MacBook air m2 macOS Sonoma Battery Drain

Hi yzn4real,

I am having a similar problem when my 13" MacBook Air M2 (bought about a year ago) battery used to lasted a day, but after I installed Sonoma, my battery drain is similar to yours. This is outrages and unacceptable... This is a major issue, and definitely needs to be fixed.

I had a very similar issue. I've updated to Sonoma because (I was a fool) I liked all of those nice features it brings. Immediately after updating, I could see my battery loosing 10 % for every 45 min of normal usage, like browsing web and reading emails. This was very hard for me to accept, especially when knowing how much battery I could get under Ventura. So I switched back to Ventura and waited few weeks to see if anyone else is complaining about battery life on (almost new) m2 machine with Sonoma. And that's how I ended up here. So thank you for confirming my doubts. For those who have forgotten how much battery they can get on (pretty much anything else other than Sonoma) Ventura, have a look at my screen shot.

I have had the same problem since updating to 14.1. The fan runs constantly, getting increasingly louder until the web page stops and I get the message that the page had to refresh because too much memory was being used. I used to charge my MacBook Air maybe once a week, but now it's like every other day. I spent a lot of time with Apple Support and even went to the Apple Store, but they didn't know what I was talking about and had had no other such complaints. They ran a diagnostic and said that my computer was fine. I was treated like an imbecile. It seems complicated to go back to the previous iOS version. It's probably too late for my battery anyway. Have you had any other new issues, like with Safari, since the upgrade?

I’ve had the same issue. I bought MacBook Pro M1 august 2022. Apple support suggested I keep a log as battery health was good.

it’s draining. I’m update with latest 14.1.1 I hope this fulixes the issue.

To be honest, this problem is very serious and annoying. I use my MacBook all the time, and I’ve configured it not to use a screensaver or anything. I even brought it in for a battery replacement, but the issue persists. Last time, I left my MacBook’s battery around 80% and closed the lid. The next day, I tried to turn it on, but the battery had already run out.

Hey i was also facing the same issue ,

As i got upgraded to Sonoma it was taking lots of battery and even I noticed a bit of heating as well,

Then i decided to downgrade my OS back to Ventura and i can clearly see the difference of my battery performance.

Try downgrading the os , make sure to take a time machine backup and then go in recovery option then erase your data and then plug your ventura bootable pendrive and install ventura from there.

This morning, reading the online newspaper, I lost 9% in fifteen minutes. During that time, the page reloaded twice because it was "using significant memory."

I updated to 14.4.1 but nothing has changed. Is Apple listening???

I meant 14.1.1

Has this problem been resolved or are we all waiting on an update? Thanks

ah very bad news!

I can't believe that Apple is doing zilch about this situation.

What about latest update ? Should I update now on Sonoma ? Please help