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Drains battery in sleep - High Sierra / MacBook Pro Early 2013

My setup:

MacBook Pro Early 2013

High Sierra 10.13.4

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First of all, I used all recommendations I had found on Internet regarding the Battery drain issue during sleep, including:

- clean install of the latest Mac OS (10.13.4)

- reset NVRAM, SMC

- restore to defaults "Energy saver settings"

- turn off WiFi, bluetooth

- disconnect usb and all other cables

- use only Safari (no chrome)

- turn off various services (like dropbox)

- various settings via pmset

- etc.

No major changes. In fact, I even changed the battery in the official Apple service center! It shows "Normal" now.

I read all the posts on various forums. It is my last hope to find a solution before switching to "power off only" way to use with the Mac.

46% at 1.04 am - closed lid

0% at 10.00 am - opened lid

Other days I tried leaving 100% charge. It doesn't matter.

Current pmset - g:

System-wide power settings:

Currently in use:

standbydelay 4200

standby 1

halfdim 1

hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage

powernap 0

gpuswitch 2

disksleep 10

sleep 10

autopoweroffdelay 28800

hibernatemode 3

autopoweroff 1

ttyskeepawake 1

displaysleep 2

acwake 0

lidwake 1

Any ideas how to track the issue or what else to do?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), macOS High Sierra (10.13.4), null

Posted on Apr 6, 2018 1:14 AM

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brogers010

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Posted on Jun 21, 2018 5:13 AM

I finally solved the problem with my MacBook Pro. I have a USB wireless mouse. If I remove the USB transmitter the computer no longer heats up in sleep mode and the battery does not drain. If the USB transmitter is left plugged in, the battery drains from 100% to 62% in overnight sleep mode and the computer is warm. This has been an issue since the 10.13.4 update.

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ranzzit

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Apr 25, 2018 8:49 PM in response to NIWOR852

Same issue here. Was working perfectly until 10.13.3 - this update has screwed up something. Whenever I close the lid for more than 30 mins, the laptop gets hot and there's significant battery drain if I keep it overnight.

May 2, 2018 8:04 AM in response to Divory199

God **** it I've spent days trying to track down this issue. So happy it's not just my machine, though I'm tempted to have my company return all 20+ 2017tb 15s and demand they keep replacing them until a fix is pushed. Absolutely unacceptable.

Gil 2

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May 2, 2018 10:27 AM in response to .dalailama

Has anyone had any helpful response from Apple Support? They told me to erase stored usernames! (and that did not help the battery problem...) Battery drains if you use "sleep" and start up is much much slower if you shut it down.

.dalailama Author

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May 2, 2018 11:30 AM in response to Gil 2

After I listed all the things I tried the support specialist, she told me she would raise the issue to the next support level specialist. Nobody contacted me after that, so I posted this post in "discussions". 1 month with no solution.

.dalailama Author

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May 2, 2018 11:38 AM in response to Gil 2

When I was replacing battery and motherboard (video card died) in my MacBook Pro 2013 after 4.5 years, I asked the service specialist whether I should buy a new MacBook Pro (I had to pay a lot for replacement). She told me that they were having too many issues with new models. My own company have a couple of new MacBook Pros. one of them broke twice (dynamics and video card) in 1 year. The second issue right after the warranty ended. I love apple. We build apps for iOS/Mac. But you are right, they do not seem to care about the quality nowadays

May 9, 2018 10:18 AM in response to .dalailama

Same problem. MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)

I just updated the OS 2 days ago to High Sierra 10.13.4 from Sierra, and both nights the computer was fully drained during sleep mode. Never happened prior to the update.

May 11, 2018 8:05 AM in response to .dalailama

I have a new macbook pro early 2015 and I cannot enjoy it because of this issue. It *****. It feels like although I paid top dollar for a new macbook pro it doesn't behave like one. I love apple but as the years go by they seem have to less and less interest in correcting issues promptly.

.dalailama Author

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May 14, 2018 12:33 PM in response to knockknock831

Thanks for sharing, but as I mentioned in the original post I tried disconnecting everything. In fact, I do not have anything connected. I suppose, those who voted for the issue to be fixed tried that as well. It does not hurt, to share this solution, of course. But it is important not to deviate from the major issue, which is not related to 3rd party software nor hardware connected. I actually lost hope to have it fixed, so I use "shut down" nowadays.

.dalailama Author

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May 18, 2018 1:43 AM in response to lovilovi10

Hi lovilovi10,

I tried my WiFi and bluetooth enabled and disabled. It doesn't make any difference.

Here is what I'd like to add. I noticed that somedays the battery drain does not happen. Still I cannot connect it with anything specific. Could be related to Safari's open websites or internal processes of Mac OS X itself. It would be great to test the solution on several occasions to make sure it is a solution, as opposed to mere coincidence.

Thanks for sharing!

May 18, 2018 6:43 AM in response to bobwesson

I know that you guys are trying to help, but OP and everyone affected by this issue with macbook pros did say that NOTHING is connected to the laptops, nor is any program running in the background.

So if we could start from there that would be be great.

.dalailama Author

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May 20, 2018 2:50 AM in response to lovilovi10

Thx for sharing! I hope it helps some people around here. At the same time, I still find it unacceptable to set up a "proper" environment for Mac (like closing Safari and disabling WiFi and bluetooth) before closing the lid. It is quite a lot of effort here. Easier to shut it down completely. It should be as easy as closing the lid and putting it in a backpack without worrying it gets hot or the drains its battery. And no, it does not work for me.

j4ns0n

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Jun 5, 2018 7:47 AM in response to .dalailama

I also have annoying issues with my brand new MB Pro Mid 2017 (2TB, 16GB RAM, >$ 4000). Battery drains completely during sleep. Mac Mail crashes all the time. Also, it is slow. Thinking of going back to my good old MB Pro Mid 2010 with Mavericks - never had any issues with that. Apple, I expect quality from you! I'm absolutely not satisfied.

Gil 2

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Jun 5, 2018 12:28 PM in response to .dalailama

Installed the 10.13.5 MacOS update and the situation persists -- battery drains during sleep even if all apps closed and wi-fi and bluetooth disabled. Start up is slow and Mail crashes regularly and machine briefly freezes for 5 to 10 seconds often during normal usage. We seem to be going backwards here...

Jun 5, 2018 1:35 PM in response to Gil 2

Exactly! The thing that winds me up most with technology is when you supposedly update it and it introduces an issue you didn't have before. Especially something like this, where I always had full battery after unplugged sleep, ever since I got the MacBook in 2013. Now, immediately after 10.13.4 and subsequently 10.13.5, it's about half an hour drained each time, having been asleep and unplugged overnight like always. Why should I have to leave it out plugged in overnight now, or charge it to full in the morning before I take it out when I never had to before?

If Apple are all about customer experience, then this software issue should be fixed.

Jun 15, 2018 12:00 AM in response to TomaszOO

just tried.. no success. 20% loss of battery in one hour (MBP 2017). as if a process kicks in as soon as it goes to sleep and drains the battery. I don't think i lose 20% energy when i work on my macbook on battery.

I have the feeling it got worth when updating to 10.13.5.

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