without doing any actual work on the machine. For example, with the machine on and safari open, but no one actually using it:ħ1% at 11:10 AM AND I reset the SMC and restarted the machine, even uninstalled a few non-apple programs just to see After getting it reconfigured, I noted IMMEDIATELY that the issue was still present. 10 days later I get it back (which, on a separate note, is an unacceptable amount of time to take a 'Pro' user's 2 month old machine away, showing a lack of understanding how small businesses use their equipment). Nothing made a difference.įinally, on 11/1 - exactly 2 months to the day that I bought it - I reluctantly scheduled and attended a Genius bar appointment where they told me 'indications are the battery has issues' and they took it 'for repairs'. Multiple Apple support calls, SMC resets, reinstall OS, etc. However, whenever I would take it with me to a client meeting it would be dead in 3-4 hours tops using Safari (against my wishes, but that's what I was told was 'most battery friendly') and maybe Powerpoint. I work a lot with the machine hooked up to monitors in a desktop config, so it was hard to spot because it was power regularly. New machine takes another day to get setup, but immediately the battery issue presents itself. To Apple's credit (I suppose), they recognized it as a 5-day old machine and gave me a new one. It started in one corner and within 30 minutes would cover the whole screen. On September 5th I returned it due to the screen turning an electric blue color everywhere black was previously. I bought a brand new 2018 MBP 15' i9, 32gb ram, 1tb SSD, Radeon GPU, on September 1st. I know this thread is a bit old, but I wanted to share my experience as it's basically turned me off the MBP.

Macbook pro 2018 battery replacement