Did you check the tasks running? Short battery life and it being warm might be a task that is doing a lot or is very active.
On Jul 22, 2011, at 3:28 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > That's what I have too: a 2011 13 inch macbook pro. I'm not sure if the > battery life being cut in half is related or not, but > I've also noticed my macbook running a lot warmer than it ever did under sl. > I'm wondering if it's time to call apple and/or > take my macbook into a store. Obviously, there's some weird stuff going on. > If nothing else, maybe they can help me revert to > sl. The running hot thing is really starting to make me nervous, so I've > turned off the mac for the time being. > Missy > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Zachary Kline > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 3:17 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: battery life under lion > > Hi Missy, > I'm afraid that I can't confirm this issue either. I have a macbook pro, so > perhaps that has a longer battery life. I've > ran this on battery several times since upgrading and had no issues to speak > of. > Best, > Zack. > On Jul 22, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > >> Hello, all! I've just found a major, major problem with lion, and am >> wondering if anyone else has experienced it yet. This > one is almost serious enough to make me want to run back to snow leopard, but > I'm not entirely sure how to do that, but my > questions and concerns regarding downgrading aren't what I wanted to post > about here. >> I have a 2011 macbook pro mc724LLA. Before lion, I was getting around 8 >> hours of battery life with screen brightness at 0 > and just leaving the mac idle to check twitter and things. I'd use it from > time to time for other tasks, and even then would > get around 8 hours of productivity on a fully charged battery. Well, I > decided this morning that I would let it run on > battery for a little while; I typically just leave my macbook plugged into an > outlet since it primarily lives on a desk in my > dining room. Still, I try to drain the battery at least once every week or > two so that it will be in good shape if I ever do > need to travel. >> Anyway, I disconnected the AC adapter as I usually do, and then checked the >> status menu. It told me I was going to get > nearly 10 hours off the battery charge. I was pretty excited; figuring that I > could leave it running happily all day on > battery. Well, no such luck. About 4-5 hours later, I went to see if I had > missed any direct messages or anything on twitter, > and the macbook was completely dead. Nothing I pressed would respond at all. > I plugged in the ac adapter, and everything came > back to life, and now it's 1 hour 24 minutes til the battery is fully charged. >> So, I guess my question is this: has anyone else noticed seriously reduced >> battery life on their macbooks? I had one friend > on twitter confirm that he's experiencing the same problem, so am almost > definite that this isn't just me. If I find one more > flaw in lion, I am going to figure out how to downgrade to snow leopard, > that's for sure! >> Well, I guess that's it for now. I hope that everyone is having a really >> wonderful day, and I'm really enjoying all the > talk about taming the lion. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
