Hello guys, how's the new MacOS 13 on your MacBook Pro. Is the performance, and battery same as MacOS 12 or gotten better/worse in terms of speed and snappiness?
Please state your Mac model.
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Thanks!
Thanks a lot for this useful information. I'll refrain myself from the upgrade.If you haven't upgraded to MacOS Ventura and are considering doing so, from my experience so far I say don't upgrade. I upgraded my MacBook Pro which I bought new in April to Ventura on the day it was released. Performance is fine, but battery life is significantly less. To test, I started it in safe mode, and let it sit without my touching it for a couple of hours. The battery level dropped almost 30% during that time. I spent some time chatting with Apple's tech support. After about 45 minutes of trying different things, they said to let it go for a few days to see if battery life improves. That was not a good sign. Here it is now a few days after that, and I'm running my test again. The battery level is still dropping just as fast. It has dropped 3% just while I'm typing this response, and I'm not typing it on the MacBook. Don't upgrade!
Thanks, but I can't afford a clean install.I have a MacBook Pro 14, 1TB 16GB and I am running Ventura with no issues in performance or battery life. Granted, I did a clean install (due to another unrelated issue).
So, my results may be different than someone who did an upgrade from a prior version. But, so far so good.
And don't even consider a clean install. That's not a thing anymore. Every macOS installation is bit for bit identical to every other macOS installation of the same version. The system volume is read only, sealed, and cryptographically signed. If even a single bit changed, the security checks at boot would stop the machine from booting. There is no benefit to erasing and reinstalling the operating system.
Thanks for sharing such detailed insights. Please let us know how it goes after disabling stage manager?I think I may have found a clue for the higher energy consumption of Ventura in comparison to Monterey. I was analyzing what new feature in Ventura I am now using constantly after having upgraded. The new feature that I am using is Stage Manager! So this is the difference to my previously perfectly running Monterey system!
I then turned off Stage Manager and now my energy consumption in idle dropped to 4-4,5 Watts with the display at about 30% brightness, great!
The energy consumption while playing YouTube in Safari also dropped significantly. I suspect that the WindowServer process consumes more energy when Stage Manager is active. I am also astonished why the WindowServer consumes 2,36 GB on my system with only Safari open and one YouTube and one MacRumors tab!
I will leave Stage Manager disabled and continue testing.
Greetings Janni
they said to let it go for a few days to see if battery life improves.
I am noticing drastically reduced efficiency on my Macbook Pro M1 16".
Usually when watching Videos on YouTube in Safari I was using under 8 Watts. Now it is fluctuating between 10 Watts up to 14 Watts and more.
Also in idle mode it consumes more energy than before with Monterey. I was using about 4,5 to 5 Watts before in idle and am now at about 8 Watts.
Something is different. I upgraded to Ventura the day it released and it had enough time to do background indexing, etc. I used the laptop a lot in the last days and also have it connected to my Caldigit TS4 Dock over night.
I added two screenshots. In these screenshots I am only watching YouTube in Safari. The laptop is not connected to power. Maybe others have the same problem.
I am feeling that my battery life is nearly half of that before the Ventura update.
Macbook Air 2020 having major issues with batter. Immediately after the upgrade, my batter which lasted all day, is drained in 4-5 hours. Even on standby, I lost 8% in a few hours.Hello guys, how's the new MacOS 13 on your MacBook Pro. Is the performance, and battery same as MacOS 12 or gotten better/worse in terms of speed and snappiness?
Please state your Mac model.
Thanks!
I wish I have read your post before upgrading. I also notice battery performance drop after upgrading to Ventura. While I tried googling before upgrading, no one mentioned about the battery performance drop - maybe it was still too early for people to comment/notice it. I use MBP M1 14", just purchased it last month. It usually lasts full day without charging for normal office use before but I have to charge twice a day now after upgrading to Ventura.I am noticing drastically reduced efficiency on my Macbook Pro M1 16".
Usually when watching Videos on YouTube in Safari I was using under 8 Watts. Now it is fluctuating between 10 Watts up to 14 Watts and more.
Also in idle mode it consumes more energy than before with Monterey. I was using about 4,5 to 5 Watts before in idle and am now at about 8 Watts.
Something is different. I upgraded to Ventura the day it released and it had enough time to do background indexing, etc. I used the laptop a lot in the last days and also have it connected to my Caldigit TS4 Dock over night.
I added two screenshots. In these screenshots I am only watching YouTube in Safari. The laptop is not connected to power. Maybe others have the same problem.
I am feeling that my battery life is nearly half of that before the Ventura update.
I also noticed worse battery life on 16" M1 Pro cca 10-20%, thinking about clean install of Monterrey and then wait until 13.2 or newer.I am noticing drastically reduced efficiency on my Macbook Pro M1 16".
Usually when watching Videos on YouTube in Safari I was using under 8 Watts. Now it is fluctuating between 10 Watts up to 14 Watts and more.
Also in idle mode it consumes more energy than before with Monterey. I was using about 4,5 to 5 Watts before in idle and am now at about 8 Watts.
Something is different. I upgraded to Ventura the day it released and it had enough time to do background indexing, etc. I used the laptop a lot in the last days and also have it connected to my Caldigit TS4 Dock over night.
I added two screenshots. In these screenshots I am only watching YouTube in Safari. The laptop is not connected to power. Maybe others have the same problem.
I am feeling that my battery life is nearly half of that before the Ventura update.
how about "12 hr power" on activity monitor?UPDATE: Don't wanna jinx it but after a week of upgrading, I notice that the battery performance has slowly gotten back to it was before with Monterey. It doesn't drain a lot on sleep anymore and I am back to one charge a day with daily usage.
I did nothing to the settings though. Hopefully it will stay like this, haha.