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Does macbook air m2 automatically switch to lower power mode at any point on battery even though low power mode is set to never?

I notice my frame rate for my youtube videos is low after updating to Sonoma. I have low power mode set to never. If I plug laptop in, video plays properly, if it take the power cable off, every thing seems to throttle and video goes to lower frame rate (as if its on lower power mode). Low power mode is set to never. Is this normal behaviour?

MacBook Air

Posted on Oct 14, 2023 9:43 PM

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Oct 15, 2023 5:01 PM in response to samolVan

Hi samolVan,


We'd like to help share some suggestions since it sounds like this may not be working as intended since you have the low power mode set to never. Making sure the macOS is on the latest version via Update macOS on Mac - Apple Support. If this is updated, you can further isolate the issue to see if this is user or macOS related by testing this in another user account via Add a user or group on Mac - Apple Support. If this happens throughout the macOS, you will want to contact Apple Support to further investigate this.


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