Loses large amt power while closed/asleep/.

Basically loses approximately 15% of battery charge while closed/asleep in an hour. Is some setting enabled that is causing this?

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 26, 2020 10:54 AM

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Posted on Apr 26, 2020 11:03 AM

If it's a setting, then you are likely the person making the setting, so check all your settings. However, the usual cause of this problem is a running process that has crashed, or runs throughout the time due to Energy Saver preferences. Check them out. Check for bad processes using Activity Monitor.


Using Activity Monitor


     Use Activity Monitor on your Mac

     Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime, affect performance, and increase heat and fan activity.

Using Activity Monitor Part 1- CPU and Memory

Using Activity Monitor Part 2- Energy, Disk, and Network


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Apr 26, 2020 11:03 AM in response to Malignantmole

If it's a setting, then you are likely the person making the setting, so check all your settings. However, the usual cause of this problem is a running process that has crashed, or runs throughout the time due to Energy Saver preferences. Check them out. Check for bad processes using Activity Monitor.


Using Activity Monitor


     Use Activity Monitor on your Mac

     Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime, affect performance, and increase heat and fan activity.

Using Activity Monitor Part 1- CPU and Memory

Using Activity Monitor Part 2- Energy, Disk, and Network


Apr 26, 2020 11:07 AM in response to Malignantmole

Hello!


Start Activity Monitor (/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app), select Energy tab and you will see application list. Sort this list by Energy Impact (second column) and perhaps you will get an answer.

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