Sleep mode on MacBook Air A1932 causing battery health to drain

Hi I have a MacBook Air A1932 model this issue is about battery its been good until two weeks ago when it started to not hold the charge kept checking battery health and apps in back ground all ok , every time I charge it battery goes flat in about two days in sleep mode , so I replaced the battery charge it up everything looked ok as to holding onto charge in sleep mode but this only lasted a week with the new battery I have checked everything all showing normal why does it just lose charge like this what else can it be that's causing this grateful for a remedy thanks Jim



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Original Title: MacBook Air A1932 model

Posted on Dec 8, 2025 8:26 AM

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Posted on Dec 8, 2025 8:35 AM

Since you’ve already replaced the battery and saw the same issue return within a week, that tells us the battery itself isn’t the root cause. On this particular model, unexpected drain while the laptop is asleep usually means the system isn’t actually entering deep sleep, even though the lid is closed. This can be triggered by software processes that keep waking the machine, corrupted power-management settings, or a hardware subsystem—such as the charging circuit or battery-management controller—not handing off correctly to low-power mode. These issues won’t show up in the standard battery-health report, which is why everything appears “normal.”


To move forward, I’d suggest a few checks. First, verifying sleep behavior can reveal whether something is waking the system repeatedly. Resetting the system management controller and NVRAM is also worthwhile, as it can correct power-state issues that develop over time. Testing overnight in Safe Mode is helpful too—if the drain disappears there, we know the cause is software-related. It’s also a good idea to disable features like Power Nap and Wake for network access temporarily and review Activity Monitor for any apps that continue running in the background.


If the problem persists even after all of this, the most likely cause is a fault on the logic board, such as a power-rail leak or T2 standby issue.

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Dec 8, 2025 8:35 AM in response to jim761

Since you’ve already replaced the battery and saw the same issue return within a week, that tells us the battery itself isn’t the root cause. On this particular model, unexpected drain while the laptop is asleep usually means the system isn’t actually entering deep sleep, even though the lid is closed. This can be triggered by software processes that keep waking the machine, corrupted power-management settings, or a hardware subsystem—such as the charging circuit or battery-management controller—not handing off correctly to low-power mode. These issues won’t show up in the standard battery-health report, which is why everything appears “normal.”


To move forward, I’d suggest a few checks. First, verifying sleep behavior can reveal whether something is waking the system repeatedly. Resetting the system management controller and NVRAM is also worthwhile, as it can correct power-state issues that develop over time. Testing overnight in Safe Mode is helpful too—if the drain disappears there, we know the cause is software-related. It’s also a good idea to disable features like Power Nap and Wake for network access temporarily and review Activity Monitor for any apps that continue running in the background.


If the problem persists even after all of this, the most likely cause is a fault on the logic board, such as a power-rail leak or T2 standby issue.

Dec 8, 2025 9:14 AM in response to Tesserax

Hi thanks for taking time to reply to my problem with what you have written here its a bit more clearer in what could the issue with my MacBook Air as its been stead fast since I bought it in 2020 this is what I like about apple. Im going to look into the NVRAM first and see if this could be the simple solution if not will learn more about the rest thanks again.

Sleep mode on MacBook Air A1932 causing battery health to drain

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