Yeah, sounds like an issue on your end only really. I've upgraded and see no problem with battery at all. If anything, I seem to be getting more battery than I did in SL. Regards, James
On 7/23/11, Missy Hoppe <melis...@fuse.net> wrote: > Hi! I'm not 100 percent sure how to check tasks on the mac, but all that I > had open was finder and yourufukurou. I've > repaired permissions, so will try running off battery again tomorrow and see > if that makes any kind of difference. I have > screen curtain on and screen brightness set to 0. Keyboard brightness is > also set to 0, and most of the time, the system is, > or at least should be completely idle. Like I said, under identical > conditions with Snow Leopard, I was getting a little over > 8 hours of battery life, but today, I may have gotten four if I was being > reallyl generous. I sent a system report to Apple > tech support, and no issues were detected. They were supposed to send me an > article for other tips to try, but I have yet to > find such an article in my email, so am not sure what to do. I guess a trip > to the apple store might be in my future at some > point. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Olivares > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 6:20 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: battery life under lion > > 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. 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