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12.3 bries my battery

Otha

Otha

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Since updated to macOS 12.3/12.3.1, my MacBook Pro(intel chip) consumes more battery life than pervious version.
I have tried to reset the SMC but it doesn't seems to solve the problem. It really affects my work
any one have seem issue?
 
Otha said:
Since updated to macOS 12.3/12.3.1, my MacBook Pro(intel chip) consumes more battery life than pervious version.
I have tried to reset the SMC but it doesn't seems to solve the problem. It really affects my work
any one have seem issue?
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When did you update? I’ve not noticed any issues like this on either of my MacBooks - M1 and Intel.
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) owner here, I have noticed worse battery life since updating to 12.3 (also 12.3.1) as well. Like, much worse overall. It just seems to drink battery even when not doing much. The performance feels the same, but doing the exact same work I usually do, the battery drains about 30% faster than before on 12.2. I noticed that WindowServer and Universal Control use a lot of CPU when moving the mouse cursor around, even though I have Universal Control disabled. You can see it for yourself in Activity Monitor (change View to All Processes) and then constantly move the mouse cursor around and watch the processes.

SMC reset / NVRAM reset didn't help. I feel like something is using more CPU / GPU than it should, or causing an unnecessary frequency boost when not needed.

I don't think this has anything to do with my battery health, I have a fresh battery (replaced top case) with only around 140 cycles on it, and the battery life is fine again when I boot into 12.2.
 
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Peacock22 said:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) owner here, I have noticed worse battery life since updating to 12.3 (also 12.3.1) as well. Like, much worse overall. It just seems to drink battery even when not doing much. The performance feels the same, but doing the exact same work I usually do, the battery drains about 30% faster than before on 12.2. I noticed that WindowServer and Universal Control use a lot of CPU when moving the mouse cursor around, even though I have Universal Control disabled. You can see it for yourself in Activity Monitor (change View to All Processes) and then constantly move the mouse cursor around and watch the processes.

SMC reset / NVRAM reset didn't help. I feel like something is using more CPU / GPU than it should, or causing an unnecessary frequency boost when not needed.

I don't think this has anything to do with my battery health, I have a fresh battery (replaced top case) with only around 140 cycles on it, and the battery life is fine again when I boot into 12.2.
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hope they can fix it in 12.4
 
The same here. Docker Desktop running the same containers now drains a battery 30-40% more. 14 inch pro max.
Bluetooth issues (now my Sony wh headphones disconnects every 5-10 second), software bugs (LibreOffice). Do they even know what the hell is unit testing, maybe someone shows them how to test properly before pushing to production ****** os version //
 
justatom said:
The same here. Docker Desktop running the same containers now drains a battery 30-40% more. 14 inch pro max.
Bluetooth issues (now my Sony wh headphones disconnects every 5-10 second), software bugs (LibreOffice). Do they even know what the hell is unit testing, maybe someone shows them how to test properly before pushing to production ****** os version //
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I had same booth issue when connect Beats headphones, Apple support told me to reset Beats than solved in 12.3 version.
 
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