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2020 Macbook Pro 13" Battery Drain

2020 MacBook Pro 13" Four Thunderbolt.


I find that my computer battery drains very quickly even when I shutdown my laptop for the night.

Yesterday night 68%, this morning 24% ! Why ? Would anyone know?




MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 7, 2020 6:49 AM

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Posted on Oct 12, 2020 2:32 PM

Hello Seigoo.


Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We understand that your battery life is not as expected when your Mac is sleep. We are happy to help.


Apple has recently released a macOS update. Please use the step here to ensure you’re using the latest macOS update: How to update the software on your Mac - Apple Support


We recommend trying the steps here to see what is consuming energy: View energy consumption in Activity Monitor on Mac - Apple Support


Let us know the results.


Take care.

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Oct 12, 2020 2:32 PM in response to Seigoo

Hello Seigoo.


Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We understand that your battery life is not as expected when your Mac is sleep. We are happy to help.


Apple has recently released a macOS update. Please use the step here to ensure you’re using the latest macOS update: How to update the software on your Mac - Apple Support


We recommend trying the steps here to see what is consuming energy: View energy consumption in Activity Monitor on Mac - Apple Support


Let us know the results.


Take care.

Oct 13, 2020 8:21 AM in response to Seigoo

That computer is battery-CAPABLE device. It is not optimized as a battery-operated device.


Your computer performs best when connected to AC power. It can use the full output of the Power Adapter AND when doing especially challenging work will also freely "borrow" power from the battery. In some cases, the charged state may even decline during stressful work.


When used only on battery, your computer has no extra cushion of power, and will perform more slowly. However, for ordinary non-stressful tasks this may not be objectionable (possibly not even noticeable.)


In general, you should ALWAYS connect AC power when it is possible to do so, and only run on batteries (which will be somewhat slower) when no AC sources are at hand. There are three micro-controllers cooperating on battery and charging issues, and your Mac will NEVER over-charge.


An external power supply that provides "USB Power Delivery" (like certain displays) can not 'force itself' on your Mac. The Voltage and Current are delivered only after your Mac requests and the charger agrees to supply power under certain controlled conditions. The computer is in control of the entire process.


A charge cycle is ever-so-slightly destructive to batter longevity. When operating as designed (and not using Battery Health Management) battery charge level is allowed to decline to about 92 percent level before initiating a recharge cycle to top up to about 99 percent.


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Catalina software 10.15.5 for MacBook Pro with T2 chip (2016 models and later) includes a new feature called Battery Health Management. Based on your usage patterns, this widens the hysteresis to initiate a charge cycle at a lower level, and stop before 99 percent.


About battery health management in Mac notebooks - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211094


This relaxes the set points around re-charging (based on your usage patterns) and can improve long term battery lifetimes. When active, recharging may stop short of 100 percent charged.


2020 Macbook Pro 13" Battery Drain

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