14 Inch Macbook Pro (2021) - 4 day total battery drain while sleeping

[rwhg]

Early update: I think turning off Screen Time has done the trick.

Went to bed around 10 PM last night, just got up at about 7 AM, battery moved from 49% to 48% over those 9 hours.

That's more like it!

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Early update: I think turning off Screen Time has done the trick.

Went to bed around 10 PM last night, just got up at about 7 AM, battery moved from 49% to 48% over those 9 hours.

That's more like it!

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turns out i had it disabled already so it must be sth else

when u run pmset -g log | grep "Wake Requests" in terminal ,do u still get those in the logs ? i mean the :

:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup

 

[joeblough]

com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup appears in my logs as well. trying to figure out exactly what service this is tied to. the log message comes from dasd, but all that means is that it's some kind of background task.

i don't have screen time turned on so this is not the universal cause of this problem, that's for sure.

in my case it seems that there is a whole cascade of wake requests for TCPKATurnoff. every time the computer wakes up, it schedules another one for about 2 hours in the future. so eventually it's waking up ever 2 minutes or so from a request made 2 hours earlier. this has got to be a bug. i can't tell what gets it waking up so often in the first place since the logs seem to have been rotated before this problem started.

 

[ryu_minami]

I have the exact same symptoms.
I was relieved to find this place.
There is a huge amount of this same log being generated.
What is this?

2021-12-20 11:40:14 +0900 Wake Requests [process=dasd request=SleepService deltaSecs=1050 wakeAt=2021-12-20 11:57:44 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup"] [*process=dasd request=TimerPlugin deltaSecs=914 wakeAt=2021-12-20 11:55:28 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.mediaanalysisd.fullanalysis"] [process=mDNSResponder request=Maintenance deltaSecs=7172 wakeAt=2021-12-20 13:39:46 info="upkeep wake"] [process=PowerUIAgent request=Maintenance deltaSecs=2132 wakeAt=2021-12-20 12:15:46 info="com.apple.obc"] [process=powerd request=UserWake deltaSecs=482942 wakeAt=2021-12-26 01:49:16 info="com.apple.alarm.user-visible-Weekly Usage Report,529"]

And in screen time, the mysterious
"Other."
time occurs 19 hours out of 24 hours.
And it's during the time I'm asleep!

and I tried the following command in the terminal with the information I found on the net.

sudo pmset schedule cancelall

I don't actually know what this means.
Does anyone know?

 

[ryu_minami]

I have the exact same symptoms.
I was relieved to find this place.
There is a huge amount of this same log being generated.
What is this?

2021-12-20 11:40:14 +0900 Wake Requests [process=dasd request=SleepService deltaSecs=1050 wakeAt=2021-12-20 11:57:44 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup"] [*process=dasd request=TimerPlugin deltaSecs=914 wakeAt=2021-12-20 11:55:28 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.mediaanalysisd.fullanalysis"] [process=mDNSResponder request=Maintenance deltaSecs=7172 wakeAt=2021-12-20 13:39:46 info="upkeep wake"] [process=PowerUIAgent request=Maintenance deltaSecs=2132 wakeAt=2021-12-20 12:15:46 info="com.apple.obc"] [process=powerd request=UserWake deltaSecs=482942 wakeAt=2021-12-26 01:49:16 info="com.apple.alarm.user-visible-Weekly Usage Report,529"]

And in screen time, the mysterious
"Other."
time occurs 19 hours out of 24 hours.
And it's during the time I'm asleep!

and I tried the following command in the terminal with the information I found on the net.

sudo pmset schedule cancelall

I don't actually know what this means.
Does anyone know?

I tried "sudo pmset schedule cancelall".
But then the process goes like this.
Screen time is turned off and time machine is unset.

2021-12-20 13:50:09 +0900 Wake Requests [process=dasd request=SleepService deltaSecs=1040 wakeAt=2021-12-20 14:07:29 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup"] [*process=dasd request=TimerPlugin deltaSecs=989 wakeAt=2021-12-20 14:06:38 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.mediaanalysisd.fullanalysis"] [process=mDNSResponder request=Maintenance deltaSecs=7198 wakeAt=2021-12-20 15:50:07 info="upkeep wake"] [process=PowerUIAgent request=Maintenance deltaSecs=1258 wakeAt=2021-12-20 14:11:07 info="com.apple.obc"]

 

[Big Jobs]

u could turn that powernap crap off and try it again, hopefully that is the culprit….

i shutdown my 14” at the end of each session as it starts up quickly from scratch anyhow, and i like letting the battery have time off altogether as i want itto be happy

 

[ryu_minami]

Unfortunately, there is no on/off setting for Power NAP in Monterey.

 

[joeblough]

I tried "sudo pmset schedule cancelall".
But then the process goes like this.
Screen time is turned off and time machine is unset.

2021-12-20 13:50:09 +0900 Wake Requests [process=dasd request=SleepService deltaSecs=1040 wakeAt=2021-12-20 14:07:29 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup"] [*process=dasd request=TimerPlugin deltaSecs=989 wakeAt=2021-12-20 14:06:38 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.mediaanalysisd.fullanalysis"] [process=mDNSResponder request=Maintenance deltaSecs=7198 wakeAt=2021-12-20 15:50:07 info="upkeep wake"] [process=PowerUIAgent request=Maintenance deltaSecs=1258 wakeAt=2021-12-20 14:11:07 info="com.apple.obc"]

pmset is the command utility to set power managment options on macosx. pm = power management, set = set options. so you use it to change power management features, including lots of settings that apple never put in any user interface anywhere.

clearing out the schedule would, i assume, clear out any user wake schedule set using pmset, and it sounds like it also clears out any schedules that the OS itself created, for instance in response to turning on time machine. that's probably why time machine turned off.

i still haven't been able to figure out what com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup corresponds to. is it icloud backups of something or other? time machine? who knows.

mediaanalysisd is probably the Photos app trying to schedule face detection or other object detection in your photo library.

dunno what com.apple.obc is, perhaps optimized battery charging, or maybe the calendar program. google is ambiguous on this topic.

 

[joeblough]

i should also report that i toggled the TCP keepalive thing a couple of times on and off to see if the problem would go away, and that didn't immediately help. however, i did also turn it off and reboot, then turned it back on, and for now the machine is behaving a lot better. it is waking up every 3 minutes or so still but the wake runtimes are a lot shorter and i don't see the cascade of wake requests piling up. the battery drain overnight was about 7% on the first night i left it unplugged after this exercise.

i still have no idea how the machine got into this state in the first place. it is sort of obvious it's going on though - the computer is warm to the touch even after being asleep for an hour or so.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

pmset is the command utility to set power managment options on macosx. pm = power management, set = set options. so you use it to change power management features, including lots of settings that apple never put in any user interface anywhere.

clearing out the schedule would, i assume, clear out any user wake schedule set using pmset, and it sounds like it also clears out any schedules that the OS itself created, for instance in response to turning on time machine. that's probably why time machine turned off.

i still haven't been able to figure out what com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup corresponds to. is it icloud backups of something or other? time machine? who knows.

mediaanalysisd is probably the Photos app trying to schedule face detection or other object detection in your photo library.

dunno what com.apple.obc is, perhaps optimized battery charging, or maybe the calendar program. google is ambiguous on this topic.

This com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBckup is a true mystery honestly

being gifted with an enormous brain,i tried going into the avatar emoji and change it ,without success obviously

 

[ryu_minami]

Thanks everyone for your comments.
I've been watching the situation for two days since then, but the same schedule (com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBckup) is still there, and even with SLEEP, it is draining almost 30% overnight.
What about everyone else?

 

[pikabu]

I've got the same battery drain on new MacBook pro 16" with M1 Pro, running on Monterey 12.1.

Here are the last 5 lines from log:

2021-12-24 22:34:20 +0100 Wake Requests [*process=dasd request=SleepService deltaSecs=948 wakeAt=2021-12-24 22:50:08 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup"] [process=mDNSResponder request=Maintenance deltaSecs=7200 wakeAt=2021-12-25 00:34:20 info="upkeep wake"] [process=powerd request=TCPKATurnOff deltaSecs=244952 wakeAt=2021-12-27 18:36:52]

2021-12-24 22:50:13 +0100 Wake Requests [*process=dasd request=SleepService deltaSecs=920 wakeAt=2021-12-24 23:05:33 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup"] [process=mDNSResponder request=Maintenance deltaSecs=7200 wakeAt=2021-12-25 00:50:13 info="upkeep wake"] [process=powerd request=TCPKATurnOff deltaSecs=243999 wakeAt=2021-12-27 18:36:52]

2021-12-24 23:05:38 +0100 Wake Requests [*process=dasd request=SleepService deltaSecs=1029 wakeAt=2021-12-24 23:22:47 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup"] [process=mDNSResponder request=Maintenance deltaSecs=7200 wakeAt=2021-12-25 01:05:38 info="upkeep wake"] [process=powerd request=TCPKATurnOff deltaSecs=243074 wakeAt=2021-12-27 18:36:52]

2021-12-24 23:22:52 +0100 Wake Requests [*process=dasd request=SleepService deltaSecs=1066 wakeAt=2021-12-24 23:40:38 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup"] [process=mDNSResponder request=Maintenance deltaSecs=7200 wakeAt=2021-12-25 01:22:52 info="upkeep wake"] [process=powerd request=TCPKATurnOff deltaSecs=242040 wakeAt=2021-12-27 18:36:52]

2021-12-24 23:36:27 +0100 Wake Requests [*process=dasd request=SleepService deltaSecs=905 wakeAt=2021-12-24 23:51:32 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup"] [process=dasd request=TimerPlugin deltaSecs=1052 wakeAt=2021-12-24 23:53:59 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.mediaanalysisd.photosanalysis"] [process=mDNSResponder request=Maintenance deltaSecs=7200 wakeAt=2021-12-25 01:36:27 info="upkeep wake"]

During that time my mac was sleeping without any devices attached (magsafe too).

 

[joeblough]

mine is behaving OK again. all i can say is that i turned off the TCP keepalive for a while, rebooted, turned it back on, and rebooted again. i went about 4 days asleep with about 30% drain during that time. it's definitely still waking up every few minutes per the log, but it seems to be running less on each wake. the machine is never warm to the touch anymore while sleeping.

@pikabu waking every 900-1000 seconds is probably OK, that's kind of what mine is doing. there's another line that says how long the machine was awake each time, what does that say.

 

[Stu69]

I also had the problem on a MBP M1 Pro with the battery draining way too much % when sleeping. My pmset log did not show any particular app causing the issue, instead, there were lots of different entries. I fixed it by using sudo pmset powernap 0 (to turn powernap off as there is no GUI button to do this anymore). Over the last two nights, after sleeping for approx 10 hours each night, I had 0% battery drain

 

[Vanarak19]

I have ~1800 wakeups since 14-Jan-22!!! battery is not the best in standby, but enough to make me wonder what's going on compared to our solid MacBook Air M1!

I ran the following command; pmset -g log | grep "Wake Requests"


All of them seem appear to be network wakeups, and include;

com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup, process mDNSResponder


There are several variations of UserRequestedBackup though;
#1 culprit (Majority of them, 1636x)- TCPKATurnOff

2022-01-15 10:01:32 -0500 Wake Requests [*process=dasd request=SleepService deltaSecs=992 wakeAt=2022-01-15 10:18:04 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup"] [process=[B]mDNSResponder[/B] request=Maintenance deltaSecs=7198 wakeAt=2022-01-15 12:01:30 info="upkeep wake"] [process=powerd request=TCPKATurnOff deltaSecs=316853 wakeAt=2022-01-19 02:02:25] [process=powerd request=UserWake deltaSecs=41308 wakeAt=2022-01-15 21:30:00 info="com.apple.alarm.user-visible-com.apple.donotdisturb.server.ScheduleLifetimeMonitor.timer,511"]

--------------------------------


#2 culprit (137x)- com.apple.Safari.SafeBrowsing.BrowsingDatabases.Update

2022-01-14 08:31:15 -0500 Wake Requests [*process=dasd request=SleepService deltaSecs=901 wakeAt=2022-01-14 08:46:16 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup"] [process=dasd request=TimerPlugin deltaSecs=1025 wakeAt=2022-01-14 08:48:20 info="com.apple.dasd:501:[B]com.apple.Safari.SafeBrowsing.BrowsingDatabases.Update[/B]"] [process=mDNSResponder [/B]request=Maintenance deltaSecs=7198 wakeAt=2022-01-14 10:31:13 info="upkeep wake"] [process=NotificationCenter request=Maintenance deltaSecs=46824 wakeAt=2022-01-14 21:31:39 info="com.apple.notificationcenter.dnd"] [process=powerd request=UserWake deltaSecs=46725 wakeAt=2022-01-14 21:30:00 info="com.apple.alarm.user-visible-com.apple.donotdisturb.server.ScheduleLifetimeMonitor.timer,511"]

 

[joeblough]

yeah - what i did was to use pmset to turn off the tcp keepalive thing - got the warning that find my wouldn't work anymore. then i rebooted the machine and turned the keepalive back on. seems to have fixed it. looking at the logs i could see that every time the computer woke up it would schedule another TCPKATurnOff wake for like 2 hours in the future. pretty soon the thing was awake more than it was asleep while "sleeping".

i'm pretty sure this is the actual bug, but i don't have any idea how it gets into that state.

 

[need4speed777]

I charged mine to 100% and did not used it for 2 weeks now that I open it it was only used 2% it still has 98% left... so there is really something wrong with yours.

 

[matthewadams]

Had this a few times... Looks like some scheduling that's off.
When I run `sudo pmset schedule cancelall` before putting it to sleep all is well..

 

[plasmamc]

I bought a MBP14 a few weeks ago and it kept draining 20% per day while unplugged, lid closed, no peripherals.

I feel like I've tried everything and the only solution is to turn off wifi.

I tried some random settings like remove wake for network access, app store multiplayer thing, and `sudo pmset schedule cancelall`.

In the `pmset -g log | grep "Wake Requests"` command, I saw a lot of "weekly usage" so I turned off screen time. It seemed like it worked for 10 hours but then it started draining again - I am not 100% sure if it was not wifi related though.

I also tried turning off tcpkeepalive `sudo pmset -a tcpkeepalive 0` which I thought would disconnect from the internet while the lid is closed, but I guess that isn't what is happening since it is still draining battery. I might check this again today though to be sure.

I still see logs from the pmset command:
```
2022-02-09 21:43:05 +X Wake Requests [*process=dasd request=SleepService deltaSecs=929 wakeAt=2022-02-09 21:58:34 info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup"]
```

But I have no idea what the deal is with dasd or user requested backups.

 

[albertinho]

Early update: I think turning off Screen Time has done the trick.

Went to bed around 10 PM last night, just got up at about 7 AM, battery moved from 49% to 48% over those 9 hours.

That's more like it!

View attachment 1928240

This improved battery drain a lot for me as well - thanks!

Still trying to understand more of the wake-up requests. Maybe there's more to improve...
Especially when checking the pmset log (command pmset -g log | grep "Wake Requests") there is a ton of equal wake requests with following service, like some of you already mentioned:

info="com.apple.dasd:501:com.apple.avatar.activity.UserRequestedBackup"]

These requests come cyclically every 2 - 15 min. Hence getting >500 dark wake counts every night.
Guess there could be room for battery life improvement without these many dark wakes...


Did someone find out what UserRequestedBackup service is about?
And dependent on what it does, can it be turned off or be reduced?

 

[timlopez]

I'm also seeing a lot of consumption while sleeping. Even when not using for a couple days, I'll come back to the battery completely drained.

Macbook Pro 16 M1 (2021)

 

[Sanpete]

I'm also seeing a lot of consumption while sleeping. Even when not using for a couple days, I'll come back to the battery completely drained. View attachment 1991518

Macbook Pro 16 M1 (2021)

What OS version are you using? They've addressed some of this with updates, reportedly.

 

[rodrigoounao]

So my problem seems a little divergent. The sleeping also uses a little of the battery but I checked and something feels off to me on the activity monitor. My brand new MacBook 14" dosent last very long, in fact i've been using then for about 15 days and on the 2:30-3 hours mark of web between videos and research takes about 50% off. The last charge was yesterday and the battery already has been at 45%, with low power setting active since day 1. Safari seems the biggest usage on my side but I don't know if is a real problem or not. this seems normal?

 

[TinyMito]

So my problem seems a little divergent. The sleeping also uses a little of the battery but I checked and something feels off to me on the activity monitor. My brand new MacBook 14" dosent last very long, in fact i've been using then for about 15 days and on the 2:30-3 hours mark of web between videos and research takes about 50% off. The last charge was yesterday and the battery already has been at 45%, with low power setting active since day 1. Safari seems the biggest usage on my side but I don't know if is a real problem or not. this seems normal?View attachment 2000638View attachment 2000645

Screen Time off?

 

[flapflapflap]

Setup my new 14 inch Macbook Pro (M1 Pro) fours days ago (on Friday evening). Put the computer to sleep with 83% battery life. Went to use the computer today and the battery was dead.

The only way to get the computer to turn on was to plug in the charger and let it sit for a few minutes. Upon booting, the battery capacity was at 12%.

I am not sure why the battery drained so fast while in sleep mode.

I am attaching a screenshot of the battery graph after I booted but it does not really show anything useful.

Has anyone else had this battery drain problem when letting their new Macbook Pro 14 inch sit in sleep mode for 4 or more days?

Just as an FYI and as an aside, the 16 has superior battery life and better thermals. I haven't done it myself but have heard it can last for weeks on sleep mode.