Tahoe on M1 Pro sucks battery

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I think there’s definitely some planned obsolescence here. We see that m3 and m4 users say they are fine after Tahoe upgrade. And older models like my M1 Pro taking super huge hit in battery life after Tahoe update. 

First time I updated, I was doing it from 26.0 to 26.3. And there was reasonable suspicion that maybe something could go wrong with OS. Because 26.0 was pretty buggy.

I downgraded to sequoia. And my battery life came back again.

Now I did upgraded again from sequoia to 26.4. and it’s the same thing.
Sequoia - 6 hours battery life
Tahoe - 3 hours battery life
my workflow it the same every day..

Glass effect? Im not sure.

What im sure is that there’s no point to upgrade often with these powerful and efficient chips like M1 Pro. A lot of cpu cores and fat gpu chip even handles 1080 gaming. It’s literally perfect to use it until it brakes.

I guess I need to downgrade again. 

Posted Apr 5, 2026, 3:05 PM UTC

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