Mac battery drains faster after macOS Tahoe

Hello, after upgrade mac os to macos Tahoe 26.1 the battery started to discharge faster. What should we do? waiting new update?

MacBook Pro (M3 Pro, 2023)

Posted on Nov 29, 2025 11:07 AM

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Posted on Nov 29, 2025 1:48 PM

It is possible there are processes running in the background that are using significant resources. Check Activity Monitor, CPU tab (sort by % CPU) and Memory tab (sort by Memory) to see what's running hard.

 

Activity Monitor User Guide for Mac - Apple Support


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Nov 29, 2025 2:24 PM in response to MisterX268

MisterX268 wrote:

Hello, after upgrade mac os to macos Tahoe 26.1 the battery started to discharge faster. What should we do? waiting new update?


You can always wait for a point update...


see the ref included here 3 pages in: Battery Draining Fast since Tahoe upgrade - Apple Community


note: https://www.macobserver.com/news/developers-push-fix-for-macos-tahoe-gpu-slowdown-in-electron-apps/



The current stable release of Tahoe including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 26.1

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support


Mac battery drains faster after macOS Tahoe

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