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    MacBook Pro M1 Max Terrible/Weird Battery Life!

    Hi. I've been reading posts here for a while, but I just created an account because I wanted to hear other people's take on whether or not my situation is normal. I have a macbook pro m1 max that's getting overall just terrible battery life. From 100% I have at most 6 hours of web browsing/video...
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    Air 15 inch M2 -- Crazy energy consumption Microsoft Word

    I'm having this issue where word is draining my new Macbook Air 15's battery like crazy. I'm attaching a screenshot of the activity monitor here but I'm not sure how to exactly read it? I just know that my battery drained from 86% to 72% in less than an hour. I'm just using word and don't have...