![]() And get used to using what is already attached. First, if you are one who carries around a Bluetooth mouse or - heaven forbid - a Bluetooth keyboard, just stop. This will keep your Mac from connecting to the network entirely. Once you have removed all network services from the location, click Apply. Make sure that your location is set to the newly created "Disconnected" and start removing the default services that were assigned until no services exist. Label this location "Disconnected" and click Done. Create a new Location by first Editing Locations and clicking on the "+" to add a new location. From within System Preferences, select Network. It is actually a good idea to create a network "Location" that basically connects to nothing at all. If you don't need to be connected to the internet, be sure to turn off your Wi-Fi radio. These apps will be able to make an outbound connections just fine, so this setting will not render the apps completely useless.ĭisconnect from the network. This includes applications like iTunes, Dropbox, Messages, FaceTime and even Skype from receiving an incoming connection. This will prevent applications from waking up and performing work in the background and using precious battery. It's also a good idea to block all incoming connections. Your best energy-saving option is to have them all off by default.īlock incoming connections. Especially when you are out and about on public networks, there is no good reason to leave on your sharing services. From within the System Preferences open your Sharing settings, and see if there are any that are turned on that you no longer need. Either of these will turn off Flash and allow you to browse the internet Flash-free. But there are apps like FlashFrozen ($0.99, Mac) and FlashBlock ($0.99, Mac), which are both available in the Mac App Store. If you have it, unfortunately Adobe does not have a convenient kill switch for Flash in such situations. If you do not feel you need Flash, then do not install it in the first place. To do that, you need to set the Start After property to "never." This is located on the Screen Saver tab within the System Preferences for Desktop and Screen Saver. And since there is no screen saver on the Mac that consumes little to no energy, just turn the screen saver off entirely. After setting the Energy Saver back to the default settings, the screen will be turning itself off after just two minutes. This goes for the Keyboard preferences too: there is no point in having your Mac adjust the keyboard brightness in low light if you intend on keeping it turned off in the first place. In the System Preferences for the Display be sure that you do not allow your Mac to automatically adjust brightness. Keep the display on a setting as low as you can tolerate and turn the keyboard backlight off entirely if you can. The function keys on the keyboard are the best place to adjust the brightness of both. This includes dimming both the screen and keyboard lights. Do not enable power nap, as that will consume power even when you think your Mac is sleeping.ĭim all the lights. This should turn the Mac off after 10 minutes of no use, the display off after two minutes, allow the hard disk to sleep when possible, and slightly dim the display when on battery power. Make sure that the Battery settings are exposed and click on Restore Defaults. ![]() Open up the System Preferences and select Energy Saver. The first step you need to take to ensure that you are getting the most out of your battery as possible is to restore your Energy Saver setting to their default values. Furthermore, Apple even recommends charging and discharging your MacBook's battery at least once per month - it even has a calendar event to remind you. Apple does not recommend leaving your MacBook plugged in all the time. Calibrating your battery basically maximizes its full charge potential by first fully charging it, then fully draining it, and finally fully charging it again. coconutBattery has the same information, but will also upload your battery's statistics to its online service for comparison to other batteries in use by Macs similar to yours.Ĭalibrate your battery. An alternative utility is coconutBattery (donation, Mac). One is Battery Health (Free, Mac), which will tell you the original maximum capacity possible for your MacBook's battery, which you can compare that to the maximum capacity the battery is currently reaching. There are utilities that make gathering information about your battery's health much easier.
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