MacBook Air: Power Management for Students
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MACBOOK AIR TIPS BETTER POWER MANAGEMENT
Turn Down the Screen Brightness
The backlight on the screen takes extra battery life - Use the F1 Key to reduce the brightness.
Keyboard Lights? This thing has keyboard lights?
Typing in the dark? Otherwise use the F5 to turn the keyboard lights off.
WIFI - POWER OVERWHELMING
WIFI Radio are always updating and refreshing. That takes a lot of power. When not in use, shut it off.
YouTube Blues
Video Rendering uses the WIFI Radio Graphics card and the CPU. Watching many
videos means a huge power drain
Use the Battery Settings
YOU can tweak the Power Settings to Turn Off monitors and hard-drives after a set time
Close the lid
This puts all functions into a sleep mode. Open the lid and the
system powers up in seconds.
Power Down
It takes 15 seconds to power up a MacBook Air. This is the ultimate in Battery Conservation