I really wish people would read the entire question FIRST! Many of us are having this same problem since upgrading to Sierra. CPU activity is the same as before - but the battery is dying quicker than the Ghostbusters remake did! Several times now my battery has shown (for example) 70%.
I close the lid, drive home from my client's place, around 7 miles, open the laptop and it's dead! And the over-heating issue is just ridiculous. Sometimes I can't even pick up the laptop it's so hot! Never had this problem before!
MacOS Sierra: About the Battery Status menu. If you’re using a portable Mac, you can quickly see the status of your battery. If you’re using a portable.
I'm really hoping to find a way to revert to El Capitan - when my battery could go an easy 6 8 hours and didn't overheat using simple programs like iMovie! Apple, please STOP RELEASING UPDATES that are not ready! Tk.shinoy wrote: Hi, I am not able to figure out any cause yet, but my battery is dying real fast for the past few days since I upgraded to Mac OS Sierra. I could use my mac almost for 5-6 hours in a single charge but now its hardly staying for 2-2.5 hrs. Anybody experiencing a similar problem? Same exact problem. The only 'App' that I have opened that is 'Using Significant Energy' is Safari.
Nothing in Activity Monitor is using a significant CPU% Bottom of my MacBook Air is also 'warmer' after I upgraded to Sierra. I can't figure this out and I have to 'plug in' multiple times/day now where with El Capitan I could go 5 hrs. (Battery dropped 8% just typing this message 😟). Tk.shinoy wrote: Hi, I am not able to figure out any cause yet, but my battery is dying real fast for the past few days since I upgraded to Mac OS Sierra. I could use my mac almost for 5-6 hours in a single charge but now its hardly staying for 2-2.5 hrs.
Anybody experiencing a similar problem? Same exact problem.
The only 'App' that I have opened that is 'Using Significant Energy' is Safari. Nothing in Activity Monitor is using a significant CPU% Bottom of my MacBook Air is also 'warmer' after I upgraded to Sierra. I can't figure this out and I have to 'plug in' multiple times/day now where with El Capitan I could go 5 hrs. (Battery dropped 8% just typing this message 😟). I really wish people would read the entire question FIRST!
Many of us are having this same problem since upgrading to Sierra. CPU activity is the same as before - but the battery is dying quicker than the Ghostbusters remake did! Several times now my battery has shown (for example) 70%. I close the lid, drive home from my client's place, around 7 miles, open the laptop and it's dead! And the over-heating issue is just ridiculous. Sometimes I can't even pick up the laptop it's so hot! Never had this problem before!
I'm really hoping to find a way to revert to El Capitan - when my battery could go an easy 6 8 hours and didn't overheat using simple programs like iMovie! Apple, please STOP RELEASING UPDATES that are not ready! Is this problem restricted to just Mac's - anyone else seeing similar issues with iOS devices? I'm fighting both battles. Old rule - let the computer or device run all the way down, then when you get the warning it is about to shut down - plug it in and fully charge it in one sitting. I have found repeating 2 or 3 times seems to work better for some devices. Also, keep an eye when the device is recharging - if its fully charged within 20 or 30 minutes, that clearly is a power management issue.
If it takes an hour or longer, the batter is truly drained. You may then have a runaway process taxing the CPU (explains the device getting hot).
Also keep in mind, once older than 3 to 4 years for a Mac, and 2 years for a iPhone/iPad, battery issues could be due to an old battery. Worse thing you can do is leave the Mac laptop plugged in say 85% of the time, then once or twice a week unplug it to go to the coffee shop. They really are not designed to be plugged in all the time.
Being charged continuously will also age a battery. There is also rebuilding from scratch - that definitely improves battery performance on iPhone/iPad, but can also on Mac's. Its a little bit more involved process than doing the automatic overlay update, but most anyone able to follow instructions can do it. Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only.
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