M1 chip MacBook Air 16/256 battery problem

[Gunes66]

Hello again friends. My battery usage drops drastically. My screen time is maybe 8 hours or so. That's a terrible number. I was using Ventura. I came back to Monterey for problems with fluency and battery issues. Although performance and fluency have improved. I guess the battery issue has not been fixed unfortunately. My friend's computer has 94 battery health, it goes for 15 hours at 70% charge. My 100% cycle has been 1.5 months since the 16th. It goes for 9 hours and 10 hours on charge, my battery health is 100%. I know you all will say take it to Apple. But I can't take it because I'm studying in TRNC. I'm going to get into trouble with plane tickets and so on. Now I have a few theories that I will share with you, I hope you don't get bored... Updating ventura from settings right now. But I'm afraid that my fluency will deteriorate again... My other assumption is that maybe there was a problem because I installed it with USB boot, and downloading Montere directly from the internet while in recovery mode... Maybe it will work? Or ventura installation with USB boot... I'm very happy with the fluency right now, I only have problems with the battery. Would you recommend using it like this and taking it to Apple when I return to Istanbul in the summer? I will be glad if our information friends reply. And do you have similar problems?
(Extra note: Prior to this I had the M1 version (which was 8 GB. I was getting much better times on it).

Monterey: I'm using 12.6.1, I looked and saw that 12.6.2 has just arrived. It says bug fixes. Let's see if it solves my problem without making it worse.. But they said that there are battery problems and performance problems from a foreign source, I'm undecided.

 

[pigoo3]

My battery usage drops drastically. My screen time is maybe 8 hours or so. That's a terrible number. I was using Ventura. I came back to Monterey for problems with fluency and battery issues. Although performance and fluency have improved. I guess the battery issue has not been fixed unfortunately. My friend's computer has 94 battery health, it goes for 15 hours at 70% charge. My 100% cycle has been 1.5 months since the 16th. It goes for 9 hours and 10 hours on charge, my battery health is 100%.

Battery runtime on a single charge can greatly depend on what you're doing. You and your friend may be doing different things on the computer. If you're doing more demanding tasks...battery runtime will be less.

We also don't know if you have any additional apps installed that may run in the background...consuming extra energy...decreasing battery runtime.

One place to look for anything that might be using extra energy is Activity Monitor. Open Activity Monitor...and look for any apps that you're not familiar with that are using a lot of computer resources.

But again...different user habits can result in different battery runtime's on a single charge. You & your friend could be doing things differently.

Nick

 

[Gunes66]

Battery runtime on a single charge can greatly depend on what you're doing. You and your friend may be doing different things on the computer. If you're doing more demanding tasks...battery runtime will be less.

We also don't know if you have any additional apps installed that may run in the background...consuming extra energy...decreasing battery runtime.

One place to look for anything that might be using extra energy is Activity Monitor. Open Activity Monitor...and look for any apps that you're not familiar with that are using a lot of computer resources.

But again...different user habits can result in different battery runtime's on a single charge. You & your friend could be doing things differently.

Nick

Yes, you are right. But it's like that when in the same scenario. Please take this into account. Can you re-read what I wrote and advise me?

 

[pigoo3]

Can you re-read what I wrote and advise me?

Sorry...language in screenshot is non-English.

Here's an article that discusses M1 MacBook Air battery life/battery runtime:

Turns Out the M1 MacBook Air's Battery Isn't So Great (if You Use It Properly) - Mark Ellis Reviews

I think we've all misunderstood theM1 MacBook Air battery life. After running the laptop for a while, I have a very different opinion.

markellisreviews.com

Nick

 

[Gunes66]

Üzgünüm... ekran görüntüsündeki dil İngilizce değil.

İşte M1 MacBook Air pil ömrünü/pil çalışma süresini tartışan bir makale:

Turns Out the M1 MacBook Air's Battery Isn't So Great (if You Use It Properly) - Mark Ellis Reviews

I think we've all misunderstood theM1 MacBook Air battery life. After running the laptop for a while, I have a very different opinion.

markellisreviews.com

Nick

Now I'm looking at what you threw

 

[Raz0rEdge]

And now your post isn't in English. It also looks like you're using something to translate Nick's response from English to your native language.

We are an English speaking forum, so please post in English only.

 

[pm-r]

According to Google Translate, it seems the OP is using Turkish language.

But nothing really worth while translating yet.

Turkish - detected
English

Üzgünüm... ekran görüntüsündeki dil İngilizce değil.
Sorry... the language in the screenshot is not English.

- Patrick
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[Gunes66]

And now your post isn't in English. It also looks like you're using something to translate Nick's response from English to your native language.

We are an English speaking forum, so please post in English only.

no no i understand. There has been a mistake

 

[Lifeisabeach]

You may need to recalibrate the battery. Let it drain down until it's completely dead; close the lid; plug it in to charge; and ignore it for 3 hours.

You should also do an NVRAM reset. The process is simple on the new Macs. Shut it down; close the lid for at least 30 seconds; then power it back on. Done.

And lastly, if the battery life continues to not be good enough for you, then consider getting an external battery pack so you can top off the MacBook's charge while on the go. I don't use one myself, but I like Anker's products and they make a few that are suitable for laptops.

 

[Lifeisabeach]

Some other thoughts here... you should review your apps to see if anything in particular is hitting the battery hard. From your screen cap, I see you use Chrome. Don't. Chrome is a notorious battery hog. I just read an article where Google is introducing new features to make it more battery friendly, but the catch to that is these features kick in when the battery is below 20%. Your better option is to just not use Chrome, or only use it if you HAVE to. Also, if you have any antivirus or "cleaning" software that run in the background, then ditch them. Battery hogs and useless.

There is something in your screencap titled "SimMetalHost" and "SimRenderServer" that are at the top of the energy users, it seems. What are these for?