MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017) Battery time

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MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017) Battery time

Hello,

I have MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017) 3,5 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB. I Looked my battery health status and it shows Good, 99%. But from the beginning I felt that the battery last much shorter that my older macbook, it was not so powerful as this one so maybe its the problem of quick battery drain? From 100% to 5% it takes about 4hours in normal use: internet, video watch and ect on slithly dimmed brightness (latest iOS, always updating to newest). My older mac held up to 8 hours. On official page apple says it should hold up to 10 hours... I very disappointed about my 4hours max, tried many thing I found on the internet and nothing worked...

My question would be is it normal to last my battery 4hours just because my 13inch is more powerful than basic model?

MacBook Pro TouchBar and Touch ID, iOS 11.4.1

Posted on Jul 25, 2018 1:27 PM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Jul 25, 2018 1:45 PM in response to papke13

Make an appointment at the Apple Genius Bar for service. If you need to find an Apple Store - Find a Store - Apple. If you did not purchase it from Apple then you will need to look to the vendor for service.

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Answer 2

Tiansong

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Aug 8, 2018 11:33 PM in response to papke13

Hi~ Thank you for you reply.

Here is what it shows. It seems that my battery is relatively a new one. Some comments said it might be the adobe flash player consumes too much power. But a max 4 hours is too much shorter than my expectation.

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Answer 3

szrs

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Jul 26, 2018 12:30 AM in response to papke13

Touch bar models run on a battery a bit less than models w/o a touch bar, but according to statistics they still should operate for about 6 hours. Check the Activity Monitor in order to find out if there is an application that eats more than expected

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papke13 Author

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Jul 26, 2018 12:45 AM in response to Kappy

I purchased it on apple and in my country we have only apple service where I can bring it and they usually know very little, they always say same things, for example when you bring iphone with any problem always say restart it should work, and if you say I already tried than they take it from you for a couple of days, rewrite the soft and brings you back saying it should work (when I already tried by myself..) lol they are real geniuses

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Answer 5

Tiansong

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Aug 8, 2018 10:44 PM in response to papke13

It is very strange that I bought my macbook pro 2017 three months ago. Its battery used to run longer than eight hours from the beginning, but seems getting worse very fast. Now I have the max four hours. It cannot support my daily work and really driving me mad...

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