Compared to many other laptops, Macs have longer battery life because they run an optimized operating system. If you’ve been using your Mac for a while, you may have noticed that you can work on it for hours without worrying about running out of battery.
To extend battery life even further, you can modify some settings on your Mac. This will give you an extra few minutes or even hours of extended battery life on your machine.
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first. Adjust screen brightness
Your Mac’s display is one of the most battery-hungry elements on your machine. Therefore, you should ensure that the brightness of your screen is properly optimized.
Enter System Preferences and click Display. Drag the slider to the left a bit and see if you can see everything on your screen. Keep doing that until you find a balance.
You can also let your Mac adjust it automatically for you by turning it on Automatically adjust brightness right to buy.
2. Exit running applications
If you are a multi-tasker, you probably have multiple applications running at the same time. Many times you may not be able to use all running applications. Killing those unused apps will help save your battery.
Close apps you don’t use and you’ll give your Mac some extra battery life.
3. Turn off keyboard backlight
You may not want to use the backlight on your keyboard during the day. Or you can turn on the option to automatically turn off the keyboard backlight after a certain time.
Enter System Preferences and choose Keyboard. Activated Turn off the back keyboard backlight TIME inactive. TIME can be specified manually.
4. Turn off Location Services
Unless you’re working on specific apps that require access to your location, chances are you won’t want to use location services on your Mac. Turning them off will save battery life.
Open System Preferences and choose Security & Privacy. Click Privacy tab and uncheck Turn on Location Services right to buy. Remember though this will turn off “Find my Mac”.
5. Turn off WiFi and Bluetooth when not in use
If your Mac is connected to the Internet via cable, you can turn off the WiFi option. You can also turn off Bluetooth until needed. This saves a lot of battery.
Click the WiFi icon in your menu bar and select Turn off Wi-Fi.
Click the Bluetooth icon and select Turn off Bluetooth.
6. Unplug unused devices
As long as a device remains connected to your Mac, that device uses power from your machine, draining your battery. If you’re not using these devices, you should unplug them from your Mac.
That way, your Mac won’t have to power your devices, and you’ll save battery.
7. Use an energy-saving web browser
Some browsers are known to be resource-hungry and they eat up your battery quite quickly. So go and use an easy-to-use browser on your Mac.
Safari is pretty good with this and it takes up less resources and battery for your web sessions.
8. Time machine shutdown
Time Machine automatically backs up your Mac to a connected hard disk. This backup procedure usually uses a lot of your battery. If you do not require a backup of your machine, you can disable this feature.
To do so, click the Time Machine icon in the menu bar and select Time Machine option open. Unchecked Automatic backup on the following screen.
9. Use Incognito Mode in the Browser
Normal tabs in your browser load your cache as well as many other types of files when you launch a website. Incognito tab doesn’t do that and so it consumes less battery.
Try to use incognito modes for your browsing sessions whenever possible to save your Mac’s battery.
ten. Turn Off Spotlight Search
By default, Spotlight searches for files in all locations on your machine. However, if there are folders that you don’t want included in your search results, you can exclude them and this will help Spotlight consume less battery.
Launch System Preferences and click Spark. Access Privacy and add to the directories excluded from the search.
11. Turn off notifications
Each notification sent to you consumes some battery, and you can turn off these notifications if you don’t want to.
Click the notification icon in the upper right corner of the screen. Swipe down on the following screen to open the options you want. Then disable Do not disturb right to buy. You will not receive any notifications until this option is turned off.
twelfth. Update OS version
Older versions of macOS may not be as energy efficient as newer versions. Therefore, make sure that your Mac is always up to date with the latest operating system versions.
Click the Apple icon in the upper left corner and select About this Mac. Click Software updates on the following screen to update your Mac.
13. Sound off
Some apps and websites play sounds even if you don’t want to hear them. These sounds drain your battery.
Mute these sounds will help you both get rid of that annoyance and help save battery. Press the mute key on your keyboard to mute the sound.
14. Using Dark Mode
Dark mode makes the screen easier to see and also saves battery life. However, this option is only available in macOS Mojave and later.
Open System Preferences and click Shared. Option Dark are from Appearance and you are ready.
15. Configure energy saving features
Your Mac has built-in power-saving tools to help you perform various tasks that help conserve battery life.
This feature can be accessed from System Preferences > Energy Saver. Once you’re there, just turn on the options you’re comfortable with and you’ll extend your battery life.
Inference
Extending your Mac’s battery life doesn’t mean diminishing its appearance and features. With a few tweaks here and there, you can easily get a few more hours of battery life on your Mac.
