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Sequoia 15 ruined to my Macbook M2 battery life

Hi there,

Is there somebody with the same problem?

After I downloaded the new Sequoia 15 to my Macbook M2 Max(64gb, 2T SSD) my computer fantastic battery time become so bad.

Yesterday charged my Macbook to 80% and I went to bed, while the machine didn't use any program the Macbook battery reduces 73% and this is a totally new thing in this machine.

Two days ago the basic internet using cause total low battery, but before I downloaded Sequoia 15 this kind of work caused max 10-15 % reduce. It so disappointing. The battery time was sooo good! and I always take care for the macbook charging system and the used programs for optimisation.

I'am really sad because it is a spectacular changes and not the good way.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.0

Posted on Sep 24, 2024 2:33 AM

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_ALP

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Posted on Oct 6, 2024 7:04 AM

I am having the same problem. My laptop is not even 3 month old and after the update its draining the battery like crazy?

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Jan 27, 2025 4:17 AM in response to dorina135

After upgrading to Sequoia my MacBook Pro is not charging at all. It takes ages to charge 1%. A total disaster.

Mar 11, 2025 7:05 AM in response to dorina135

yup same problem with my Mac, also my laptop is not even 3 month old, from 100% to 97% real quick.

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Mar 14, 2025 10:39 AM in response to Ayminovitch

This helped my M1 MacBook Pro. It was getting 8 hours of battery life after the update to MacOS 15 and after turning off Apple Intelligence I'm getting closer to 10 hours without charging.

dorina135 Author

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Sep 27, 2024 8:36 AM in response to ArnaudDelé

Thanks for these great tips!

I am very sorry that you are also having problems with this update.

I did what you suggested, I also applied some tips before the problem, but point 5 was new to me, SMC reset is an option for M2 Max chips as well?

These methods helped for you?

dorina135 Author

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Sep 27, 2024 12:02 PM in response to PRP_53

Thank you both so much for the useful information and explanation! @etresoft @ PRP_53,

If I understand correctly what you suggest @ PRP_53, this application: Etrecheck - it shows me which other app is consuming a lot of energy in the background on my mac machine in non-optimized mode?

After I have found out which app or apps are "badly" working, can I send feedback to the app's developer via Etrecheck?

This approach also means that the problem is not in Sequoia 15, instead the cause of the problem is that some 3rd party apps are not uptodate?

Thus, if Sequoia 15 is updated to 15.1 or 15.2, this situation will not be resolved until the 3rd party updates ?

PRP_53

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Sep 27, 2024 1:50 PM in response to dorina135

Again, I would potential agree with the assessment provided by @etrecheck in above reply.

At this point in trouble shooting this computer issue

It now falls entirely on you as to what remedial actions may be needed

We can not make those decisions for you

ChiefKAW

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Nov 10, 2024 9:33 AM in response to dorina135

I had the same issue, when streaming a church service, the battery would drain even though the Mac is attached to the power adapter, and never had this problem before the upgrade to Sequoia. That was version 15.0 of Sequoia. I updated to the latest/greatest 15.1 and the problem has resolved. The battery stays fully charged while streaming.

Try that first before worrying about battery health, third party power hogs, etc. If things were fine before going to Sequoia they should remain fine, now that we're beyond a dot-zero version.

xiaoyihf

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Nov 22, 2024 6:05 PM in response to dorina135

Sequoia 15 also ruined the battery of my 2018 MacBook pro. The problem IS NOT SMC. The fix is to turn off as many background process as possible in "allow in the background".

Search "MacBook Overheating While Sleeping on macOS Sequoia 15 0" in youtube, and Michael Moy explained in more detail.

Dec 30, 2024 1:59 PM in response to dorina135

My problem is similar - but never had it before Sequoia 15.2. my battery drains down to zero and I can't turn my Mac Book Pro on, even though it is plugged in and the setting are set to not optimize the battery, so that it "should" stay on when plugged in. It's really hard to get my laptop to turn back on once it has reached this zero state. Apple needs to fix this!

Jan 27, 2025 4:40 AM in response to xiaoyihf

Tried that - along with other ideas - finally gave up and traded in my old laptop. the problem scared me as I was unable to get into my old laptop without trying and trying to restart it. Before the 15.2 upgrade this old laptop was perfectly fine!!

dorina135 Author

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Sep 27, 2024 8:42 AM in response to PRP_53

My all data is : 635,83 Gb File changes I did some, because I its my main and only workstation. But I will take leave alone my Mac For the weekend hopefully it can help.