Brand new MacBook, Adobe CC is killing the battery

I just got a MacBook Pro and installed Adobe CC. New laptop, new user profile, new software install. Everything is new. Nothing copied, imported, or restored from any other machines.

I'm coming from Windows 10 and not very familiar with macOS. I had the MacBook for about a day before I installed any Adobe apps and battery life was great. As soon as I installed Adobe CC and Lr/Ps, I noticed the laptop getting warm and battery draining rapidly. I figured there may be some background activity going on but after several days and many reboots, the Adobe app is still chewing through the battery while the machine is just sitting idle. Activity Monitor shows an energy impact between 25-30 for Adobe CC which is several times higher than anything else. When I force quit Adobe CC, everything returns to normal.

Has anyone else seen this and have thoughts on a fix? I've searched the Internet and have found many posts on various forums dating back a couple years of the Adobe app draining the battery on OS X / macOS, but no definitive solution listed anywhere.

Makes me glad im not married to adobe.

CincyTriGuy wrote in post #18253827
I just got a MacBook Pro and installed Adobe CC. New laptop, new user profile, new software install. Everything is new. Nothing copied, imported, or restored from any other machines.

I'm coming from Windows 10 and not very familiar with macOS. I had the MacBook for about a day before I installed any Adobe apps and battery life was great. As soon as I installed Adobe CC and Lr/Ps, I noticed the laptop getting warm and battery draining rapidly. I figured there may be some background activity going on but after several days and many reboots, the Adobe app is still chewing through the battery while the machine is just sitting idle. Activity Monitor shows an energy impact between 25-30 for Adobe CC which is several times higher than anything else. When I force quit Adobe CC, everything returns to normal.

Has anyone else seen this and have thoughts on a fix? I've searched the Internet and have found many posts on various forums dating back a couple years of the Adobe app draining the battery on OS X / macOS, but no definitive solution listed anywhere.

You could leave it plugged into the mains.

Benitoite wrote in post #18253966
Makes me glad im not married to adobe.

seriously.


OP, try this out: https://forums.adobe.c​om/thread/1961935

it is a bit of an older fix, but the issue may remain. If that isn't the issue, just look around a bit, this is typical behavior from their bloatware. I would get it working and turn off automatic updates. Adobe is really milking their position in the market, luckily there are others taking advantage of their laziness.

i'm a mac guy but use a PC at work, CC can be a pain in the neck on windows too.

edit: I have not done this fix.

Also take a look at all of the processes running when you start PS and the CC Desktop app. Note their PIDs and kill each one until the CPU load goes down. PS should not sit there and chew up clock time.

There are several MacOS processes that go on in the background that do this kind of thing too, indexing your hard drive, etc. try leaving your computer plugged in and on, overnight and let the OS do its thing. This might solve the problem.

Kirk