Hi Folks!
I have noticed recently that the battery on my MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) was draining quite rapidly. After investigation, it turned out that Apple Notes was using significant amount of energy at 60%+ continuously.
I would appreciate any thought on how I could remedy this. For now I just have to remember to quit Notes.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1
After chatting with Apple support - the problem seems to be related to one (or both) of the 2 non-iCloud accounts that I have set up for Notes. After disabling Notes sync, Notes is now no longer hogging energy!!
Thanks to all of you who offered suggestions.
After chatting with Apple support - the problem seems to be related to one (or both) of the 2 non-iCloud accounts that I have set up for Notes. After disabling Notes sync, Notes is now no longer hogging energy!!
Thanks to all of you who offered suggestions.
Hi madmac88,
Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Communities. We understand Notes appears to be using a large number of available resources and draining your battery.
Have you recently signed in to iCloud or another email account, and begun syncing your notes? Notes could be attempting to sync your data to iCloud.
You'll also want to review the resources below to help keep up with your battery usage.
It would also be a great idea to reset your PRAM and check for the same behavior in safe mode. Here's how:
Cheers!
Try in System Preferences >> Internet Accounts >> iCloud and untick Notes from iCloud. Restart computer and same route but Enable Notes. Hope it will jar the sync and stop the high energy usage.
I just opened a case with Apple Support to get into this issue. I suspect that there is a software bug that is causing Notes to eat up CPU constantly processing and reprocessing Notes data from its local storage.
Hey there madmac88,
If you're still experiencing the same issue, you may want to Contact Apple Support for more help.
Have a good one!
Thanks for the suggestions. I tried both Safe Boot and zapping PRAM and still have the same issue.
I have used iCloud to sync between my Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Macbook) for the past few years and this is the first time I have seen this problem on my Macbook.
Alas, the problem came back again, and I only have Apple Notes with iCloud sync. For now I will just have to remember to quit Notes to preserve battery life.
As I get the time to investigate further, I will post more updates.
This problem is still ongoing. Notes currently has an "energy impact" of 63.4 in Activity Monitor as shown below. I submitted a support incident to Apple but got nowhere with their team. I also submitted a bug report to the developers. Hopefully someone is being assigned this obvious bug.
Good idea. I tried it and Notes still drains battery at 60+ after all notes are re-sync'd from iCloud.
Thanx for giving the update - good to know for others effected
this is happening to me as well and my notes have already long since stopped synching by now. Any fix back from support yet?
Did you get this resolved? I have the same issue: It is draining my battery and the fan is at maximum....
I should say, this is on an M1 MacBook Air running Big Sur 11.1.
I submitted a Feedback bug report too. I am using an Intel MacBook Pro. I hope it gets resolved soon.
Apple Notes is using significant energy on Mac (Big Sur 11.1)
