Early 2016 MacBook 12" (1.3GHz, 8GB mem, M7, 512GB SSD)
The Low Power Mode option is nowhere to be found after upgrading to Monterey. All else seems to be there and work, and tried restarting. But that setting is simply not there.
MacBook, macOS 12.0
I tried booting in safe mode, SMC and PRAM reset.
This low power mode feature is obviously not available on the MacBook early 2016, although the support is clearly confirmed on Apple's Monterey page (https://www.apple.com/macos/monterey/, see foot note 13).
Despite what it says on the macOS Monterey page, I suspect Low Power Mode may not be available on your MacBook. It is on my M1 MacBook Air. You could try resetting the SMC.
https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/How_to_reset_the_SMC_on_a_Mac
Hey there yyj_jay,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. We understand that you're not seeing Low Power Mode as an available option on your MacBook (Early 2016) after installing macOS Monterey. Is that correct?
That's great troubleshooting you've done so far. Let's have you try a couple other troubleshooting steps. One would be to start up in safe mode. After you're in safe mode, restart the Mac to see if the option is available.
Our other suggestion is to test this in a new user account. We'll also include steps to do this.
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Yes, seems like an oversight from them to state it’s available on 2016 MB 12”. Either that or the OS update left it out for these models by accident.
I’m not going to bother contacting Apple support as they will have me go through a bunch of steps and even reinstall OS, which I’m not willing to spend the time on, nor do I think will solve anything.
Hopefully they update their documentation to revise the eligible models or release a patch.
Nothing works, and looks like we will see other owners (per below) of these models crop up with this missing feature.
I generally realized that the power / heat management on the 12" MacBook became much better in Monterey compared to previous macOS versions. The MacBook stays cooler and seems to throttle the CPU less frequently than it did before. This makes it more responsive and much better usable for standard tasks like web browsing. More complicated web sites that consume more resources could slow down the MacBook to almost standstill in Big Sur. This issue seems to be gone in Monterey.
Hey, just apple support about this issue. I dont know what kind of sorcery is this, but after I asked them the Mac OS Monterey page says LPM only support MBP and MBA like the picture below. This means 2017 MacBook also doesnt support it.
Well its glad to know there is no support on 2016 Macbook, so we wont have to be curious anymore.
Low Power Mode not appearing
