I am on a 14 inch MacBook Pro - M2 Pro, on the latest Tahoe build- 26.5.2, and since the last two weeks or so I am having a very high idle battery drain. Like, ~40% idle drain while sleeping, in 12 hours overnight, while the same used to be 3-4% at max before.

By default I have kept the keyboard behaviour to be at the lowest non-zero backlight and turn off after 1 minute. But after going to sleep, it's coming back on at 100%.

This time I observed that the backlight flickering show ended after roughly 30 seconds. I think this is linked to the high battery drain issue.

After I told ChatGPT for the battery issue, it said it could be DarkWake causing the drain, but this has never been the issue cuz with the lid closed, usually the BT devices don't connect to Macbook.

Also, it shouldn't be a problem due to Bluetooth as Bluetooth has always been on for the laptop for almost the past three years

Is this a known issue? My extended AppleCare expires on 4th August, so would they be able to help?

Completely unsure what to do, please help.

Edit: I manually went to the top left and clicked on sleep, and was able to successfully replicate the issue. The flickering continues

Edit 2: I pressed Shut Down and the backlight is still on at 100%.. not flickering but stuck at full brightness. HELP.

Edit 3: I went through the diagnostics via holding the power button and the. Holding command + D. Everything looks fine there. However, after restarting, the behaviour has kind of flipped. I am getting the 100% keyboard backlight on sleep, and flickering on shutdown.

I have a black macbook pro and I hate opening it and seeing it dirty.
Any tips on cleaning the speaker part?

After using my trusty 2017 MacBook Air for all these years, I finally pulled the trigger on a massive upgrade. Picked up this 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 Pro chip, 48GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD, and | am completely blown away.
Going from a dual-core 2017 Air to this powerhouse feels like stepping into a completely different dimension. The speed, the display, and having a full 2TB of storage space is just a night-and-day difference.
For anyone who made a massive generational jump like this, what was the first thing you tested on your new machine?

My stupid cat ran over the table and pushed the laptop completely to the ground about 3 ft. Pretty obvious where the dent is and is already reflecting on the screen. Will this get worse overtime? Can i still get it fixed?

Just got this bad boy, M5 pro, 16”, 48 gb, 1TB . Besides watching you tube videos on what do to first, what yall recommend?

So i’ve been doing some research so i wanted to asks a question of the group; I am getting the M5 Pro and i’m looking at refurb 48GB Ram with 2TB hard drive vs New machine with 64GB Ram with 1TB hard drive. both are ranging at the 3.8k mark. It will be my only and primary machine coming from an Intel Mac. I use FCP, LLM and do massive video editing so I’m wondering do i go New out the box or Refurb and would your sacrifice RAM over Storage

Initially bought 16 inch, m4 pro, 48gb RAM, 512gb SSD for ~$2600 from Best Buy, plus needed to buy apple care for $409/ 3years. Had placed order for pick up and was going to be ready this Saturday. Was planning to use locally for LLMs, and some heavy load stuff. So needed the high specs.

However, was not that happy with the purchase considering the high amount, and was having hard time digesting that I am spending 2.6K on a laptop at retail price.

Fortunately found the Apple refurbished one for ~$2630 + ~$115 (apple care yearly)
14inch, M5 Pro, 15-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 48gb RAM, 1tb SSD.

I think this is a good deal, what do you guys think ? The primary downside of the Apple refurbished product is that it's ~$30 extra (not at all of a concern) and its screen size is 14-inches vs 16 inches for m4 pro. I currently use m3 pro, 36gb, 16 inches for office work and I like it, screen size wise but it's quite heavy. But, 14 inches for dev on m5 pro, dont think, it should matter much right ?

So, little confused, the best buy order is still active and can be picked up this Saturday.

I just got a new M5 Pro MacBook Pro yesterday and I noticed this blue tab sticking out of the fan exhaust on the right side. What is this? Has anyone ever experienced this? Thanks.

Hi, I’m looking to buy a new MacBook and I’m wondering whether I really need the M5 Pro, or if the standard M5 with 32 GB of RAM and a 10-core CPU / 10-core GPU would be enough for me.

I’m currently using a roughly seven-year-old Lenovo Legion. It’s still alive, but I’d like to upgrade to something more stable, with much better battery life and the ability to work comfortably without being plugged in all the time.

My work mainly involves larger Photoshop PSD files, Premiere Pro, WordPress, a web browser, and usually several applications open at the same time.

Most of the time, the MacBook would be connected to an external monitor, so I think the 14-inch model should be enough. I would occasionally use the MacBook’s built-in display as a second screen.

These are the options I’m currently considering:

– M5, 10-core CPU / 10-core GPU, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD – around €2,599
– M5 Pro with more CPU/GPU cores, but 24 GB RAM – around €3,069
– M5 Pro with 48 GB RAM – around €3,690

Would the standard M5 with 32 GB of RAM be enough for my workload for the next five to seven years? How noticeable would the difference between the M5 and M5 Pro be in everyday use?

I’m also wondering what would matter more for my use case: 32 GB of RAM with the standard M5, or 24 GB of RAM with the more powerful M5 Pro? Is it worth paying significantly more for 48 GB of RAM, or would that be overkill?

I’d be interested to hear from people who work with similar software and workloads.

Finally upgraded from my 14” M1 Pro 16GB 1TB daily workhorse into an Apple Refurbished 16” M4 Max 48GB 1TB mobile workstation. Coding Agents drove the upgrade decision.

I still can’t believe it’s a refurbished unit, inspected the entire thing and I can’t see any blemishes, etc. Even the box is pristine, lol.

Which one to choose from these if my work is editing now basic but going to upgrade to a good level to get freelancing works

Ai and machine learning work as I am a computer science student .

These two are only option because I cannot extend budget more than this, this is the maximum budget.

Both are in 14 inches

Ich habe lange ein MacBook Air mit M2 genutzt und es an meiner Dockingstation von der Arbeit betrieben (HP Thunderbolt Dock). Darauf war macOS Sequoia installiert.

So funktionierten zwei meiner drei Monitore: Monitor 1 und 2 zeigten dasselbe Bild, Monitor 3 ein anderes. Das MacBook war dabei zugeklappt. Allerdings hatte ich dieses Setup längere Zeit nicht mehr genutzt.

Nun bin ich auf ein MacBook Pro mit M5 umgestiegen und hatte mit demselben Ergebnis gerechnet. Jetzt zeigen jedoch alle Monitore dasselbe Bild an.

Zwischenzeitlich habe ich mein MacBook Air auf macOS Tahoe aktualisiert – und siehe da: Selbst damit funktioniert es plötzlich nicht mehr.

Hat jemand etwas Ähnliches beobachtet? Gibt es seit dem Update auf macOS Tahoe Probleme damit?

I just got supplied an M5 max to replace my M3 pro, and found out there are these new power modes.

I’ve done some reading on Apple support about them and in past posts here but I’m still not quite sure if there’s some down side of running high power mode when connected to power all the time.

I wondered if anyone knew if I did that if I’d lose some efficiency when I’m running under really light loads and would just be better off running automatic instead.

Or if the only difference is that it prefers to ramp up the cooling before throttling?

My next step will be figuring out MLX I think.

Can someone please explain to me why SpongeBob needs to run in the background? I know I’m on a beta and this could very well be. I even restarted my computer. It was never there before until I left my computer on last night. I know they’ve been saying SpongeBob has something to do with the Epstein files so I really hope some Fat F isn’t spying on me 👀 😂 Someone please reassure me. I’m use to Windows, so this is my first MacBook.

Hi,

Ich habe ein altes MacBook Pro aus einer Firmeninsolvenz bekommen und beim aufsetzen kam nach der Softwareinstallation die Info dass es remote über einen Jumpcloud Account gesteuert werden kann.

Ich kann nichts weiter tun als dem zustimmen. Dann soll ich eine registrierte Email angeben, die ich aber nicht habe und dann geht es nicht weiter.

Es gibt die Firma nicht mehr und ich könnte auch keinen Admin daher bekommen.

Kann ich da was machen oder habe ich Elektroschrott gekauft? Es ist ein 2017er Macbook

Hi!

I found this 14inch MBP deal on Backmarket for 1770 usd including taxes. I had previously missed the M1 max 32core gpu 64/1000 GB which would suit my work the best and would have been better value for money but RAM prices surge led me to buy this deal.

Caveat: It's a 'Fair' condition on Backmarket sold by Koala Stash (some really bad review on reddit, which I found later) and the next inventory is listed for ~1k higher.

Really hope it's worthy. I don't mind aesthetics but want the parts and device itself being genuine and working conditions. Will update here once it's delivered.

Earlier, purchased MBA M5 24GB/1000GB but it won't be sufficient for my RAM needs. So, will probably sell it and make slight money for that. So, it should also decrease the net cost for me.

Share best deals you have copped!

Bought an M5 MacBook Pro 1 month back need help guys:
1- was facing a minor clicking noise whenever I move my laptop from one place to another.
didn't find it bothering but thought there could be an issue.
2-When installed Mac fan control am not seeing the right fan.
What should I do guys still am paying emi's for this laptop

Computer has been dragging, particularly Mail and a drafting program my industry uses (this one is pretty typical and the reason I splurged on the 128 mem). I have been looking in Activity Monitor and didn't see anything out of the ordinary when I checked. Today I saw this little guy: textunderstandingd.

Turns out this is the built in AI apple uses to pore over your programs and try to extrapolate and predict text. I think my computer was choking out when mail would open because the AI got in there and went nuts. Also this screenshot of the CPU doesn't do it justice. There were moments I would see it go over 250% of the CPU usage. Once I went in and turned off the Apple AI in settings AND Siri, and the reset the laptop the processes stopped. But a reset did appear to be necessary.

Just wanted to throw this out there in case anyone else is having this issue with the OS. I hadn't experienced this until this week.

This is viewed an an extreme angle and zoomed in to demonstrate the shadow/discoloration I've noticed. At normal viewing angles, I notice only a very very subtle blue tinge below the notch — very difficult to capture in a photo with an iphone camera, but noticeable enough that I checked and took the video above.

I want to buy macbook for school and dont want to spend alot of money. Is this one worth it? Its s 2018 macbook pro with these specs.

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some advice because I’ve been so out of touch with Apple’s latest models that I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed 😅

I’m looking to replace my 2015 MacBook Pro. It still works, but it’s definitely become too slow for my workflow. I’m a graphic designer and social media manager. Most of my work is in InDesign and Photoshop, and I also edit short social media videos in Premiere Pro, but nothing big or complex.

My question is: Would a MacBook Air be enough for this kind of work, or should I stick with a MacBook Pro? I’m also open to buying an older refurbished model if that would give me better value for money.

I’d really appreciate any recommendations. Thanks! 🙏🏻