I submitted a support request with VMWare today and to my surprise, I got a phone call from them in about an hour - now that's service. Anyway, they informed me that Mavericks has introduced a problem with fusion where it can affect battery usage. This is discussed at length in Apple Forums according to the technician. He had me do an SMC reset (press and hold control+option+shit+power button for 10 seconds, then release and power up normally). Now, Activity monitor reports a more normal situation with VMWare Fusion and battery usage.
When the guest os is active, energy usage is high as expected, (around .15 - .20), but when suspended, or shut down, it is in the range of .1 or less. Apple is aware of the problem and supposedly working on the fix. I will simply get in the habit of suspending Windows when not in use. At worst, it only takes 30 seconds to power up windows and get jaws running, so a total shutdown is an option too. I was really surprised by the prompt response I got - I've heard so many stories about bad service from these large companies. On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:33 AM, isaac <isaac.heb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you tried to switch it back to 1 CPU or try to close fusion when not in > use to save battery power? > On Mar 11, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yesterday, for the first time ever, my MBA battery went to 10% before the >> end of the day. Usually I finish the day with 60 - 70% remaining. Turns out, >> VM Fusion is listed in the battery menu as using significant amounts of >> energy. Using activity monitor I see that it is using average energy of .19 >> and above - way above any other apps. >> I thought the drain might be something going on in windows7, but the drain >> occurs with the windows VM powered off or on, in fact, just opening VMWare >> Fusion from the app folder puts it in the "using significant amounts of >> energy" listing of the battery menu. >> I'm running fusion V5.3 and haven't upgraded since upgrading to Maverichs a >> week or so ago. This drain is happening on my iMac as well. At least, the >> activity monitor reports the same energy usage of fusion V5.3 running on >> Mavericks. >> I don't know what the usage was in Mountain Lion as I never had a problem >> there. >> >> Any thoughts? Any help? >> BTW: one other thing, two days before the problem first occurred, I changed >> the fusion settings from 1 cpu to 2 cpu's and re-authorized JAWS for that >> new hardware config. I can't believe that is causing a problem, but who >> knows? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
