragraph up to this point, my battery went down from 92% to 89%. I tried resetting the SMC multiple times, and that didn't work. My display is nowhere near full brightness (and when it is, I have it plugged in). The worst part is when it's in sleep mode. I used to be able to leave my computer in sleep mode for several days, and the battery would go down 3%, if that. Now, it's much worse. I fully charged it last night, and just eight hours later, the battery went down from 100% to 92%, which is when I started typing this. Now, the battery is at 86%. Is it a software issue, or is it just because of the age of my computer?

MacBook Air, macOS High Sierra (10.13.4)

Posted on May 21, 2018 8:51 AM

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May 22, 2018 6:08 AM in response to matthewfrommb

Hello Matthew,

Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities. I understand you've had some trouble with the battery life on your MacBook, and I have some information that may help.

Have a look at the articles below for some helpful troubleshooting steps. The first will offer some best practices for getting the most from your battery life. The second article will show you how to check the cycle count and health of your battery.

Batteries - Maximizing Performance - Apple
Determine battery cycle count for Mac notebooks - Apple Support

If you run into any trouble, please reach out again.
​Best Regards.

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