I just bought (last week) a brand new M2 MacBook Air. I had it fully charged and it was asleep on my desk. When I went to use it two days later the battery was completely drained. I have never had this happen to any Apple laptop in the past. I just gave my daughter an at Intel MacBook Air, and always used the same procedure and the computer was at least 80% charged when I went to use it.
What’s going on?
MacBook Air
As your Mac is brand new I would contact the store you purchased it from or Apple themselves if purchased directly from them through the Apple Store.
There's a Support link near the left bottom of this page.
After contacting Apple and talking to one of their tech people, it was determined that the auxiliary drive that was running Time Capsule was draining the battery. Once I detached the drive the machine stays charged.
Cpat6d wrote:
After contacting Apple and talking to one of their tech people, it was determined that the auxiliary drive that was running Time Capsule was draining the battery. Once I detached the drive the machine stays charged.
If your computer is at your desk, just leave it plugged in so the battery does not drain when external devices are attached.
Since purchasing your new Air how many times have you charged it? Just the once? Or does the battery completely drain every time while asleep?
Charged at least twice before today.
The battery drained completely each time.
M2 macbook air battery drain
