macOS
Battery impact of macOS Sonoma
macOS Sonoma is a small SwiftUI surface. MacOS 14 remains the deployment target for the shipping utility layer. Disable it if you want the lightest possible notch.
Last updated 2027-08-15
What costs energy
Live polling and media artwork cost more than a static chip. macOS Sonoma should sleep when unused.
How to lighten it
Turn off unused live activities in Settings so macOS Sonoma is not in the stack all day.