Apple Music Draining Battery with Background Acitvity

I believe I found a solution- open Music, in the menu bar select Account and if you are signed in, simply sign out. This will disconnect the Music program from iCloud synching which in turn will stop the computer from connecting to your phone (even when the program is not in use) to try and synch in the background. Once I did this, Music is no longer constantly connecting the Mac and the phone, and the battery stopped draining. When I want to use Music I simply sign in to my account to have access to all my music on iTunes etc.

Hi Shabooms13,

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. We understand that you're experiencing battery drain after updating to iOS 14.8. This is expected behavior for your battery within the first few days after updating your device. You can turn off BackGround App Refresh in Settings > General > Background App Refresh. Please also see tips on how to Maximizing Battery Life and Lifespan here.

Kind regards.

Hi All!,

I had indeed the same problem with my iPhone XR, and even on my new iPhone 13. I searched on the internet and tried several solutions available, but without results. The solution I found will surprise you.

In my case, I realized that the problem was caused by my MacBook Pro. Yes, you read that right, my MacBook Pro! The Music application on my MacBook Pro was constantly communicating with my iPhone 13.

The solution I found was to eject the iPhone in question from the Music application. You can see this iPhone, or other IOS devices in the left section of the Music application. You need to perform this operation using your cable connected to your computer. I also had to delete my music on my iPhone in order to be able to eject my iPhone from the Music application permanently. I then reinstalled the music on my iPhone and had to eject my iPhone from the Music application again without any problem. You must also disable the automatic WIFI synchronization via the Finder and not make the iPhone appear in the Finder.

Now I have no problem using the Music app on my iPhone in the background. It is very important that your iPhone is not visible to the Music application.

Is this a normal behavior of the Music application or is it an IOS problem following an update? I can't answer...

Andre

I have been having this problem too, on a 9.7" iPad Pro (1st gen, ~6 years old now). Turning off background app refresh for the Music app did not fix the problem. As I no longer use Music on the iPad, I ended up just deleting the app and that seems to have fixed the problem for me. I realize that is not a great solution for most people. Would be great to get an iOS, iPadOS fix...

Is your iPhone trusted by a computer you have nearby? The way I have solved this issue is by disabling Wifi sync and not show my iPhone in my Finder when on Wifi (on my Mac).

Hi,

I had exactly the same problem as all of you.

You just have to follow the instructions I have given above in the thread.

The important thing is that your iPhone is disconnected from the music application on your Mac Book. Now, my problem is solved. The music application is no longer draining my iPhone battery.

Andre

Im having that same issue and since I normally keep my phone on low power mode the background app refresh is already disabled. The music app drains 30% of my battery in less than hour. This is also after the most recent update 15.0.1

Following up on previous posts. I have now disabled 'Find My iPhone', and am running my phone permanently in Low Power Mode. The App Store was the third culprit of battery drain after Find My iPhone.

My phone was literally fine until last week when all these Apple apps began marching my battery to death. Since I have not recently made any changes to my phone, nor installed any OS updates, there is no excuse for this save negligence or intentional planned obsolescence.

I may do a full wipe on my phone, which wastes my time, to see if that helps. The idea of tossing a phone I paid close to 2K on over Apple-caused battery drain on an Apple device isn't a good look. If this is the future of the iPhone, my next phone will not be an Apple device.

I just noticed the same issue after my phone battery died, Apple Music eating my battery life. I never use Apple Music though, and never connect my iPhone to my Mac. Regardless, I checked on my MacBook and my phone is not connected/mounted.

This sounds like one of the planned obsolescence 'bugs' that magically appear on older phones to force users to move to newer versions....There's literally no reason for an app I never use to refresh anything, period.

For the record I have verified:

• No Background App refresh
• No Location Services
• No iPhone connected to Apple Music
• No usage of Apple Music (MacBook or iPhone) whatsoever
• No connection to cars/etc.

I found a solution as well, I deleted the Music app entirely, which I didn't know was possible until I tried.

However, now see that the 'Find My' app is also eating battery, and not sure I want to delete that.

I got the same issue. The music app is draining my battery while I’m in my car (which has no Apple compatibility, only a normal Bluetooth carkit). I’m on iOS 15.1.1.

Any solutions?

I'm trying this now. I have a brand new Apple replacement battery in my iPhone 7P and this issue disappeared and then reappeared after I started using my MacBook Pro to charge the phone.

Apple need to fix this.

Same thing has been happening to my iPhone 7. Thanks to you, I discovered it was connected in the background to my desktop iMac which must have been causing the drain even though the mac was asleep (I think... never can really tell). I ejected the phone and hope that stops the drain on the battery!

I don't think that Apple will look closely at these case, but I queue in with the problem.

I see constantly battery drain from Music-App, even not used for weeks.

But also the Find-My App seems to suck the battery badly, if looking in the iOS Settings -> Battery

iPhone 12 mini and iPad mini 6. - Glad that I didn't paid for these devices. iOS quality going downhill, not just from this point of view.

I love iTunes but probably will not continue my subscription once the free trial ends. iTunes drains my iPhone battery fast! Please fix. Pandora does not take my battery like iTunes

thank you

Tammatha Narula

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