still heavy battery drain while sleeping

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still heavy battery drain while sleeping #1177

Closed alofting closed 3 months ago

alofting commented 4 months ago

I experienced the same problem as in closed issue #91 with my MacBook Pro M1 2021, Sonoma 14.3.1, AlDente Pro 1.24.1; ~30pp drain per 24h in sleep mode until the battery was completely drained the second day sleeping with no screen usage.

AlDente enabled options: 'Stop charging when sleeping', 'Sailing Mode' (5%), 'Heat Protection', 'Updates', 'Launch at Login'

aldentepro-debug-2024-02-23-11:06:23.pasta.zip

Original power source not connected while machine was "sleeping".

MatthiasKerbl commented 4 months ago

Hi @alofting,

Thank you for your bug report, we are currently investigating this issue. Also, could you please contact our official support and mention this GitHub issue? Afterward, we will be able to assess this in more detail.

Best, Matthias

alofting commented 3 months ago

Hi, I have not contacted support yet, but I have done some further testing. I now believe the power drain in sleep mode is caused my external SSD (SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD 1TB).

I have used this particular drive for over five years. My MacBook Pro is from September 2021. It is only recently that I have noticed this problem. I see that this is a common problem and that it may be unrelated to AlDente. I am not dismissing it entirely yet as alDente interferes with sleep mode.

MatthiasKerbl commented 3 months ago

Hi, I have not contacted support yet, but I have done some further testing. I now believe the power drain in sleep mode is caused my external SSD (SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD 1TB).

I have used this particular drive for over five years. My MacBook Pro is from September 2021. It is only recently that I have noticed this problem. I see that this is a common problem and that it may be unrelated to AlDente. I am not dismissing it entirely yet as alDente interferes with sleep mode.

Hi @alofting,

Thanks for the update. If possible, please uninstall AlDente and check if you still experience this issue.

Best, Matthias

alofting commented 3 months ago

Hi Matthias,

Test:

Sonoma 14.4.1
AlDente uninstalled (I followed the instructions - note: I did not find any of the items listed to be in ~/library/)
hibernatemode 3

Result:

Battery drained by SSD in sleep mode (after last blue bar on chart below).

So AlDente is not at fault after all, but more likely the OS, and possibly introduced by Sonoma. I see others are experiencing problems with their SSDs under Sonoma; device ejected during sleep and long wait when logging in after restart (both of which I have also encountered).

I have tested hibernatemode 25; it puts the SSD to sleep. It takes a bit longer and I do not know if it has other side effects.

My apologies for barking up the wrong tree here.

Best regards, Arne

MatthiasKerbl commented 3 months ago

Hi @alofting,

I am glad to hear that AlDente is not the cause of your issue. Thanks for clarifying and hope you can figure it out.

Best, Matthias