My Macbook Pro 14 battery drains quickly after just one month !! I need some advices, please !

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My Macbook Pro 14 battery drains quickly after just one month !! I need some advices, please !

Hi everyone,

I bought a new MacBook Pro 14 on July 5, 2025. Initially, the battery life was great—I used it for 2 hours and only lost 5% of the charge.

Then, I read that it's best to keep the Mac plugged in and only use battery power occasionally to maintain its health. So, I started keeping it plugged in most of the time.

Now, when I use it on battery, it drains quickly—about 10% in just 30 minutes, only running some chrome tabs, FB Messenger.

Can you please advise me if my usage habits are causing this? Is it related to battery optimization and habit learning?

What steps can I take to keep my battery healthy?

Thank you!

Posted on Jul 30, 2025 10:06 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 30, 2025 11:47 AM in response to TimmyLe

TimmyLe wrote:

What steps can I take to keep my battery healthy?

About battery health management in Mac notebooks - Apple Support

Batteries - Maximizing Performance - Apple

The short version for Macs is when it's convenient to connect to AC power, do so. Run on battery only when you cannot connect to power. Otherwise, let the Mac take care of itself, it's good at that.

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Answer 2

Jul 30, 2025 10:47 AM in response to TimmyLe

that high usage is likely down to using Chrome.

Chrome is particularly resource-intensive because it installs Google which renders your Mac a full time information-harvesting and -uploading "bot" for Google's purposes. Those processes can't be turned off or disabled, even if you quit the Chrome browser. Even without knowing what else is installed on that Mac it is all but assured a multitude of Google's automatically updating virus-like processes are causing your Mac to work overtime.

Get rid of it. No one needs Chrome. Follow these removal instructions.

—senior contributor John Galt

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95319?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop#zippy=%2Cmac

https://chromeisbad.com/

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