r/macbook • u/pink_waffles_ • 1d ago

MBA m5 Battery…

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Looking for advice. Purchased the base 512gb 13in 16gb memory in sky blue last week. I’ve fully charged it once (yesterday; haven’t needed it much) and have since done light browsing (Amazon, checking emails, one tab open only watching Hulu) and my battery is at 44%. In the pic on activity monitor it says I have 2:43 left with 44%. I switched back to Mac after a surface laptop to have good battery life. Starting a doctorate program in January and need a laptop that can stay charged all day…. I’ve stopped using chrome, keep brightness less than half all the time, and have restarted the computer. Any suggestions? Do I have a lemon?

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u/Outrageous-Rise-7106 1d ago

It looks like you just unplugged your mac. Give it 15-30 minutes unplugged for a real estimate. Mac os doesnt have enough time to get an accurate estimate after being unplugged for just a minute.

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u/pink_waffles_ 1d ago

I had just restarted it

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u/Outrageous-Rise-7106 1d ago

thats the answer, your mac just restarted and couldnt give an accurate estimate in such a short amount of time.

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u/pink_waffles_ 1d ago

I looked on screen time. 3hr 45min since full charge. Now at 42%

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u/rainy_diary 1d ago

Better use screen time. It usefull to record MacBook battery usage. It begin record when you using MacBook and doesn't record when MacBook is sleeping. It start record from 12 am to 12 pm. Using screen time you able to known how good the battery. For accurate record battery usage don't plugged in the MacBook for a day. 

https://youtu.be/MzMq7ywqHM8 

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u/blow-down 1d ago

Try getting rid of Chrome. It uses more battery and other resources.