MacBook Air 13 battery drain issue following the Sonoma update

I'm using a 2018 Retina Macbook Air which has never had any battery issues before this update. It had roughly 50% battery when I shut the lid, and when I opened it this morning it was completely dead. It's running incredibly slow on startup as well for the last month or so, though I assumed that was age.

When I first started it and checked on my battery, it only showed me the first green section. It took until 15% charge and about 20 minutes for the second section to show up, but the second section isn't making ANY sense to me.


The laptop was asleep, in my bag and on the complete other side of the room from the charger, yet somehow it claims to be charging to full in the middle of the night? Is this a system glitch?


Is anybody else having any weird battery issues like this?

I've ruled out anybody else using the laptop since it is password locked and my fiance is a VERY heavy sleep so once he's out, he's OUT.



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Posted on Feb 14, 2024 6:31 AM

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Posted on Feb 18, 2024 2:25 PM

Went to the apple store today and ran diagnostics. They confirmed it was a bad install of the latest update. They told me I can either wait it out for a new update, or I can try a wipe and reinstall of MacOS. They offered to do it there but I visited the store in Charleston over the weekend, but it would have taken 24-48 hours and I need to bring it home with me tomorrow when I go home, but I am pretty confident in my ability to handle it at home and they offered to have an advisor call if I did end up needing the help.


Also, for the win, despite the laptop being 5 years old, the woman who helped me said that my battery life overall is at about 85% vs the norm of it being about halfway through it's lifespan already at 5 years old. She did say she can tell that I treat my Mac and it's battery well, so I guess the hard work pays off in the end. Score!

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