Q: Battery drain while Sleeping on MacBook Early 2016
I just purchased the Core M3 with 512GB SSD and I love it. I'm not a graphics designer or game player. 75% of the time I am using Gmail for heavy amount of email and handling Word docs or Excel Sheets. Felt like this was the machine for me.
I also owned a 2014 MacAir. One thing I LOVED about that machine was when closing the lid and putting to sleep, I could go overnight and lot lose any battery at all or maybe 1-2%.
However, I was surprised to discover that when I close the lid on this device, after about 12 hours, I'm losing 10-12% which I thought was a little unusual.
Anyone else experience this at all and found a solution? I disabled BT so I know that is not the issue and location services are off except for ability to use Find My Mac, although my Mac Air just barely used any juice while sleeping.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Thank you
MacBook, iOS 9.3.2
Posted on May 31, 2016 9:48 AM
Other than Linc's suggestion, verify in Activity Monitor whether there are any apps that are preventing your MacBook from entering Sleep Mode.
Posted on Jun 1, 2016 8:07 AM

