Source: Mac Rumors
Following rumors of a performance-boosting ” Pro Mode ” coming in the next update to macOS Catalina , developer Marco Arment has argued that Apple should bring an iPhone-style Low Power Mode to MacBooks as well. Since iOS 9, Apple has included a Low Power Mode on iPhones that reduces the amount of power that the device uses when the battery gets low, and Arment this week shared his experience with his own self-styled equivalent for macOS. His method involves the use of a third-party app called Turbo Boost Switcher Pro that enables users to disable Intel Turbo Boost on a Mac’s processor. According to Arment, disabling Turbo Boost has increased his 16-inch MacBook Pro ‘s battery life by an estimated 30-50 percent and made it “a much better laptop” the vast majority of the time he uses it. With Turbo Boost disabled, peak CPU power consumption drops by 62%, with a correspondingly huge reduction in temperature. This has two massive benefits: The fans never audibly spin up. When Turbo Boost is enabled, the fans annoyingly spin up every time the system is under a heavy sustained load.
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