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NBS0616
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August 1, 2021
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LightRoom Classic Export Draining MacBook Pro Battery

  • August 1, 2021
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When I export 500+ images for a timelapse, Lightroom drains my MacBook battery when plugged in.  It went from 100% to 6% in about 20 minutes time and the export is less than 25% done.  I used to love Lightroom but continue to have so many issues like this that it becomes a burden and the creative process is less and less enjoyable.  There was one point that it took maybe 10 minutes for the export to complete and the battery didn't drain.  It's going to take more than an hour for this export to complete at this rate.  Battery ran down that low, that fast, with a charge cable plugged in at the same time to a higher wattage Apple brick charger.

 

I bought this MacBook in October 2019 brand new.  I'm on OS Catalina.  I run Lightroom from a catalog on the internal MacBook hard drive, which is what Adobe told me to do on the phone when diagnosing other issues.  I have 16 GB of RAM and upgraded every item possible on my MacBook Pro when I purchased, so that I would have optimal performance.  My source image files are on an external drive, which also what Adobe suggested to do for optimal performance.

 

Does anyone else have similar issues?  If so, did you come up with a solution?  The solutions from other similar threads have not provided any help. I saw the thread below but no solution provided.  Those issues are similar to mine.

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic/adobe-lightroom-classic-too-slow-and-battery-drain-in-mac-pro-15-inch-2018/m-p/10918991#M176599

 

Thanks so much.

 

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dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
August 4, 2021

You are asking the computer to do a HUGE amount of work, I think draining the battery is expected. Whether that battery drain is reasonable is another story; but that's what YOUR battery is doing.

    TheDigitalDog
    TheDigitalDog
    Inspiring
    August 4, 2021

    I will add, on my MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019), even when plugged in, the battery never shows 100% which is a newer behavior of the OS I believe. 

    https://www.macworld.com/article/234348/dont-keep-your-mac-laptop-charged-to-100-percent-all-the-time-heres-why.html

     

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      NBS0616Author
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      August 4, 2021

      My MacBook does actually show 100% when I click the battery icon up top. When I click on battery preferences, it also still shows Fully Charged, all while being plugged in. Lightroom has now been exporting for 30 minutes and neither of those have changed. 

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      NBS0616Author
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      August 4, 2021

      Update: talked to Adobe support on the phone at length.  They had me upgrade to Big Sur for my OS so that it was as up to date as the version of Lightroom Classic, which is 10.3.  Now the export is even slower - I'm sitting at 2+ hours and the export of about 590 images is only at about 20% done.  Lightroom is slow to respond to clicks/scrolls. Last night I spent quite a bit of time on the update and even cleaned out my internal HD to start from scratch along with the OS update to Big Sur.  Lightroom just continues to give issue after issue and when on the phone with Adobe, I'll spend an hour or longer on the phone in general before I have to end the call due to other things happening in the day.  I swear this software is more of a nuisance than a help at this point; can't even get any work done.

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