Updated MacBook Pro to macOS Sonoma, now battery drains quickly

It is true,Sonoma drains battery significantly faster than Ventura.I'm using an M1 Mac.it's unacceptable.I'm going to "downgrade" to Ventura, but if Apple fails to address this issue in next versions of Mac OS,I will switch to a Windows laptop.

how could this be bad battery when the same machine was working perfectly fine with previous software?!

I'm using a less than 1 year old M1 Macbook Air.the battery drain since I updated Mac OS to Sonoma is significantly worse than Ventura.

I have the same issue!

Device: MacBook Air 13inch 2018 1.6GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5

Problem:

Before updating I was able to use my MacBook without charging for 6-8 hours and I have never noticed my MacBook heating and never heard the fan turn on.

After updating the OS to Sonoma 14.3 that battery drains within 1-2 hours of use (In sleep mode it is also loosing charge. It will be completely dead in the morning, and this has never happened before). Also MacBook is getting heated even when it is left in sleep mode for couple of hours.

This is the third day that I'm facing this issue.

This is not okay. Need a fix to this ASAP!

Chrome is my prime suspect. Frequently, after signing on to Google or some other random website, the laptop starts heating up and losing battery at a rate of 1-2% per minute, which later becomes faster. Laptop is fully discharged in 15 min or so. However... Is this really Chrome, or is it another evil trick from Apple to make us use Safari? At any rate, Sonoma is garbage!

Thank you, it worked fine for me (MBP 14" with M1 Pro, battery health 86%). 11 hours on single charge, still 18% remains, and the chassis remains cold. There were 7-8 hours from 100% to 10% on Sonoma before, with sometimes slightly warm chassis, but with "No apps using significant energy".

Looks like now my laptop lives more than lived new on Ventura (10-11 hrs from 100 to 10%).

A very odd thing, but from now I will reinstall OS from time to time.

For info, my typical load: Firefox, Logic Pro, OBS (seldom), Pixelmator, Photoshop (seldom), VLC, Telegram, Final Cut (seldom).

I am in the same position, my battery lasts under 2 hours from full charge since upgrading to Sonoma. Also every icon on the desktop has numbers keep flashing up with is simply annoying! Once the battery gets to under 10% everything goes onto a 'go slow' and often won't even finishing sending an email but no alter is given that it's not gone through. Just all very annoying and simply unnecessary. These devices are not cheap as we all know, and agree why treat us like idiots? That's just rude on too many levels.

Apple sort yourselves out and correct these issues out of respect of people making you your millions.

I'm also having this issue after Sonoma

Yes even I am facing the heat issues all of a sudden and faster battery drain after updating my macbook air m1 to Sonoma.

I’m facing the same issue. My Air M1 is heating up & battery started draining 60% faster than pre update.

i regret updating my machine honestly.

Same here. I've made an appointment at an Apple Store for next week to see if they have anything to say about it. I have to imagine or hope there's some awareness of the issue.

I am facing same issue from last 2 weeks, I will just downgrade my MacBook at this point.

Indeed. It looks like the *overall* battery usage has skyrocketed, both in terms of normal usage, and while in "sleep" mode.

This could be the reason; i have the moving Sonoma wallpaper active, too. I'll test it without the wallpager and give a feedback later

Well, there's no use holding on to Sonoma, if you feel it works bad for/with your MacBooks, isn't it? There's always a way to fall back to Ventura. :)

I updated to 14.1 on the day it was released this week. Standby battery drain persists if I leave wi-fi on. I assume I'm past the point of ongoing post-update indexing and the like.