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Hi Community,
Is anyone else having issues with their battery life on their MacBook Pros (I have a mid-2014 machine)? I am also having issues with the laptop getting very hot resulting in the fan almost constantly being on. These issues were only experienced after the Big Sur update :(
Please can someone assist with a resolution to this? I would love to roll back to the previous version of Mac OS but I am not sure how to?
Thanks
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1
Hi,
Resetting SMC could solve the issue.
How to reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support
If it doesn't work, try to run Apple Diagnostics if it reports something related battery(PPT001 to PPT007).
Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support
Hi,
Resetting SMC could solve the issue.
How to reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support
If it doesn't work, try to run Apple Diagnostics if it reports something related battery(PPT001 to PPT007).
Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support
Thank you kaz-k.
I have reset the SMC and ran the diagnostics tool (which mentioned a problem with the magsafe but that was not connected at the time.
The fan is still running high and the laptop is very hot. I will monitor it though as I believe it could still be hot from me conducting the tests.
No luck :(
The laptop runs very hot and the fan just never seems to go off. The battery life has decreased considerably as well.
I feel like this was a ploy by Apple to force upgrades like what they did with their phones. Makes me think twice about upgrading now.
Big Sur Battery Effect
