Peculiar Battery Drain on the OS X Mavericks...

[iCeborg]

I have a MacBook Air. Now, I have a tropical problem. The battery drains even AFTER I shut it down. I don't get this...I click on power off..but the next time I boot up, it has some amount of battery drained.

Like today, I started it after a long time, and it just won't boot, why? It's completely out of juice.

Any help?

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[Beyond Fire]

Sounds like a defective battery to me. Your battery should not drain so much even if the MBA was just in sleep mode. I would take it an Apple store to get checked out.

 

[iCeborg]

Sounds like a defective battery to me. Your battery should not drain so much even if the MBA was just in sleep mode. I would take it an Apple store to get checked out.

How do I contact Apple about it? I am in India, Mumbai.

 

[Just_Me_D]

How do I contact Apple about it? I am in India, Mumbai.

The information via the following link may be helpful to you.

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[iCeborg]

I actually observed it for a few days..and this is what I gathered: On Sunday, it was 96% when I shut it. Then I opened it today, Saturday, a week later, and it was 84%. After 5 days, it was about 12% down...don't think that's a problem. Is it?


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[iCeborg]

I don't think it's a problem. Mavericks has certain settings that can briefly wake the laptop up to do certain simple tasks like checking email. I believe you can turn that off it the energy preferences.
Now if you actually turned it off rather than just closing the lid, then I would say that's too much battery drain.

No..I absolutely shut it down..from the options on top left... also, I will look for that setting and see it if can shut it down..


Thanks for your reply...


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[iCeborg]

If it's actually powered off, then that setting doesn't apply. It only wakes itself up if it was sleeping, not if it was off.

Ah ok..no it was off..then I believe it's normal for a little battery to drain...12% in 5 days..


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