Updated MacBook Pro to macOS Sonoma, now battery drains quickly

I took mine in and they ran diagnostics on it and just said to keep an eye on it. Didn't even recommend the reinstall which apparently some others were told. I did try that and it did nothing for me.

I hope this works for you. I don't trust myself to use Terminal though. I hope people are also reporting this issue to Apple via Feedback. Product Feedback - Apple

I did a full disk wipe, and reinstalled Sonoma from a USB boot drive and my battery is still markedly worse then Ventura

I just updated to 14.1.2 (23B92). Hope this fixes the problem.

"Anyone else"?

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Not us. Our 2020 MBP seems to have greater battery run time than with past OS versions.

We're really enjoying Sonoma's new features and responsiveness on our three Macs with Sonoma.

While this is true after a major OS update, these processes are, as you said, temporary. However, the underlying issue with battery drain has continued well after these processes are complete. I have experienced an issue with power napping where my machine seems not to go back to sleep after the first power nap. Additionally, when using it for normal web browsing, the processor seems to be running hotter than expected.

ALSO ME. Also M1 MacBook Air. Also well after a week.

Does this OS prioritize newer computers?

I'm having trouble even figuring out how fast this thing is draining - it seems to be every time I pick it up it needs to be put back on the charger. Unreal.

The situation is nothing is perfect.

There are millions of Macs in use worldwide. The number of problems you see here seems to be extensive with "so many" problem posts, but the reality is different.

Given the millions of Macs out there, the number of problems seen here is an infinitesimally small percentage of the whole.

I have the same problem. I have Macbook Air M1, and i have installed Sonoma for about 2 weeks. From the start i have noticed, that battery drain is much worse than before. Its like 3-4 time faster, and im still doing the same things on laptop, mostly browsing.

I'm not using Sonoma wallpaper, don't have Music of Timeface icons in dock and still have the problem. I think this will be some deeper issue. I have almost fresh macos install with only few basic apps and still have this problem with battery draining.

I have updated my MacBook Pro 14 inch (M2 Pro) and after updating it to MacOS Sonoma, the Battery Drain Speed has increased, like I use it for professional video editing using FCPX then also the battery drain is so much that I need to charge my mac Twice a day.

Is there any fix/workaround to slow down the battery drain ?

MacBook Air 2020 (Intel) here. Same problem. I upgraded 10 days ago.

The Mac was unplugged around 4 PM (and I closed the lid and stored it away), as can be seen in the attached graphic (plugged in battery, screen usage). I see there is a significant drain until 5 AM or so.

I can't seem to find the problem. Any thoughts?

ok, that's your kind of working. But with all OSes before Sonoma i could just close the display and work again at the same workflow before i left; my Macbook acted like a tablet - just open the display and you are where you left before.

I'll see if there's a different with different apps with and without Wifi on.

I don't want to argue with you on this optimised battery charging matter. If your "workflow" has to go on working in the night, sure, keep the notebook on. But, if that is not the case, you can always restart the app(s), and they will be where the "work" was left the other day. MacBooks are modern, and it won't give shock/stress to the batteries, nor to the logic board, ram etc. It boots up quite nicely, with nice sound, and all you have to do is to put your finger on the sensor. Anything that's rested would work much better than that's tired. I found my MBP's battery capacity had gone up by ~3.5% after good night's rest!

I'm using Sonoma, by the way.

Not all apps retain their state well when doing this, but beyond that, I find that the OS likes to litter previously open Finder windows somewhat randomly across my desktops. (e.g. I keep a few tabbed Finder windows on each desktop which relate to the type of work I do on each, and on restarting, I have to move them around)