After Effect Taking too much energy on Mac m1

Hi Andreas5C62,

I'm not sure if this is what you are encountering, but by default After Effects will render frames in the current Composition when the app is idle. This keeps the app ready to preview quickly, but you may want to turn the feature off when running on battery. See Composition > Preview > Cache Frames When Idle.

Cheers,

Jason

Hi Andreas5C62,

Welcome to the community.

What's the make and model of your computer. Does it happen if you launch After Effects but do not open a project? Also, do you use any third-party plug-ins?

Please try the following as basic maintenance:

• Clear media cache - https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/faq-how-to-clean-delete-or-trash-media-cache-files-in-after-effects/td-p/10634312
• Reset the preferences - https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/faq-how-to-reset-trash-preferences-in-after-effects/td-p/10634342

Let us know, we're here to help.

Thanks,

Nishu