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badlydrawnboy

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Oct 20, 2003
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I just upgraded from a 14" M1 Pro MBP to a 14" M1 Max MBP. I was getting 9-10 hours on the M1 Pro. I'm getting 6.5-7 hours on the M1 Max. I knew there was a battery life difference but didn't know it would be this significant. Is this expected?

A quick check of Activity Monitor doesn't reveal any obvious culprits. This morning I've had Brave open with about 12 tabs and have been working in Google Docs, primarily. Several other apps like Spark, Things, Slack, Fantastical, Snagit, Excel, etc., but haven't really used them.

Screen brightness is a click below 50%.
 
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