Until recently, I've had this laptop always plugged in and connected to a monitor in my office, with rare exceptions. I thought Apple had some way of detecting this and adjusting the charging of the battery appropriately. Recently, I've been using the laptop off of the desk and notice that the battery can go from fully charged to about 65% in a short time with minimal occasional use. If I click on the battery icon, Malware Protection.app* always shows up as "using significant energy."
Now it's a separate question as to whether this app is needed, but given that I've paid for it for one year I'd like to continue using it. So, is it reasonable that it would be such a battery hog and is there some setting, either in the app or in Mac OS, that can reduce it's use of the battery?
Thanks.
*Edit: It's actually "Malwarebytes Protection App." I have Malwarebytes installed.
Now it's a separate question as to whether this app is needed, but given that I've paid for it for one year I'd like to continue using it. So, is it reasonable that it would be such a battery hog and is there some setting, either in the app or in Mac OS, that can reduce it's use of the battery?
Thanks.
*Edit: It's actually "Malwarebytes Protection App." I have Malwarebytes installed.
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