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MAC DISABLE TURBO BOOST SWITCHER FOR FREE
MAC DISABLE TURBO BOOST SWITCHER BLUETOOTH
MAC DISABLE TURBO BOOST SWITCHER MAC

There’s an app called Endurance on SetApp that seems to control turbo boost and more, but as I have these already I haven’t tried it. When Apple controls its own chips I expect this to become obsolete, but currently I find it helps battery life to turn off turbo. Just go to System Preferences -> Security and Privacy and click allow after trying to disable Turbo Boost for first time.

MAC DISABLE TURBO BOOST SWITCHER MAC

My primary thing here is it means my Mac runs cooler for lap use, but it also helps battery. Turbo Boost Switcher: allows me to stop the Mac using turbo boost. It’s a bit finicky on a newer OS (settings don’t always stick correctly) but I’ve used it for over a year and it’s fine. Graphic works fine like this still and battery life makes a massive improvement. GfxCardStatus: allows me to force my Mac to use the low performance gpu. I don’t actually use any particular energy saving routines except closing the lid frequently (touch id is great here), but I have found these 2 apps:

MAC DISABLE TURBO BOOST SWITCHER FOR FREE

The app is available for free although if you want to support you can also get a PRO version including cool extra features like auto disabling and more. This way you can get up to a 25 more battery time, while cooling your CPU and reducing fans noise. I’ve been fighting the same battle recently, with the additional challenge of using the app Graphic that forces the high performance GPU into use and kills battery life. Turbo Boost Switcher is a little mac app to disable Turbo Boost. And I’m also told that Chromebooks can easily get 10+ hours of battery life without having to do any tricks at all.

MAC DISABLE TURBO BOOST SWITCHER BLUETOOTH

For me, that’s Google Chrome and Microsoft Teams.īy taking these four measures, I was able to get about nine hours’ usage out of my MacBook Pro on Monday.ĭo you have any tricks for getting more out of a laptop battery? I’m told shutting off Bluetooth helps, but in practice I haven’t found it to matter much.

Use Activity Monitor to find which apps are using the most energy and shut them down.I close the lid if I think it’s going to be a while, and for short periods I have a hot corner set up to shut off the screen when I move the mouse to the bottom right corner. Disables Turbo Boost when battery level goes below a configurable setting Increase the battery time 25 and lower down CPU temp up to 25C Enables you to disable Turbo Boost when charger is disconnected Choose Turbo Boost enabled default mode (On or Off) Technical Details of Turbo Boost Switcher Pro 2.9.

When I’m not typing, I shut the screen off manually.

That’s one or two ticks up from completely dark.

Likewise, dim the screen as far as I can still read it.

In practice, I end up turning it on again briefly if I need to check something, then turning it right off again. None of these are particularly brilliant, but they’re very helpful: I’ve picked up a few tricks for making the battery last longer. My job often requires me to work for many hours at an unplugged laptop.