From my lab test, I found my m1max laptop showing 1 hour less of battery life with macos tahoe update comparing with previous Sequoia version, and with UI laggy.
Fancy motion/animation is kind of burden to me , Could you pls provide option to turn it off to save my battery life?
MacBook Pro 16″
Liquid Glass is not something that will significantly affect battery life, but there are media reports that the effect can be reduced in macOS 26.1 that's coming out soon.
There are options to reduce motion, in System Settings > Accessibility > Motion (reduce motion), and in Desktop & Dock you can turn off the Dock animations.
Regarding battery life, it is possible there are processes running in the background that are using significant resources. Check Activity Monitor, CPU tab, sort by % CPU to see what's running hard.
Activity Monitor User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
As for your requests, “We” are users like you and have no power to implement any suggestions. To have Apple consider your feedback, submit it here:
If you want to believe uncontrolled testing, go right ahead.
As I suggested, check activity monitor. Some people have certainly experienced reduced battery life because the apps/extensions they have installed are not fully compatible with Tahoe. But that's not Apple's fault, it's the developers' responsibility to update their apps.
Could you pls provide option to turn it off to save my battery life?
I can’t do that no matter how much you plead. Nobody else here can do that, either. You should contact Apple with that request.
I thought I was the exception, util I saw this https://youtu.be/YsaKjeWk9AU
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/1odsy80/tahoe_kills_your_battery_faster/
maybe there are other hidden mechnisms drain battery, but hopefully there are some answers/improvements can be done for longer battery life.
In addition to the excellent advice offered from neuroanatomist, make sure to disable any VPN connections and remove (actually delete and empty the trash) any antivirus software.
This will have a huge impact on your battery performance.
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Good luck! 👋🏼😉
experiencing same issues
Maybe you should try reading the thread.
Could you pls provide an option to turn off liquid glass for macos tahoe ?
