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Look under Using Siginificant Energy to see the culpret – in our case Firefox.

Click on the battery icon in the menu bar (beside the clock).

As long as you are running Mavericks, or a later version of macOS, you can see a list of apps using significant energy by following these steps: The first thing to do is stop using any apps that are power hungry!Īpple introduced a handy feature in OS X 10.9 Mavericks – the ability to see what apps are using up your battery. The next step in maximise that figure, which you can do if you make a few changes to how you use your Mac. The above will give you an idea of how long you can expect to get from the battery in your MacBook before your next charge. Step 1: Find out what’s using up your battery Some of these steps are basic other’s are a little more expert, we’ll run through them all below.

However, there are a few ways you can get the most out of your battery, we’ll share tips for increasing Mac battery life below.Ī lot of poor battery performance – on Mac, iOS and all other major desktop and mobile operating systems – is down to a battery that is being asked to do too much and by a user who is not looking after it properly.

Now that you know how much time you have to get by before your battery packs up for the day, although the time indicated is only a guide. Now all you need to do is click on the new battery indicator to see the information coconutBattery can share, which includes Time Until Empty.

Now you will see a second battery icon and percentage indicator in your menu (ours showed different percentages). (You will have to place the app in the Applications folder for this to work).

Tick the box beside Launch at startup and show charge status in Menu Bar.

Open the app and click on coconutBattery > Preferences.