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[nicc]

What about users that reported bad battery life?

[rbanffy → nicc]

Migrating to a new Mac puts some stress on battery while everything is indexed for Spotlight or backed up to a Time Capsule. That's why Macs will tend to have bad battery life in their first few days.

[nicc → rbanffy]

Meh.

Doesn't everyone just restores from a previous backup? Why would one start from scratch?

Most importsntly, I doubt a developer wouldn't see there's a process draining the battery.