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Boost your MacBook’s battery

The biggest power hogs

ost power–intensive processes are hardware related: Your laptop’s screen and speakers, wireless tech, and any connected hardware such as external drives. Also switch off your MacBook’s keyboard backlight when not needed (System Prefs > Keyboard). There are also background processes you may want to keep in check. These include Spotlight indexing (switch off by dragging your drive to the Privacy tab under System Prefs > Spotlight) and app notifications (disable all but the most essential). Your Mac will alert you to apps using lots of system resources,

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