Macos 26 battery and screentime issues

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Macos 26 battery and screentime issues

I use a m1 air 2020 ,8/256 and it has 100% battery health with 23 cycle count .i have upgraded to macos 26 a 2 days ago.after this update ,i am suffering from my screen time related data .apart from this my battery percentage is not decreasing when i am using the mac,but when i am shutting it down or restarting ,the battery percentage goes sunddenly downwards.and shocking thing is it went 5% down from 100% to 95% when it was shutted down.what am I supposed to do now?will it be fixed?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.0

Posted on Sep 23, 2025 6:44 AM

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Answer 1

difens

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Sep 24, 2025 8:27 AM in response to neuroanatomist

Both battery indicator and screen time chart in battery options shows complete nonsense after update to Tahoe. I charged my MBP to full and unplugged, then launched YT for a couple of hours. Battery indicator got stuck at 99% and screen time showed zero hours/minutes. I shut it down and turned on again. Now battery indicator is at 95% and still does not drop when I use the system. Screen time at least got updated, but something is seriously wrong.

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Answer 2

Sep 23, 2025 6:57 AM in response to mahin190

Batteries are a wear item like tires on a car. Their useful life is finite, and they will decline over time. Battery 'health' is the ratio of the current maximum capacity of the battery to the design maximum capacity. Apple considers a value of ≥80% to be 'healthy'.

Note that over time, Battery Health fluctuates and can go both down and up. In any case, the decline is not linear so you have nothing to be concerned about at this point regarding your battery.

Completely unclear what you mean by, "suffering from my screen time related data".

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mahin190 Author

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Sep 23, 2025 8:17 AM in response to neuroanatomist

doesn’t load the screen time on my mac.the screen time option in the settings crashs whenever i open it

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Answer 4

sbttv13

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Sep 29, 2025 6:00 AM in response to mahin190

my macbook air m4 just doesn’t record screen time even if it’s enabled and battery life has become significantly worse now.

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Oct 1, 2025 6:30 AM in response to difens

I have the same problem with my MacBook Air M4 after update to 26.0.1 version. The battery indicator stuck and change only if I restart the MacBook or shutdown and turned it on again.

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OvO_Pr3z

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Oct 22, 2025 1:17 PM in response to DimitrisPs

did you ever find out how to fix this issue im finding myself having the same issue

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Oct 22, 2025 2:25 PM in response to OvO_Pr3z

Unfortunately no, i'am waiting for the new software update (26.0.2) to find out, if this bug will be fixed.

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OvO_Pr3z

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Oct 22, 2025 2:55 PM in response to DimitrisPs

Ok thanks so much cause I been tryna do everything as far as update reinstall Tahoe, Smc updating but I guess once u get the glitch its a wrap till apple takes notice and updates Tahoe

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