Battery draining in macOS Monterey - M1 MacBook Air

Monterey is a lot better than it was on my MacBook but it's strangely unpredictable; sometimes it's ok, other time's it isn't.

What is a laptop where you don't know how long the battery will last each day! I'll go back to Big Sur when I've got the time to do it.

I have exactly the same problem. Battery disappears almost as soon as the battery power connection is removed. Very frustrating. No one seems to know what is happening and more concerning Apple appear not to be addressing this??????????

I have facing the same issue as well, my M1 MacBook Air's battery was start draining since I upgraded to MacOS Monterey, Should I downgrade to macOS Big Sur or wait for apple to release the battery fixed version update?

Did you have any issue to power on your Mac when the battery drops to 0%. I left my laptop with 60% charge and the next day it didn't wake up. i charged it overnight and throughout the day and it is still dead.

I got tired of the battery drain on my MBA 2018, where it basically would never ever deep sleep. Pretty much a stock system with a few productivity apps. Nothing fancy. Intermittent use when on the road (infrequently). Regardless of operating system, and sleep settings, from when new or as upgraded all along; every time I pick up the system after a few days of being unplugged; it would be as dead as a laptop without a battery.

Now, looking towards the future and moving away from a primary desktop system, I bought a 16" M1 MacBook Pro. Monterey. I barely setup the system. Never unplugged it yet ... and ...

The battery drains while plugged into the wall and I have already used 3 battery cycles?

Just doing some basic software installs, email, light browsing, ... and nothing anywhere near the system can handle.

Okay, maybe the system will just prefer to be at 70-80%? Better for the long term, I can understand that.

But why not disclose that? Give a bit of information.

And maybe a setting or two?

Plus, how can I tell the system, hey, I'm going on a trip, get it charged to 100%.

I still cannot understand why Apple removed the granular control we had about sleep and hibernation.

Just stunning how something that worked fine two decades and a decade ago, with simple options, got neutered and dumbed down.

It's depressing (to use a generous word!). I was going to get an iPad Pro, thinking that it might just give me everything I need in one device, when travelling. But this unfixed trouble with the MacBook battery on Monterey got me thinking about a Surface Pro 8 as an alternative - and that is now sitting on my table waiting to be opened!

I set up as new initially, but it can’t hurt to give this a try. I’ll do a fresh install this weekend and report back - fingers crossed.

If it doesn’t work, I’ll post an update after the Genius Bar appointment.

I'm staying on Bug Sur, likely until it is no longer supported. Unfortunately, Apple has no desire to address this issue. The main reason I purchased my 2020 M1 MBP was the battery life, not gonna sacrifice that for a few features. I was initially hyped for Monterey and low power mode to squeeze out even more battery, but no such luck.

Further to my post on Jan 18th ... there hasn't been any improvement in the battery life and I have also noticed that the laptops heats up much more.

There is something else I have noticed as a documentary film editor, Premiere Pro is scrubbing through 4K footage like butter, this wasn't there before, the change was almost overnight after the upgrade to Monterey !

I am guessing the update traded off battery for performance.

Can someone with the Macbook Pro M1 (2020) try the macOS 12.2 to see if apple already addressed this problem? I read that some people with older macbooks (e.g. 2017) reported that the battery life improved in this version.

Since I updated to MacOS Monterey 12.2 last week, my battery drains from 100% to zero when i left it overnight. It would usually wakes from time to time. and in the morning, it's so warm even when there are NO apps is opened. Whats happening?! any fix on this? Im using Macbook pro 16in 2019.

Thanks for this. I certainly provides plausible explanation why turning off the services mentioned helps. I'm left with a machine (M1 13" Macbook Pro) that is far from bad on battery (now) but noticeably worse that it was using the OS it shipped with. Given that I bought it specifically because of the battery life, I'm (shall we say) disappointed!

I was planning to get an iPad Pro to go with it. But what seems to be complete silence from Apple on this problem made me change my mind. Instead, I got a Microsoft Surface Pro 8. And what I wasn't expecting, is that it feels snappier than my M1 Macbook Pro. Hmmm....

I thought 12.2.1 was supposed to fix this?

I read something the day before about a 3rd party app that would turn BT off on schedule as manual counter measure, for the overnight battery draining; but did not give it much thought, since the news about 12.3 and 12.2.1 followed right after.

I did notice, in the past couple days; with having a 2018 MBA and 2020 MBA M1 asleep in the office area, plugged into power, but manual Sleep command given via the Apple menu; that they actually never go to sleep. They ring when there are incoming FaceTime calls and the screen actually lights up when the calls come in. Even though they're supposed to be asleep and not supposed to wake up according to settings ...

I also face the problem. I have bought MB Air M1 for 1 week ago. and i was continued upgrade the MacOs Moterey. I feel that the battery is so very fast drain. My MB only lasts 5 hour for only browsing internet. While the advertisement is promised to be up to 15 hours. so it is very dissapointed

I have the same exact issue on MBP M1 2020. The battery seems to drain fast on Monterey. Apple please address this asap.