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Incorrect battery life on MacBookPro
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feldmeth
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Jul 31, 2006, 11:15 AM
 
Anyone else had this occur? MacBookPro shows lots of time left on the battery (40 m. to 1 hr), goes to sleep, then shuts down. On restart, battery indicator shows much less battery left (10 m., e.g.). Other than running very hot compared to previous laptops, no problems. Any clues?

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Jul 31, 2006, 11:21 AM
 
Check this out, your battery may be one of the defective ones.
     
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Jul 31, 2006, 11:48 AM
 
Or check this out: https://support.apple.com/macbookpro15/batteryexchange/

Edit: Sorry, wasn't away someone replied already.
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