Battery and background tabs
Chrome draining your MacBook battery?
A warm laptop, a busy fan and fast battery drain can have several causes. Heavy background tabs are one possible contributor, especially in a long-running Chrome session.
Start with what is still loaded
Video pages, dashboards, documents and web apps can keep doing work after you switch away. X-Ray helps you spot the heavy background tabs that are easiest to pause.
Protect what must remain live
Use Always Awake for email, music, meetings and work dashboards. That lets you reduce other background activity without cutting off the sites you rely on.
Check the result honestly
A quieter fan or lower memory pressure can indicate improvement, but battery life also depends on screen brightness, extensions, video, network activity and the computer itself.