{"id":11682,"date":"2022-04-02T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=11682"},"modified":"2022-04-02T08:13:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T15:13:37","slug":"well-thats-interesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2022\/04\/02\/well-thats-interesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Well that’s interesting…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I upgraded to the latest version of MacOs and immediately started noticing that my 7 hour battery was only lasting about 2 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The computer was running warmer than normal too. In computers, heat equals lots of work and a lot less battery life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took a bit of digging but eventually I think I figured part of it out. The Mail application was sucking up 46% of all the CPU cycles. WOW! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While digging around I found that there were a ton of email account duplications. I suspect that this happened due to changes Apple implemented in the password system. Not sure about that. I’m led to this conclusion, by the fact that when I deleted one of the duplicate accounts both accounts were deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The accounts appears to be linked in some way that was not obvious. i wonder if mail was hammering the servers, essentially checking for mail over and over again .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I re-added the accounts, only one was added. So clearly there was something wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So If you’ve been noticing that your computer is sucking up power after the upgrade to Monterey 12.3 check your email accounts. That may be where the problem is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My machine is now lasting longer on a charge, but there’s still something running down deep in the bowels of the OS that is consuming a lot of CPU cycles. That’s going to take more time to identify. The machine is still running warmer than necessary given the obvious active tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll have to dig into the UNIX subsystems and see if I can figure that out. I might be successful, I might not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might be asking why I put myself through this… A valid question. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I adopt early because of the other half. Sometimes, they just can’t resist clicking upgrade when their computer says, “There’s an update…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adopting early allows me to at least have a fighting chance at fixing their machine when they start complaining about a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll try to update this post as I discover more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I upgraded to the latest version of MacOs and immediately started noticing that my 7 hour battery was only lasting about 2 hours. The computer was running warmer than normal too. In computers, heat equals lots of work and a lot less battery life. It took a bit of digging but eventually I think I … <\/p>\n

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