MB Pro Retina 13' 2013 bad battery life after replacement

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Hi,

my Macbook Pro Retina 13' Early 2013 had terrible battery life, about 10 minutes of web browsing and it would die if it reached 60% or so instantly. It also overheated a lot (playing simple web game moomoo.io and CPU temperature spiked to around 100 °C). So I took it to service to get battery replaced and Macbook cleaned and to reapply thermal paste). The battery life improved, but still it's about 1-2 hours of web browsing and thermal issues are still present. Does anyone know what could cause this? Is it motherboard related or something?

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A warm welcome to our Forums. Thank you for your post.

May I ask one important question? Who carried out the battery replacement and other repairs?

Was it Apple itself or a fully Authorised Apple Service Centre? Or was it just someone who says the repair Macs?

It’s important to be sure that the new battery is Apple approved for example, not any new battery lying around. Ditto the standard of repair which should have the Apple guarantee.

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If you have upgraded the Apple OS on your Mac Book, it will be pushed hard and i expect your battery life will not improve any better.
I just plug mine into AC when i use it and that is not often.
 

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If you have upgraded the Apple OS on your Mac Book, it will be pushed hard and i expect your battery life will not improve any better.
I just plug mine into AC when i use it and that is not often.

What does that even mean?

While plugging your MBP to mains power when you aren't mobile is great, but buying a mobile computer means you want to have the luxury of being mobile if you choose to and only charging up when the battery runs low. The MBP battery is designed to run for about 8 hours with "normal" usage and if you aren't getting that, then the first thing to replace is the battery (with a quality battery).

The CPU issues are separate from battery life. Any amount of exercising the CPU (games will do it) will cause heat with the fans should kick in to dissipate quickly. 100 degC is entering thermal shutdown range and should be addressed.
 
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What does that even mean?

While plugging your MBP to mains power when you aren't mobile is great, but buying a mobile computer means you want to have the luxury of being mobile if you choose to and only charging up when the battery runs low. The MBP battery is designed to run for about 8 hours with "normal" usage and if you aren't getting that, then the first thing to replace is the battery (with a quality battery).

The CPU issues are separate from battery life. Any amount of exercising the CPU (games will do it) will cause heat with the fans should kick in to dissipate quickly. 100 degC is entering thermal shutdown range and should be addressed.

What my post "means" is his Macbook was bought a long time ago as was mine, today running the new OS it's old outdated processor is just maxed out, so it's needing all the battery can supply all the time.

Want a lot of run time it's time to get a new Mac.
 

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What my post "means" is his Macbook was bought a long time ago as was mine, today running the new OS it's old outdated processor is just maxed out, so it's needing all the battery can supply all the time.

Want a lot of run time it's time to get a new Mac.

Not even remotely accurate on how computers work. The CPU is NOT a part that wears down like a lever or hinge. My 2013 Macbook Air is running macOS High Sierra just as well as it ran Lion or whatever it came with when I bought it. It doesn't get any hotter or run any shorter than it did before.

My 2009 iMac with a REALLY old processor runs macOS High Sierra just as well as it did Leopard which is now a 10+ year old OS without any issues.
 
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Not even remotely accurate on how computers work. The CPU is NOT a part that wears down like a lever or hinge. My 2013 Macbook Air is running macOS High Sierra just as well as it ran Lion or whatever it came with when I bought it. It doesn't get any hotter or run any shorter than it did before.

My 2009 iMac with a REALLY old processor runs macOS High Sierra just as well as it did Leopard which is now a 10+ year old OS without any issues.

Wonderful now have a nice day.
 

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@penoxcz

If you're still there, can you answer the questions from Post#2 please.

Ashwin's replies to the other person will give you some idea of where we are heading, but a bit more info from you would help, please.:)

Ian
 

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