Incredible battery drain in new Ventura 13

After I updating my macOS from Monterey to Ventura I am struggling with an incredible battery drain in sleep mode. I've already tried to change many options and even closed all my apps before entering a sleep mode. What I noticed in Activity Monitor is the fact that both kernel_task and WindowServer use a lot of CPU % and make a lot of wake-ups, but I suppose it is ok. Do you have the same issue with a new system?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.0

Posted on Nov 13, 2022 5:20 AM

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adamo010

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Posted on Mar 11, 2023 4:05 AM

So wanted to let y'all know how I resolved it:

Bluetooth disabled upon sleep.
Found this by using a utility called 'Sleep Aid'. It allowed me to detect what was waking the machine in a visual form and then also reset the sleep settings to whatever I wanted, again, in a visual form. You can google 'sleep aid mac' and find it. The trial was adequate but I paid the developer for it just because it solved the problem.

Have had 0 issue since. 100% battery upon closing the laptop last night, 100% upon reopening it this morning.

Ventura 13.3. MacBook Pro M2 13".

Apple needs to ship a utility like this with the operating system.

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