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Abysmal Battery Life
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Well duh, if you have a process that eats up CPU power like this, three hours is actually amazing. An Intel Mac would be out of juice within two hours top 
I guess this is the problem with these M1 Macs — they run so quietly that you can't actually tell if an app went rogue...
I guess this is the problem with these M1 Macs — they run so quietly that you can't actually tell if an app went rogue...
Dropbox is not a M1 native app yet.. but there must be another reason that its consuming so much CPU. But yes, that's the reason for your poor battery life
They have a build for it:
Beta Build 110.3.425 | The Dropbox Community
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Download Windows Standard Installer Offline...
www.dropboxforum.com
Probably using Rosetta though?
actually in the comments they then reference using this beta build on Apple Silicon:They have a build for it:
Beta Build 110.3.425 | The Dropbox Community
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Download Windows Standard Installer Offline...
Probably using Rosetta though?
Dropbox Desktop Client Builds | The Dropbox Community
Download the latest Dropbox beta or stable build.
www.dropboxforum.com
If you are doing a synchronization with many files to download or upload, it is likely that Dropbox will consume a lot (of CPU, energy) in the process of doing so.
I do not have any M1 machine, but I made a similar observation with iCloud itself.
I do not have any M1 machine, but I made a similar observation with iCloud itself.
Dropbox is and always has been a ridiculously bloated resource hog.
It and Chrome are always competing for "who uses too many resources for no good reason"
It and Chrome are always competing for "who uses too many resources for no good reason"
I use Dropbox some but I never have it as a start up item because it’s always a battery hog. On M1 it’s even worse at the moment. I manually run it if I have any files to sync and then quit it once it’s done. I also don’t turn on the finder integration either.
Makes sense. There's also newer versions than the one linked above:
Beta Build:
www.dropboxforum.com
Stable Build:
www.dropboxforum.com
Beta Build:
Dropbox Desktop Client Builds | The Dropbox Community
Download the latest Dropbox beta or stable build.
www.dropboxforum.com
Stable Build:
Dropbox Desktop Client Builds | The Dropbox Community
Download the latest Dropbox beta or stable build.
www.dropboxforum.com
Unfortunately I can't share the excitement
Just running Safari and mail client with a few apps open gives me around 6-8 hours of screen time. I roughly lose a 1% every 4-5 minutes. It's really frustrating! I did format battery twice now and I see no improvements. Also computer is already week old so all of the indexing should be done by now...
Any advice? Or do you think I bought a lemon?!
Thanks
Just running Safari and mail client with a few apps open gives me around 6-8 hours of screen time. I roughly lose a 1% every 4-5 minutes. It's really frustrating! I did format battery twice now and I see no improvements. Also computer is already week old so all of the indexing should be done by now...
Any advice? Or do you think I bought a lemon?!
Thanks
Unfortunately I can't share the excitement
Just running Safari and mail client with a few apps open gives me around 6-8 hours of screen time. I roughly lose a 1% every 4-5 minutes. It's really frustrating! I did format battery twice now and I see no improvements. Also computer is already week old so all of the indexing should be done by now...
Any advice? Or do you think I bought a lemon?!
Thanks
What does Activity Monitor say? Check it for apps that consume high amounts of energy.
Unfortunately I can't share the excitement
Just running Safari and mail client with a few apps open gives me around 6-8 hours of screen time. I roughly lose a 1% every 4-5 minutes. It's really frustrating! I did format battery twice now and I see no improvements. Also computer is already week old so all of the indexing should be done by now...
Any advice? Or do you think I bought a lemon?!
Thanks
Something doesn't seem right with your machine, I've been smashing safari for 5 days, currently at 51% just under 6 hours usage. Base model M1 MacBook Pro here.
If you can't fix it via a restore, return it for a new machine.