http://tech.saigonist.com/taxonomy/term/108/all en http://tech.saigonist.com/b/osx/how-save-battery-life-macbooks <span class="submitted-by">March 12, 2016</span><div class="field_tags"><span class="label label-info"><a href="/tags/battery">battery</a></span> <span class="label label-info"><a href="/tags/energy">energy</a></span> <span class="label label-info"><a href="/tags/chrome">chrome</a></span> </div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Here are some tips I use to optimize battery life on my MacBook Pro. Being aware of energy hogging apps (all browsers) and pausing them can extend your battery life to what Apple advertises.</p> <ol><li>Open Activity Monitor and switch to the Energy pane. This will tell you who the big offenders are. Chrome is a notorious energy hog, but Safari would be #1 too if you're using it to do a lot of browsing. If there's anything else in there which isn't obvious (like video players, bitcoin miners ;) then you may want to shut them down while you're on battery power. You can also get a summary</li>...</ol></div></div></div> Fri, 11 Mar 2016 19:39:00 +0000 tomo 65 at http://tech.saigonist.com