MacBook Air M2 Battery Drain Problem While in Sleep Mode

Hi everyone,

I have a problem with battery draining (at the rate that I think is not normal) while the Mac is put on sleep. So, from my observation so far, the battery will drain about 1% every two hours while in sleep mode. I usually only use my Mac for about 2-3 hours every day, and the rest of the time I put it on sleep mode. I consider it as not normal because of tow reasons: 1) because I personally think this rate of draining is not normal, since I don't have any background activities running or whatsoever, and 2) I've seen someone on this forum said that his Mac only loses 2%-3% battery in around 10 hours of sleep mode, which I think should be the reasonable draining. Right now I have latest software installed, which is Ventura 13.2.1.

Can anyone help me?

Thank you.

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Posted on Mar 2, 2023 10:06 PM

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theworlok

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Posted on Sep 11, 2023 7:11 AM

IDK if you got your solution, but for my M2 Macbook pro 13" the culprit to massive battry drain while in sleep mode was Bluetooth. I use a bluetooth trackball and when you put it to sleep the bluetooth would constantly wake it and search for the device, which is a bug since it shouldn't do that in sleep. So, if I turned off Bluetooth before putting it to sleep that solved it for me.

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dyyuan

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Jun 14, 2023 8:52 PM in response to halorobinjong

I have the same issue with both m1 / m2 MacBook Air, the only thing I find helping is to turn off wifi before I close the lid. With wifi off, I can leave the Mac off for many days with no drain of the battery. if I leave wifi on, the battery on the Mac will drain within 3 days...

Jun 15, 2023 12:57 AM in response to dyyuan

Hi dyyuan,

Thank you for your reply. Maybe I'll also try that method to see whether it's effective or not on my Mac. Since, you know that if you put your Mac to sleep with WiFi on it will only last for 3 days and many days with WiFi off, does it mean you often leave your Mac on sleep for several days without using it at all? Or you were just doing it (putting the Mac to sleep for several days) for testing the battery endurance?

Thank you.

Oct 24, 2023 9:24 AM in response to halorobinjong

im also having same issue while on sleep mode if i don’t open my mac for 3-4-5 days the battery’s draining drastically don’t know what to do in these cases and my mac is abt to turn one year old soon and the warranty period may get over

Nov 28, 2023 5:27 AM in response to fatDannies

Hello, did you manage to find any solution? I am facing the exact same issue for the past 4 months. Apart from contacting Apple support specialists, I have visited there service centres many times as well, just like you. They reset the Mac and even with the fresh OS installation, the battery drain on sleep mode keeps happening.

My Mac is barely 8 months old and apart from the warranty, I had purchased Apple Care+ plan as well. Still, Apple simply refuses to resolve the problem. Their support specialists keep repeating the same troubleshooting steps every time I call them and it is very clearly evident that they simply want me to get tired and give up on the issue.

It's ridiculous and an outright fraud.

Nov 28, 2023 7:38 AM in response to theworlok

Yes, Wifi, Bluetooth - everything was disabled when I brought the Mac back from the service centre, after they installed MacOS afresh.

I did not even sign-in to my apple account. Yet the drain continues.

Nov 28, 2023 8:50 PM in response to halorobinjong

nope no one at the rescue, its still same and they advised me to visit the apple service center and they confirmed there its just normal for mac and dint offer me any resolution, I had to come back, no idea what to do now

dyyuan

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Jun 15, 2023 8:34 AM in response to halorobinjong

Since I have two MacBook Air M1 and M2 (plus iPads), there are times where I dont' use one of them for a week etc...thx

Nov 28, 2023 6:47 AM in response to davidjasonwebb

Did you verify that it's not Bluetooth or something like that?

Feb 21, 2024 3:24 PM in response to Geofo17

i have the same device, this is likely the culprit! do you have the link to the video? I'm going to look for it and try it myself. Thanks alot

Feb 21, 2024 9:41 PM in response to tobzagain

I give you the advice to use an app to find out what disturbs the sleep...and play aroudn with settings

I used Sleep Aid which gives you a comprehensive overview whats happening..

you can try 30 days - which is enough to find out:-)

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