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Written by Stuart Langridge on 2025-01-20 at 18:01

I've got a macbook. I don't use it much, and it sits on the side desk. Yesterday I charged it to 100% (which I had to click on a thing in the menu to allow; it only wanted to go to 80%) and then afterwards unplugged it and closed the lid. Today I've just opened it and it's at 1% charge. Do they not suspend properly or something? Surely it shouldn't use battery power while the lid is closed?

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Written by Charlie O’Hara on 2025-01-20 at 18:04

@sil Absolutely not normal on the Apple Silicon Macs. I've had them last weeks while suspended.

Have you disabled power saving or similar?

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Written by Stuart Langridge on 2025-01-20 at 18:09

@awfulwoman no idea. I didn't disable that deliberately (since I have no idea how). I don't think this is an arm machine, though; it's not new enough for that. I can't see anything very obvious in the battery settings saying "be crap" which I've ticked

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Written by supersole on 2025-01-20 at 18:12

@sil @awfulwoman this I’ve seen on my Intel MacBook Pro. I think either they do that when the battery gets old or their controller/driver gets silly with newer versions of the OS. It has rendered the machine quite unreliable 😒

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Written by Charlie O’Hara on 2025-01-20 at 18:12

@supersole @sil 😭

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Written by Stuart Langridge on 2025-01-20 at 18:16

@supersole @awfulwoman ah so maybe it's just how it works then. It's not a huge deal; it will never leave this desk, and I don't need it a lot, so I can just plug it in when required. Bit disappointing, though.

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