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Mentions of High Power Mode Possibly for New MacBook Pros Again Found in macOS Monterey

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Back in late September, mentions of a "High Power" mode were spotted in macOS Monterey code, and it appears Apple is still working on the feature. Battery code in the macOS Monterey release candidate mentions a "High Power" option, and this time, includes additional detail.

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"Your Mac will optimize performance to better support resource-intensive tasks. This may result in louder fan noise," reads the code. The mention was discovered by MacRumors contributor Steve Moser.

There is no High Power mode that appears to be present in the macOS Monterey beta on an M1 Mac, so it's possible that this is something that's exclusive to the M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pro machines that are launching next week. Such a feature was not mentioned on stage today.

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It's also possible that this is a forthcoming feature that's not quite ready to launch and that's why we're not yet seeing it as a consumer-facing option in macOS Monterey.

macOS Monterey is set to be released to the public on Monday, October 25, and the M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pro models will begin arriving to customers the next day, so we won't have long to wait to find out if there's a hidden High Power mode.

Article Link: Mentions of High Power Mode Possibly for New MacBook Pros Again Found in macOS Monterey
 
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zorinlynx said:
Hopefully you can just configure it to tie "high power mode" to being plugged in. If my Macbook is plugged in, it can have all the chunky watts it wants. I don't want to have to think about it. :)
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It will be. And automatic. Not as an option at least at first.
 
To me, this keynote almost felt like Craig Federighi and Monterey were being squeezed out to a minor role. The emphasis was certainly focused entirely on the hardware side of things.
 
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zorinlynx said:
Hopefully you can just configure it to tie "high power mode" to being plugged in. If my Macbook is plugged in, it can have all the chunky watts it wants. I don't want to have to think about it. :)
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I believe in this case it will be specific to when the laptop is running on battery as it will always be on maximum mode when plugged in automatically.
 
When they were showing those graphs of how PC laptops drop off on battery power I kept expecting them to drop a reveal, ’and heres how ours perform on mains power!’ But it never came.
 
Same as the "Cooler Boost" feature found in high end gaming laptop one assumes. Basically just running the fans at max to ensure sustained performance.
 
So their fancy graph showing how PC laptops are slower off mains power and the M1P laptops aren’t were just nonsense then? They pretty much straight up said that these laptops perform the same wether on battery or mains.

So if that’s true, what is this mode for exactly?
 
DaSal said:
So their fancy graph showing how PC laptops are slower off mains power and the M1P laptops aren’t were just nonsense then? They pretty much straight up said that these laptops perform the same wether on battery or mains.

So if that’s true, what is this mode for exactly?
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Extreme sustained max performance, such as multi hour rendering. Not something that would normally come up or be needed for most people
 
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