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Apple’s 10.12.2 update does not address MacBook Pro battery life, but yours could still improve

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<p>With <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/07/2016-macbook-pro-battery-life-complaints/" target="_blank">continued concern[/url] about the battery life of the 2016 <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/macbook-pro/" target="_blank">MacBook Pro[/url] models, ArsTechnica has written a short piece outlining some of the obvious and less obvious reasons many users are experiencing as little as <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/15/2016-macbook-pro-battery-life-estimates/" target="_blank">half the usage time[/url] claimed by Apple.</p>
<p>There have been anecdotal reports of battery life being improved by the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/13/macos-10-12-2-now-available/" target="_blank">10.12.2 update[/url] (<a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/13/hands-on-with-macos-10-12-2-video/" target="_blank">hands-on video[/url]), but the site reports that Apple ‘told us repeatedly and emphatically that it had taken no specific steps to improve MacBook Pro battery life in this update.’ There is, the piece suggests, a likely explanation for these reports … <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/16/2016-macbook-pro-battery-life-issues/#more-459097" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p>
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