The Creative Cloud app always seems to be listed under "Apps Using Significant Energy" in OSX Mavericks. Is this normal behavior? Is there something that CC is doing in the background that requires it to draw energy? Thanks for any insight anyone can provide.
Another case of the same issue, the Creative Cloud app is constantly using high performance GPU and never napping, which is Bad Behaviour for an app which is (for 99% of the time) nothing more than in icon on the menu bar.
Found another issue with the app. I've signed up for early access to TypeKit desktop font syncing (which is great to have), but have found that for the TypeKit fonts to be available for use in any of the CC apps (or available to any application on your computer), the Creative Cloud helper app must be open and logged in.
So, for all of us who have been closing down the CC helper app to save battery when away from the desk, we've now got a different headache to deal with.
Adobe, PLEASE try and address the power-usage issue with the helper app! There's got to be something you can do about it.
I just noticed this today and Googled the issue to find this post. This is a major bug, has Adobe acknowledged it yet?
This would definitely explain why my battery life hasn't been as good as expected on my 15" MBPr. When I'm on battery power, I'm not editing, thus I want to maximize battery life by using the integrated graphics.
As other people already suggested – quitting the CC menu helps to get rid of the battery drainer... suddently my machine has a decent battery time again.
So - received an update to the Creative Cloud software yesterday. It is now, if anything, even worse than it was. While working with some word processing and a bit of light Maple usage and Creative Cloud ends up with 20% eneregy impact according to the activity monitor.
I didn't take a closer look at the link, but even if it works its a terrible solution. One of my machines is not too powerful and having CC constantly tie up resources when its not doing anything most of the time is annoying.
Someone from Adobe responded on the 1st of November, it's now towards the end of January and not a word more? Looks like it was too complicated and not interesting enough to argue about so Adobe have simply ignored it...
Is anybody from Adobe reading this? Guys, please stop this bloody icon from draining our batteries. Just stop it. It's no more than just an icon at the status-bar. It does nothing but listed as a second in power consumption on my system. It is terribly wrong. Are you going to fix it?
Is this a joke? I just got an update to the CC app, and it's STILL using a significant amount of energy and STILL requires the HIGH PERFORMANCE GPU to operate!
It's a damn dock program that checks if your apps are out of date. Why would it POSSIBLY be needing to use so much energy and the high performance GPU?!? Horrible programming that no one is bothering to fix.. Yay..
It's a bit ridiculous that Adobe utterly refuses to even dignify users with a response or acknowledgement of the issue. If it's not a "bug," then at least an explanation for why CC needs to have such a heavy footprint would be nice. It's obvious this isn't an isolated issue and materially disrupts the workflow of many by significantly decreasing their laptop's usable battery life.
"Please be informed that Creative Cloud desktop application manages the updates for your CC applications and there are many processes related to Creative Cloud running in the background which consumes the battery power. this is a normal behavior and we do not have any options reduce the background the processes. We can only Quite CC desktop application in order to end the processes."
WOW, and when I asked why Apple updates don't have the same issue...well I got "we don't understand how Apple do that"
Of course, based on the names I was speaking to script readers in India - who provide as much customer support as my non-IT family.
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