Windows
- Enable battery saver mode.
Go to the search bar and type “Battery” and click “Battery saver settings”. In this tab you can adjust all necessary settings to ensure maximum battery life.
Using the slider, ensure battery saver mode triggers once your device reaches 50% or lower. Using battery saver all the time is also possible, however you lose some performance and features.
2. Lower your brightness for more battery life. Also consider using a dark background, and “dark mode”.
Also consider using a dark background, and “dark mode”.
To enable dark mode. Type “dark mode” into the search bar, and select “Turn on dark mode for apps”. Dark mode is not suitable for everyone, if you prefer light mode, use it, but consider lowering the brightness slightly.
3. Change your power and sleep settings. Ensure you computer is going to sleep as frequently as possible when not in use.
Also turning off the network connection during sleep will prolong battery life.
4. Turn off startup apps. Search for “Startup apps” in the search bar. It’s important to turn off the apps you will not use during your school day. Especially high impact apps. Apps such as Steam, Skype, Spotify etc.
Mac
Change Energy Saver settings
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Energy Saver.
1. Automatic graphics switching
Allow your Mac to automatically use its lower-power graphics chip for low-intensity tasks such as text editing.
2. Computer sleep
Set how long your Mac must be idle before it automatically goes to sleep.
3. Display sleep
Set how long your Mac must be idle before it automatically stops the video signal to the display and puts the display to sleep, causing it to become dark or turn off. If the display has a power indicator, it might show that the display is in low-power mode.
4. Enable Power Nap
Allow your Mac to perform certain tasks while sleeping, such checking email, receiving Calendar updates, updating software, or making Time Machine backups. This uses more energy than when
your Mac is fully asleep, but less energy than when it's awake.
5. Optimize video streaming while on battery power
When playing high dynamic range (HDR) video while on battery power, play the video in standard dynamic range (SDR), which uses less energy.
6. Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off.
7. Prevent your Mac from sleeping when the display is turned off or goes to sleep.
8. Put hard disks to sleep when possible
Allow the motor of a traditional hard disk to turn off after a period of inactivity. This doesn't affect solid-state drives (SSDs), which have no moving parts. If using a traditional disk with certain pro media apps or other apps that prefer uninterrupted access to the disk, you might want to deselect this setting.
9. Schedule
Set a daily schedule for putting your Mac to sleep or turning it off or on.
10. Shutdown options
Set your Mac to shut down based on conditions that apply when your Mac is drawing power from an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
11. Slightly dim the display while on battery power
Allow your Mac to save energy by slightly reducing the brightness of the display while on battery power.
12. Wake for network access
Allow your Mac to automatically wake when another device accesses its shared resources, such as shared printers or Music playlists. Some of these tasks might prevent the computer from sleeping when idle.
You can also save energy by adjusting your display’s brightness and the brightness of your backlit keyboard.