MacBook M5 draining battery in sleep mode — any suggestions?

I’m using a MacBook Pro M5 and noticed it seems to use quite a bit of power even when it should be sleeping. For example, after I send something to the printer, close the lid, and leave it alone, I still see more battery drain than I’d expect.

I am using the latest version of Bambu Studio.

Has anyone run into this or found ways to reduce power drain during sleep mode? Any settings I should check or features I should disable? Thanks!

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My m1 do the Same :man_shrugging: and to when is complete off … i must charge every 2 weeks …. But I have 97% battery After 5 years …

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I’m not savvy on which versions have the feature and which don’t but my Macbook has a battery info page where it shows what apps used how much battery.

Once you find that page (in Settings for me), it’s pretty easy to sort out what is draining the battery.

Have you tried leaving it plugged in?

  1. When clicking on the battery icon in the row right of the screen it shows bambu studio is significant using energy.

  2. Yes i leave him plugged in now.

Maybe I should delete the app and reinstall?

Bambu studio (well, really the network plugin) has a bug that consumes a lot of CPU time every 20-30 seconds while running. ( MacOS severe, crippling slowdown with BambuStudio 2.5.x · Issue #9757 · bambulab/BambuStudio · GitHub )

Your best bet is to exit Bambu Studio and let the printer run without the app. Note that the entire print is downloaded before printing starts, and the printer can continue after the app exits.

Force the app off when not in use. Chris makes good points.

Modern software is bad and getting worse.

Thanks all, clear. Will try this out if it works here and report back.

In the end, got a tip: switch off “wake on network” in the option from battery setting, This die the trick in the end when not connected to the powersupply.

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