u/LifeReformatted

I just upgraded my late 2019 16 inch macbook pro. That machine was spec'd pretty well at the time and when i got it I was super impressed, the battery went forever and it ran cool all the time. Over time that changed. I finally was ready for an upgrade.

I found an open box M5 Pro Macbook Pro for a great price - I checked it out and it was in new condition, no cosmetic issues, within 60 days of original purchase, less than 5 charging cycles and battery health at 100%. I bought it.

I migrated everything except apps from my old macbook, so I could ensure everything was designed for apple silicon. I'm shocked at two things: this thing gets pretty warm from just regular use (like browsing) and the battery doesn't last long at all. As i write this I have chrome open (granted I have three windows and a bunch of tabs), vs code (no processes running), mail and messages. I'm at 55% battery with 3:35 remaining time after I switched to low power mode. Before that it was 2:20.

4 hours total battery life for a brand new machine that I'm just browsing on is crazy. Is this normal?

I just upgraded my 2019 intel MacBook Pro with an M5 mbp and I can’t wait to put it to use. I began setting it up today. I started by creating a log in in the new machine with my name and info but didn’t start the migration right away. I wasn’t sure at first if I wanted to use migration assistant or do a clean install. I decided to use MA for everything but my apps. Before the migration, I signed in with my Apple ID and it started populating my cloud info into my apps, like messages and email. However a lot of the info was missing.

Anyway, I ended up beginning the migration and strangely, for some reason my Apple ID profile got my avatar photo replaced with a panda, and now if I go into my phones reminders, I can’t set my home as a location trigger. When I pulled up my contact card on my phone, the addresses are no longer there.

Why did this happen and how can I fix it? Now I’m concerned that some other data is missing that I don’t know about also.