Is anyone else having issues with notability causing your macbook to overheat and drain the battery after updating to MacOs Catalina? I already submitted a request to notability to look at this but I just wanted to see if it was an isolated problem on my end or if other people are having this issue as well.
MacBook Pro Retina
Finally got a reply from Notability! Here's what they said:
"Thanks for getting in touch and sorry for the trouble! We recently introduced Document Scanning which may take more effort than usual, while your previous images index, so it may drain the battery faster than normal and make your device warm. Once all of your images have been processed, though, things should return to normal.
Please let us know if things haven't settled down, and we can investigate further."
Soo considering I have 700 lectures on notability, I got a feeling this is gonna take a while. I think I might just plug in my macbook overnight and let it run its course (probably gonna have to pop open my window to help keep it cool). I think I'll give it a shot tonight and let u know how it is tomorrow. Really hoping that this is the solution...
I upgraded to macOS Catalina about a week ago and my battery keep draining rapidly. The underside of the computer gets very hot at times. I am not doing anything different from what I was doing in macOS Mojave. How can I stop the rapid discharge. I am charging at least twice a day.
I have a 2015 Macbook Pro and it used to last 7 to 8 hours. Then I upgraded to Catalina and the next time I used it I got maybe 2 1/2 hours, it runs hot. Activity monitor doesn't tell me much is abnormal. If this is what Apple does, I am going to move back over to IBM computers again. I loved my Mac, but now I am very disappointed for the first time in years with Mac. I really want to go back to the previous ios I had.
Even if you give it some days until all processes are optimised, it's not back to normal?
I am still on HS, I didn't update yet not even to Mojave. But this bugs me, what will be the next OS I will be able to install without being afraid that my battery will die?
Glad to know I'm not alone. Thanks for the info too! I was thinking about going to the apple store too so thank you for saving me the trip!
Me too!! My 2019 MacBook Air is only months old and since installing Catalina, the battery is draining with lightning speed. APPLE PLEASE HELP US!!!
I'm having the same issue. And also if I sue side car connected to energy the battery raise down
Same issue with battery life. whats going on ?
after Catalina update battery drains so fast. HELP!
Hi,
Thanks for the reply :)
i did that for 4 days straight now! i bought this 3 months ago and still my battery is draining super fast now.
After catalina update.
can i downgrade to previous OS ?
Can apple respond on this issue, the battery issue is impacting everyone. I am so regret to update to Catalina. Is there a way go back/?
I am having the same problem. My MBP15 2018 also shut down unexpectedly. (System Crash).
Also the App seems to crash randomly.
I didn’t experience any battery life issues with Mojave. Just really bad on Catalina.
Fake news man. As a coder, what they say by index makes no sense. That’s fake news man.
As a non-coder, I dont care what they mean by index or not. As long as my computer is back to normal, I'm happy
Thoughts: Is it worth spending more hours to wipe my computers clean and reinstall Catalina + apps, files, etc OR is there hope that developers will release a fix to this problem?
Idk but the longer you stay on your computer using it with these issues the more your computer is at risk to be damaged.
MacOs Catalina and Notability Issues
