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Higher Battery Drain with Firefox
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Higher Battery Drain with Firefox
For the past few days, I have noticed that instead of the usual 10 - 14 hours battery that I usually have, my battery has plummeted to almost 3 - 4 hrs per charge as I noticed huge battery drain from the Firefox browser. I only have 2 - 3 tabs open on my Firefox tab with only 2 extensions downloaded: an Ad Blocker and an Auto Discard Extension. My browser is arm based and not intel, and I have not installed any intel based apps at all. I was wondering if others could help me with my battery problem. Thank you.
Audit13
macrumors 603
Apr 19, 2017
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Does battery life improve when using Safari instead of Firefox?
We're you getting 10+ hours with Firefox in the past? Any system changes such as app or os updates in the past few days?
We're you getting 10+ hours with Firefox in the past? Any system changes such as app or os updates in the past few days?
Yes, previously I was able to continuous use Firefox for a couple of hours without the battery suddenly draining. I have not updated my MacBook Air a few months ago. My macOS version is 11.4 but all of the sudden my battery keeps draining. I have no apps installed from the web except Firefox and BetterSnapTool.Does battery life improve when using Safari instead of Firefox?
We're you getting 10+ hours with Firefox in the past? Any system changes such as app or os updates in the past few days?
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quaresma
macrumors regular
Jan 20, 2013
Try Brave. For me it’s been the best battery wise
TinyMito
macrumors 6502
Nov 1, 2021
Yeah, Firefox 100 here - I have been testing between Safari / Edge as well. Firefox just drain super fast. No video no music running just website tabs like this website, reddit and a total of 4 tabs opened this morning. I have also gone to shower and left it on.
In the graph below, you can see how it drops rapidly with Firefox running only.
At some point yesterday, Firefox was running my M1 Pro at 60-70%. I had to restart it.
In the graph below, you can see how it drops rapidly with Firefox running only.
At some point yesterday, Firefox was running my M1 Pro at 60-70%. I had to restart it.
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