I've been using my 13" i7 TB (running Scrivener and three or four tabs worth of Safari constantly) for 4.5 hours and I'm down to 57% battery. Not too shabby.
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Battery life for 13" and 15" Macbook Pro
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The touch bar model you have is 2.9Ghz not 2.0 Ghz.
The 2.0 Ghz is non touch bar.So I got back home and overall I used my MBP TB 13 now for 6,5 hours and have about 40% left.
So much improvement when I look at my HP Spectre x360... (4-5 Hours if you have a good day on brightness 25%)
So much improvement when I look at my HP Spectre x360... (4-5 Hours if you have a good day on brightness 25%)
i got my TB 13 base one yesterday.
My old 13 inch late 2013 Retina MBP shows 100% even after 4-5 hours of sleep.
The new TB MBP drains 4-5% of battery while sleeping. I am still draining 1% every 5 minutes of use lol.
I am at 79% battery as of now and the indicator shows 9 hours 4minutes of usage remaining, But i think it fluctuates a lot, last time i booted the machine at 100% charge, the indicator showed only 2 hours of usage remaining.
its the first day of my TB MBP so i guess after the battery and system calibrates, we should get much better battery life.
oh, also, i always have Chrome, Photoshop, Kiwiforgmail, Sublime text and skype open at all times.
My old 13 inch late 2013 Retina MBP shows 100% even after 4-5 hours of sleep.
The new TB MBP drains 4-5% of battery while sleeping. I am still draining 1% every 5 minutes of use lol.
I am at 79% battery as of now and the indicator shows 9 hours 4minutes of usage remaining, But i think it fluctuates a lot, last time i booted the machine at 100% charge, the indicator showed only 2 hours of usage remaining.
its the first day of my TB MBP so i guess after the battery and system calibrates, we should get much better battery life.
oh, also, i always have Chrome, Photoshop, Kiwiforgmail, Sublime text and skype open at all times.
I'm not at my computer, but all I did was hold command + r and turn on the computer. After the Apple logo comes up, let go of command and r. Choose to reinstall OS X (make sure you connect to the internet by the wireless at the top). This way it will download a fresh copy of OS X.
[doublepost=1480004723][/doublepost]Ps: I'm still getting at least 10 hours of usage using 5-6 programs. I've used it for 2 cycles since reinstalling and still doing great.
[doublepost=1480004723][/doublepost]Ps: I'm still getting at least 10 hours of usage using 5-6 programs. I've used it for 2 cycles since reinstalling and still doing great.
Why are you choosing to spell every word in its complete state except for the word "you?" This isn't Twitter and you're not using a T9 keyboard.
I didn't do anything special. I even said ok to losing my things. I was surprised when it came back up and everything was still there.
To confirm anyone's doubts, i just did the reinstall, took about 30-40 mins, data and apps are still intact.
Anyone wanting to do should go ahead and do the reinstall.
Anyone wanting to do should go ahead and do the reinstall.
I wish I knew how some of you are getting such low power values and the resultant high battery usage times. I have been doing some pretty extensive testing on my 13" TB base model. No matter what I do, the wattage remains pretty constant. The best example of the wierdness:
With all apps closed accept coconut battery and with Wifi and Bluetooth off and the display set to just ONE tic up and waiting 5 full minutes (I timed it) for things to settle, my laptop is using 6.5 watts!
I have done multiple SMS resets and PRAM resets. No change. If I open all the apps I normally use--Safari, Twitter, Scrivener and Slack with Dropbox in the background and iStat Menus and turn Wifi and Bluetooth back on and goto 50% brightness tics it generally hovers between 7 and 10 watts. At this moment it is at 8.7 while typing and surfing--not that different from everything turned off. That's just strange.
Maybe something is running hidden in the background? Activity Monitor shows nothing using CPU after I turn off everything as described above. Later next week , when I'm back from Turkey Day vacation and get some more time. maybe I'll try backing up and doing a full reinstall, but damn, it is so annoying to reinstall all my stuff and dig out registration keys and re-enter all my passwords and stuff. That's the freaking point of Time Machine to begin with! But if I can get better than 5 hours, maybe it will be worth it.
<Big Sigh>
Still hoping that Apple will just release some kind of firmware or software update in the next few days.
With all apps closed accept coconut battery and with Wifi and Bluetooth off and the display set to just ONE tic up and waiting 5 full minutes (I timed it) for things to settle, my laptop is using 6.5 watts!
I have done multiple SMS resets and PRAM resets. No change. If I open all the apps I normally use--Safari, Twitter, Scrivener and Slack with Dropbox in the background and iStat Menus and turn Wifi and Bluetooth back on and goto 50% brightness tics it generally hovers between 7 and 10 watts. At this moment it is at 8.7 while typing and surfing--not that different from everything turned off. That's just strange.
Maybe something is running hidden in the background? Activity Monitor shows nothing using CPU after I turn off everything as described above. Later next week , when I'm back from Turkey Day vacation and get some more time. maybe I'll try backing up and doing a full reinstall, but damn, it is so annoying to reinstall all my stuff and dig out registration keys and re-enter all my passwords and stuff. That's the freaking point of Time Machine to begin with! But if I can get better than 5 hours, maybe it will be worth it.
<Big Sigh>
Still hoping that Apple will just release some kind of firmware or software update in the next few days.
Hold Command + R while restarting your mac, it will show you few options, just select Re-install OS.
Here are the steps:
http://osxdaily.com/2016/10/12/reinstall-macos-sierra/
Here are the steps:
http://osxdaily.com/2016/10/12/reinstall-macos-sierra/
I am having a problem with my new MacBook Pro touch bar.
Everytime I start up, the screen flickers real bad. Its all over the screen. It happens right after I type the password.
Is this a software issue? Or should I take it back
Everytime I start up, the screen flickers real bad. Its all over the screen. It happens right after I type the password.
Is this a software issue? Or should I take it back