I have also tried resetting SMC, NVRAM, uninstalling various software, running 10.12.1, upgrading to 10.12.2 beta, all to no avail. None of the software that I have installed and running has any significant energy impact, according to top and Activity Monitor, apart from Lightroom and Photoshop. This has been true for these past few days, usually averaging around 5 hours.

My average discharge rate is around 9 Watts, which means in theory I can get around 6 hours. Taking into account that my computer has a full charge capacity of 4431 mAh and the battery is 11.4 V, that would give my particular model around 50 Wh, which means it would need to discharge at around 5 Watts to achieve a 10 hour battery life. I do not find this acceptable and it seems that I am not the only one having problems.Īs you can see in the above screenshot, my typical discharge rate when the computer is idle, is around 8-10 Watts, usually around 9. When using Photoshop and Lightroom, I cannot seem to pass the two-hour barrier. I set it up as new and have been unable to get more than 6 hours of battery life when using it lightly (Safari, Tweetbot, and Ulysses). Today is the seventh day that I have spent with my MacBook Pro.

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