icloudstuff86

Q: unusual warming up and fast battery drainage after updating to sierra

is anyone experiencing unusual warming up on their MacBook pro and faster battery drainage after updating to macOS sierra?

 

my mid 2015 MacBook pro is becoming warm when i close the screen and put it to sleep, as well as faster battery drainage than usual. is anyone experiencing the same?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 20, 2016 8:34 PM

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  • by TeenTitan,Apple recommended

    TeenTitan TeenTitan Sep 20, 2016 9:38 PM in response to icloudstuff86
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    Sep 20, 2016 9:38 PM in response to icloudstuff86

    Try using activity monitor to see where your battery life is going.

     

    1. go to dock
    2. click on finder
    3. click on go menu
    4. choose utilites
    5. double click on activity monitor
    6. click on the battery tab

    What do you see using up your battery?

  • by Tech@StrettonSC,

    Tech@StrettonSC Tech@StrettonSC Sep 20, 2016 9:26 PM in response to icloudstuff86
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    Sep 20, 2016 9:26 PM in response to icloudstuff86

    Sorry icloudstuff86,

    seems to be working ok for me,

    Double check you don't have apps open that are draining your battery ie animated backgrounds and such,

    Battery life can be greatly extended by reducing your screen brightness,

    If you click the 'Battery' icon top right of your screen, Sierra will tell you if there is any health problems with your battery (I recently had to buy a new battery for my 2012 MacPro)

     

    Good luck,

    Rick

  • by icloudstuff86,

    icloudstuff86 icloudstuff86 Sep 20, 2016 9:38 PM in response to icloudstuff86
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    Sep 20, 2016 9:38 PM in response to icloudstuff86

    thanks guys. it looks like no significant apps are draining my battery. which is good news. i will keep an eye out. i will also update on the heating up issue.

  • by dkru4ok,

    dkru4ok dkru4ok Sep 21, 2016 12:46 AM in response to icloudstuff86
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    Sep 21, 2016 12:46 AM in response to icloudstuff86

    The same.

    Is warmed and battery life shows only 3hours!!!! On ElCapitan it was  5+

    I restarted my mac few times but it still the same

     

    The Activity monitor does not show any strange results

  • by Michelasso,

    Michelasso Michelasso Sep 21, 2016 1:43 AM in response to icloudstuff86
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    Mac OS X
    Sep 21, 2016 1:43 AM in response to icloudstuff86

    I think in my case it's because I have Internet Sharing enabled and Plex running. Activity Monitor (which can't report anything for the time when the system is sleeping but still may give out useful information) shows indeed that Plex was consuming quite some energy. I restarted it and it disappeared from the top list. I'd check if you have any third party app running that maybe you don't remember.

  • by Wolf Wrobel,

    Wolf Wrobel Wolf Wrobel Sep 21, 2016 1:52 AM in response to icloudstuff86
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    Sep 21, 2016 1:52 AM in response to icloudstuff86

    It's probably the photo recognition running in the background.

  • by ideaprison,

    ideaprison ideaprison Sep 21, 2016 1:57 AM in response to icloudstuff86
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    Sep 21, 2016 1:57 AM in response to icloudstuff86

    Could be the Spotlight indexing which uses up a lot of CPU (and therefor energy), tap the icon in the menubar or do cmd+spacebar to see if it's indexing.

  • by klodha,

    klodha klodha Sep 21, 2016 7:12 PM in response to dkru4ok
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    Sep 21, 2016 7:12 PM in response to dkru4ok

    For me, after 100% charge when I restarted my MacBook Pro Early 2011 (13.3"), battery went to 92% in 21 minutes. Though if I click on battery icon its showing 5 hours remaining, while with previous version of OS El Capitan, it used to be 6+ for me (I keep display brightness at lowest, no bluetooth and sound is also muted).

     

    There is no indexing going on as per Spotlight, and no significant disk activity is shown either in Activity Monitor. Probably macOS Sierra will calibrate battery in 4-5 cycles?

  • by MDRNYC,

    MDRNYC MDRNYC Sep 21, 2016 7:21 PM in response to icloudstuff86
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    Sep 21, 2016 7:21 PM in response to icloudstuff86

    No i haven't noticed any difference and I have an early 2015 MBP. Hope you figure it out

  • by Negatetime,

    Negatetime Negatetime Sep 22, 2016 8:29 AM in response to icloudstuff86
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    Sep 22, 2016 8:29 AM in response to icloudstuff86

    I have noticed the hard drive bay and battery bay are very warm when they shouldn't be. I logged on to the my Macbook this morning after its been sitting on the kitchen table and both bays are very warm, this is very unusual behavior after 12 hours of no activity and didn't happen before Sierra. I have also noticed my battery doesn't charge to 100%, it's always at 98% or 99%, this is a new behavior as well.

  • by Ralph9430,

    Ralph9430 Ralph9430 Sep 22, 2016 8:34 AM in response to icloudstuff86
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    Sep 22, 2016 8:34 AM in response to icloudstuff86

    When you install MacOS Sierra a new version of the Photos app is installed. The new version will index all your photos so it can show the many new features. On my wife's MacBook Pro this took over an hour resulting in sluggish operation and increased processor use. Once the indexing completed the computer returned to normal operation.

  • by dwhewlings,

    dwhewlings dwhewlings Sep 23, 2016 8:51 AM in response to icloudstuff86
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    Sep 23, 2016 8:51 AM in response to icloudstuff86

    Yes I noticed same warming behavior immediately after upgrading my mid-2015 MacBook Pro to Sierra.

  • by Negatetime,

    Negatetime Negatetime Sep 23, 2016 9:05 AM in response to Negatetime
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    Sep 23, 2016 9:05 AM in response to Negatetime

    Let me point out I did my upgrade on Tue, this isn't an indexing issue.

  • by Negatetime,

    Negatetime Negatetime Sep 23, 2016 10:33 AM in response to icloudstuff86
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    Sep 23, 2016 10:33 AM in response to icloudstuff86

    I went in to activity monitor and killed photoanalysisid and my cpu load reduced by more than half. I will monitor over the next few days and report back.

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