EXCESSIVE battery/power usage (and sometimes CPU)...CC is a glutton
I'm not necessarily looking for a fix as much as voicing my frustration and desire for more attention being placed on performance (essential) rather than AI or other "nice to have" features.
I'm running a Macbook Pro with M2 Pro chip and 32GB RAM. Not a bleeding edge beast but a machine that should be more than sufficient for running creative apps effeciently. It seems to perform well with every other app or service, including running multiple virtualized servers (simultaneously via Docker), along with email, Slack, Clickup, Dropbox, Google Drive, and probably 50 to 100 Chrome tabs, all at the same time. However, Creative Cloud app and the Creative Cloud Content Manager service use over 52% of all battery/power over, on average, over any 12 hour period. The other important thing to note is that CC uses a ton of power, and sometimes excessive CPU, even when Adobe apps arent't being used.
I began to wonder why I can't get more than a couple hours usage on battery power, and now I know. Quit CC plus all related background processes, and all of a sudden it's like I have a new machine.
A couple suggestions/hopes:
- It would be nice to have a really easy/obvious option to disable cloud features, and have more control there. If it exists, I am not aware.
- Focus on reducing power usage, CPU load, etc when an app is not actively being used.
Creative Cloud Version 6.8.0.821
MacOS Tahoe 26.2
Apple M2 Pro late 2023, 32GB RAM
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