Apple Removes 'Time Remaining' Battery Life Estimates From macOS

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Posted December 13, 2016 at 6:41pm by Shalom Levytam

Apple has removed 'time remaining' battery life estimates for MacBook users with the release of macOS Sierra 10.12.2.

According to a 9to5Mac report, the battery life estimates have been removed because they are no longer accurate.

Our understanding is the reason is due to how the latest low-power processors work in addition to relatively newly introduced iCloud syncing features in macOS Sierra. The inaccurate ‘time remaining’ predictions were unable to keep up with or provide accurate information for users on the newest machines. Apple investigated the battery life complaints extensively over the last couple of weeks and came to the conclusion that batteries in the new MacBook Pros are behaving as expected, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

Will this be a feature you miss? Were your time remaining estimates accurate? Let us know in the comments.

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Apple Removes 'Time Remaining' Battery Life Estimates From macOS

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drigomarki - December 14, 2016 at 6:49pm

LOL, beginning of the end as smart people would say. It all went down the toilet once Jailbreak scene was killed. Coincidence ? I don't think so. Well, who will suffer? Not consumers, but rather Apple employees first, once layoff hits the company. Users will move on to another platforms (M$, Google, etc.). Am I happy about it? No, but you have to do what you have to do, smart users would say.

Roberto Mihalic - December 14, 2016 at 2:52pm

i still got it

Captain Japan - December 14, 2016 at 11:59am

Remove it if you can't fix it, eh?? Very sad.

JDP - December 14, 2016 at 5:51am

Why apple behaving like this? Removed a Logo with Light, Battery remaining life, these are the benchmark of Apple, Strange!

Cyling Asia - December 14, 2016 at 2:11am

Time remaining is just as useful as the estimated distance you can drive with the fuel remaining in your car's tank. It allows you to make any adjustments necessary if you need your fuel to last longer (you're watching a movie, you drop the brightness a bit). With this removed, the user is now doing the calculations in their head. This is an unfortunate decision for Apple users.

Elevator - December 13, 2016 at 10:18pm

Apple removed that function because they don't want people to see the poor battery life. Take care Apple, the customers are watching. Look at all the Mac users who are switching to the Surface Pro; that's just the beginning.

Moiraobrien - December 13, 2016 at 6:57pm

I don't rely heavily on the remaining time indicated, but I certainly use it as an indicator of how much longer I have until I have to plug in. I will miss it.

Joelmac - December 13, 2016 at 6:48pm

Kudos to Apple. Someday they'll sell just a keyboard and call it a computer. Their 2016 lineup of MacBook Pros have slimmer batteries and thus shorter battery life. So what do they do? They remove the timer! I originally bought a Mac because of the battery life.

iH85CH001 - December 13, 2016 at 6:47pm

Just another reason I am still on Mountain Lion. It was the best OS. Everything past that honestly is difficult. I'm being forced to update to Mavericks because of compatibility issues, it will never be the same again. It will be greatly missed. As for these new OS updates, they are disappointing.