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Battery life on 15" MBP
I'll start with a disclaimer that I'm not normally one to obsessively check battery health, if at all, though it seems I've been getting pretty good life from my old slugger of a laptop. She's a 2012 15" cMBP, purring with maxed RAM and a Samsung EVO. Yeah I've got Retina screen envy and I'd...- keysofanxiety
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- 15" 2012 battery battery health coconut battery life macbook pro
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Installing lot of apps and games without affecting battery
I have more than 100 apps installed on my iPhone 7 Plus. But I have disabled Background App Refresh for all but 2 of them. Turned off Spotlight search for non-essentials. I have notifications disabled for apps which are not important because an app is woken up from suspended state when it gets a... -
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Adobe CC engaging Discrete GPU when not running.
I get 4hrs battery life. with my 15" MBP with touch bar. 2.6 with 460. Even with the 10.12.2 update and with me killing most CPU processes. But I noticed that on a fresh boot my Discrete GPU is being used by Adobe CC. I have the Photoshop/ Lightroom CC package. I quit the creative cloud app that...- CBlakeston
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- 10.12.2 adobe adobe cc battery discrete gpu macbook pro 2016 sierra
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Replacement Battery Calibration
I recently purchased a NewerTech NuPower 65Whr Battery for my 2011 13'' MBP. Someone told me that for newer batteries like this you shouldn't drain it completely and do not need to calibrate but the brochure came with the battery wants me to perform draining to death for calibration. Which one...- Penemonie
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- 13 inch 2011 macbook pro battery battery details macboo pro replacement
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Possible fix for most battery issues with new MacBook Pro
Hi everyone, I'm posting this thread because I'm one of those people who spent a small fortune on a new 15" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and was freaking out watching his battery dwindle to about 2-3 hours per charge. I tried all of the workarounds, called Apple tech support, and searched all of...- tg_nyc
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- battery battery % battery dies macbook pro
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Any way to turn off high performance graphics when using external monitor?
Hey all, I have the 15in 2016 TB MBP I notice if I have an external monitor plugged in my battery life is only 3.5 hours even without any applications open. I looked into it and I believe it's because external monitors trigger the high performance graphics, I don't think gfxcardstatus can turn...- austin4ski
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- battery external monitor high performance graphics mbp 15"
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2016 MacBook Pro 13 Battery Charge Remainig
Hello, My MacBook Pro show's 100% charge and I noticed that the battery under power; show's charge remaining 4626 charging status is; no. Full Charge is 4802. I ran the computer down until it shut off night prior. Charged it overnight and it read 4801 in the morning. through today even...- herby130
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- battery macbook pro 13 macbook pro 2016
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Iphone 7 Battery issues
Got my jet black (128 gb) iphone 7 last monday. Charged it to 100% for the first time last night and it started having some issues. First, the screen would not turn on (didn't respond to any buttons and could not even turn it off) but when i plugged in the iphone the screen turned on. I...- digitallegend
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- battery battery drain iphone 7 jet black iphone 7
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2016 tMBP dGPU automatic switching and Apps
Hi everyone, I have 2016 tMBP 15" 2.9 / 16G / 1TB / 460, and I have been using it for around 4 days. Unlikely most here, I have no problems with my battery life. I'm getting 7-10 hours as long as integrated graphics are kept on. Given this is my first Mac, I am quite impressed coming from 1-3...- FrightWait
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- 15 inch 2016 battery dedicated gpu macbook pro
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Battery and Fan Problems after DOWNgrade
Due to some (minor) trouble with the running system i recently upgraded from Mavericks to Sierra. But as I wasn't really happy with the changes in the os and the still occurring software problem (md worker, quick look, spotlight) i decided to downgrade by using an old time machine backup. Ever...- whoooop
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- battery downgrade fan mavericks sierra
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poor battery TB MBP 13 "
(sorry for my bad english, but I'm Italian) As I told you here, I found two problems to my 13" TB MBP The battery life is less than my 4 years old rMBP the battery life of my new TB MBP is about 4/5 hours of use (I use Mac only for web, social networks, youtube, Word and Power Point) Can I...- nomecognome
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- 2016 macbook pro apple store battery battery life macbook pro repair tb mbp
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Mysterious battery issue
The "Battery is not charging" notification appeared, leaving the indication light of the charger green instead of the orange light with 80% battery capacity left. Things I've tried: - Reboot --> not a solution - Reset SMC --> not a solution - Reset PRAM --> hey! This actually helped ... for 1...- Multiplicatoren
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- battery battery issue not charging power adapter
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Battery replacement for Clamshell g3 iBook advice
Sorry if this has been asked before (actually no, I'm not sorry) but all this talk about using an old g3 iBook has made me want to get mine out and going. So i want battery life again, instead of plugging it in all the time. Have you guys replaced yours? if so was it worth it and has the battery...- GetToDaChopa
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- battery clamshell ibook g3 ibook g3 clamshell
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Upgrading mid 2012 Macbook pro 13
Hey guys, I actually wanted to buy the new Macbook pro because my old one is at his limits. But, I am really disappointed with the upgrade and want to wait and look for an alternative. In the meantime, I wanted to upgrade my mid 2012 macbook pro but I have no idea about hardware stuff :( That's...- Levent2012
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- battery cheap help macbook 13 mid 2012 old performance ram ssd upgrade
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MBP 13 TB with 2:50 battery life
Alright, so after reading all the fuzz around the lack of strong battery life, especially on the 13 TB model, I decided to go and check by myself in store. Surprisingly not a lot of people where on the computers and I managed to do a test on two 13" TB models (didn't check the exact spec...- RachelClark
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- battery macbook pro (13" late 2016)
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iPhone recognizes cable but doesn't charge
Ive got an iphone 5s that i have had for a while. after installing ios 10 ive had some really weird battery issues. what happens is when my phone dies, i will plug in a cable (that works perfectly fine on other iphones) in to the iphone and the screen with the lightning bolt and battery pops up...- ineedhelpwithmyiphonepls
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- battery charging port iphone lightning cable lightning conector
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- Forum: iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting
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1st gen (2013-2015) Retina battery longevity?
I am trying to get an impression of the longevity of the the battery in the first-gen MBPs. What is your cycle count and design capacity? How often do you perform condition charges/discharges? How long have you let it sit empty, full, or unused for an extended period? I have an early 2015 13"...- afluriach
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- battery design capacity retina macbook pro
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incorrect battery percentage
Hello, Since upgrading to Sierra, I thought I noticed some severe battery drain. My macbook Pro went from fully charged to 5% in about two hours, while only using Pages. Yesterday, I forgot to bring my charger, and started freaking out while I was still typing because I only had 5% battery...- claudiaverleg
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- battery macbook pro os sierra problem
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- Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
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Macbook Pro Touch 2.9ghz, hot and 6 hour battery
Just got my late 2016 MacBook Pro Touch 15inch w/ 2.9ghz option and upgraded GPU. So far I cycled through the battery once and am getting 5:38 hours at 99% (Looks like apple put an additional 2 cycles on battery before releasing for purchase). The below screen shot shows my battery status with...- randyrando
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- 2.9ghz 2016 macbook pro battery heat temperature
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- Forum: MacBook Neo
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iPhone 7 Plus - Massive Siri Battery Drain
Hello everyone, My iPhone 7 Plus battery life was great until this week started. Now I can barely make it a day and it's all because of more than 30% battery usage by Siri. I have turned it completely off (which shouldn't be a good solution as I love Hey Siri on my AW which is also connected)...