Why you NEED to use M2 MacBook Air's Hidden Low Power Mode!
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2022
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can you guys post his reaction when he learns he won? I am sure he Will be so happy!!
How was the winner notified?
I love that, went to a 10 year old kid in Turkey who does tech stuff and has his own channel, AND you subbed1 That is going to really pump up his confidence. Great stuff guys, cant wait to see you getting him on a video to see how excited he is!
Your comment is true to your profile name
it is incredibly hard to get a macbook in turkey due to insane inflation. i am happy that it is going to turkey.
Amazing!
@@bahadrakmn457 macbook air'ın normalde alınabilecek en basit laptop olması lazımken düştüğümüz hale bak.
@@reardenmetal bu videoda da tayyibe sövüyoruz
I have an M2 coming in the mail. I got 16G RAM... I was concerned about heating, not speed. Since my biggest concern is longevity, this is super comforting. I will definitely run on the low power setting.
I got the 16 GB Ram upgrade and waiting for it to come in mail as well. So glad I came across this video knowing that it’s fan less.
I have to admit, you guys have had some really solid M2 coverage. Nice job! Congrats on the million subs, and congrats to the winner of the giveaway!
I would really love a Battery 🔋 comparison test between a normal and low power mode to see the difference in battery times. For M1 MBA, M1 14" Pro and M2 MBA. All the best to 1 Million subs! You shld do a celebration video for that!
i would love that too
Yeah exactly, this is cool to see what the M2 chip can do, but this needs to have a battery comparison test to be meaningful.
Two reasons,
1. Total package power draw of 20W will deplete a 52Wh battery in 2.5 hours. This doesn't happen with the M2 air even under heavy loads, therefore the these tests are short term averages and can't be extrapolated out to 2-3x as efficient for actual use.
2. The real word efficiency needs to include non-package power consumption. Eg screen, WiFi etc.
YES! what's the battery life of 14 inch with light use! browsing, watching youtube. movies via vlc for example, listening to some music! thanks
Also with the M1 MBA and low power mode.
I had 3 different browsers open, many windows per browser and 100s tabs, and a was able to watch 1080p videos on yt on 2x with little use of the 4 efficiency cores and only a fraction of one power core.
that would be great
Makes total sense. We already knew that the biggest generation gains were with the efficiency cores. Glad that Apple gives the user the option to really leverage those gains!
Love how you guys find these things! It’s so interesting seeing low power mode on a Mac, since I usually use low power mode on my iPhone. Also love how you guys use benchmarks and info from previous videos! Very resourceful!
For reference: the multicore performance score of the M2 air in low power mode is around 1000 points higher than the full performance score of my 2019 intel 6 core i7 MBP. Thankfully I upgraded to a 16 inch M1 Pro as my daily driver.
gotta love the in-depth testing you do on this channel, many thanks max tech
Good for the young man from Turkey!
The lower power mode is phenomenal. It slows down the thermal cycling of the silicon and longer battery life. A great addition of the performance core for a slight boost. All and all a wonderful engineering solution. Apple really needs to publicize this feature. It is honestly the best of both worlds.
I'm kinda surprised they didn't really say anything about it. It's abit astounding considering it can get to as low as below one to 3 watts while maintaing 60 to 80 percent of its performance
@@ahsoka6807 I know. It's astounding. It does give me a new found respect for Apple's electrical engineers. Coudos to them. Definitely IEEE awards and documentaries on the Computer History Museum in their future.
@@andrewadkins5567 I know dude its amazing. That kind of efficency is unheard of. Its honestly the airs best selling point especially compared to the m2 chip which was a very minor improvement. Im kind of clueless as to why they didnt seem to mention it anywhere.
@@ahsoka6807 I agree with you on all accounts. I honestly don't know why Apple wouldn't shout this from every roof top. I wonder, with no proof mind you, if the base model was put into power saving mode if the single 256 ssd problem improves. The reason that I mention this is that a machine can only go as fast as you can feed it raw materials. The analogy is that if a rock crusher processes rock faster than the conveyor belt can deliver the rock it will be starved. If the rock crusher is slowed down to match the feed rate of the conveyor it will be full all of the time. It's not a theory, but a not bad analogy. I wonder if its worth performance testing in power saving mode with a 256 sdd and seeing where the performance goes. True the whole system will be slower, but the processor and ssd will be speed matched, perform a little better with the shared memory and run much cooler. The absence of thermal cycling means the main logic board as a whole and processor specifically lasts longer.
Andrew
Yeah... I wonder why
Great video. Thanks for showing us the low power mode. I was still in dilema whether to buy m1 or m2 Air. But now I am definitely going for M2 Air.
Please do a real-life/mixed test on battery life on
"High performance mode" vs "Low power mode" to show us the battery life comparison.
Missed you two on screen together. Love this channel’s energy so much. 😊
Congrats to the winner! I’ve been really interested in the low power mode for these Apple silicon macs so this video was really nice. I’m surprised that it’s performance was this good in low power mode, especially it’s graphics performance!
Man, we definitely need a battery comparison between the different power modes.
I didn't thought that the efficiency cores a so good. Thanks to showing us this
What if apple make the power option more choices, someting like 3 to 5 steps about low to high performances option.. Will be great.
@Max Tech could you try to make a battery test between m2 air and m1 pro 14' with low power mode ON and OFF and see the difference? Will the 14' pro get a better battery life? That would be interesting!
Hey Max Tech
I found your channel over LTT, your videos of the MacBook Air M2 are great.
Man the new design is fire :)
Awesome Content as usual. Keep going and congratulation for 1 million mark as well which will be hit in almost 1-2 days,
Well I guess this really is impressive- does focus on efficiency and it’s clearly visible-The performance difference is barely different on the low power mode,That’s so great!!-Thanks So much Max-Really love your entertaining and amazing videos!!-Keep it up!!-I really appreciate the time and dedication you spend in editing and creating these very informative and useful videos-Thank you so much-Keep it up!!.
Now I feel bad for hating on the M2 Air so much the last few videos lol. Thanks for the information, and for doing these giveaways!
ngl, I think at this point.. I've been watching all your review of Macbook cos it's soooo satisfying..! thanks for the video..
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That is crazy. If I ever get a new M2 MacBook Air or another new MacBook I will have try it. Congrats to whoever it was that won.
That’s insane! I’m considering buying my first MacBook since 2008 (currently using an iPad Pro as my main machine). The M2 Air has been very tempting, but have been leaning towards the M1 Air with it’s still amazing performance and battery life to save some cash. But if this level of low power efficiency performance is unique to the M2, makes the decision that much more difficult… 😐. I’m guessing for most people in the market for such a device, you can keep the low power mode on permanently and unlikely to notice much (if any) decrease in performance. Great video as always!
The Apple Sales guy who is a video guy showed me his favorite “magic trick” with the M2 Air. He opened all 53 installed apps at the same time, then had me wave at the camera to see that it had no lag. Amazing.
lol, that old trick
Great news for the giveaway result, congrats to the Turkey family🥳 That’s also great to hear about low power mode which actually satisfies all my light-weighted usage on the MacBook.
Incredible, you did it again. You keep amazing me with your videos. Analyzing everything apple and deep testing all its hardware. Thanks a lot!
Extraordinary stuff! This does rather change the overall impression of the M2 MacBook Air, for the better. You revealed a lot of disappointing stuff, but this, at least, is a positive.
It exists on the M1 MBA also
@@magnetsandmushrooms Not to the same extent, given the difference in High Efficiency cores.
Thanks for this. I didn't realize lower power mode was still so good. I just enabled it on my base M2 Air (while on battery) and it still feels quite snappy for what I do with it on a daily basis. I'm very interested to see how much more battery time it may give me.
what are the results man?
I always enjoy your testing and comparisons. Really informative.
The problem with saving mode in heavy loaded tasks is that you need more time to finish the task so you need in that time the power for screen and so on. So I think its more efficient to switch the battery saving mode only if you use it in light or normal conditions.
Wish there was a setting somewhere in between, that perhaps uses 4 efficiency cores and maybe 2 performance cores, targeting a cap of say 75º C for a bit more headroom than the low power mode.
i have a 2019 MBP and im using Volta which allows you to set max Watts you want the CPU to consume. Quite a shame this is not available for Apple Silicon chips.
Okay, this is why you choose an M2. I can't wait to see a redesign of the performance cores to go along with the new efficiency cores. Good catch...
Great video. I have been using low power mode on my 14 inch M1 Max MacBook Pro for the last couple of weeks to improve battery life and have been seeing about 10 to 10 1/2 hours versus around 9 to 9 1/2 in regular mode during moderate use. After watching this video, I ran the Speedometer 2.0 test and saw 275 on low power and 339 on regular mode, so it does help with efficiency on the pro models as well. I still want a new M2 Midnight Air for that ultra portability factor as I travel a lot and always take my laptop with me. The 14 inch Pro is portable as well, but not as much as the Air.
Thank you for the Macbook Air M2 deep dive review! This give us more info before consider buying and possibly compare w/ previous model (M1). Looking forward for more videos!
Hey i wonder what it would be like if the same thing was done with the M1 chip in the air/pro. That would be amazing comparing the performances in their low power mode
It would be awesome if Apple continued to expand on low power mode for light use. They could call the higher power mode "Pro mode"
Congrats to the winner, i’ve been needing a laptop since for ever currently work on a broken screen mbp from 8yrs and those mba’a get really expensive when u spec them up might try getting a used old mac or a cheap windows laptop 😓🥲 (“note : i am a programmer and need a lot of laptop specs that can handle my tough work and my current laptop is a hand me down from one of my family members and only has 8gb ram and 128hhd storage and uses an i5 intel chip and it always gets hot when i open an ide for programming and the fans go crazy also the memory is full so i can’t update it or download applications like xcode that i really need “)
Plz like this comment so max tech reads this 🙏
Hope u get a new laptop feel so sorry for u 😊
May god bless u a new MacBook u really need it
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Among the best tech channels on UA-cam! Been a fan for years now and you never seem to disappoint. Love the content!
Great Video - Thanks for focusing on that little secret switch.
I've been using the Low Power Mode on my old 2018 13" MBP for quite some time now and been loving it. The intel MBP battery lasts barely an hour without it and the thing runs so hot it hardly usable. With the power mode I get ~3hours of battery life, less fan noise and heat and for my tasks on the Go I don't even notice a difference in perfomance.
Now that's on an OG Intel "Throttlebook" - I can only imagine how awesome the performance will be with those M2 efficience cores.
By the way, in the battery settings you can switch between battery mode an power supply and adjust the settings for the Low Power Mode individually. (if you like to switch to full power when you are connected but save some battery when on the Go)
I ordered the M2 Air with the 16GB RAM upgrade, (but not the SSD upgrade,) and watching all of these videos about how I should have just gotten a pro, or an M1 Air, or all the issues and whatnot.. made me have such mixed feelings. This video actually makes me feel good, and I can probably just use it in low power mode all the time because I'm not planning to do anything intense on it. I'm really glad it will stay cool and have a long battery life! Maybe I'll just stop watching all of the videos about it and enjoy my new computer when it gets here. (It's actually supposed to get here today!!) It's a huge upgrade from my 2014 macbook pro. :)
Yeah man don't watch the videos buy what you enjoy. Buy the laptop you actually wanna get. M2s still an amazing machine and that low power mode is awesome.
I use Low Power mode on my 14” Max all the time; it’s a great feature. I wish Apple would implement it as a slider, as I would like to be able to go even lower and maybe even higher if I really want to burn amps :-)
I would imagine that it would be really helpful for improving battery life on a higher power machine like that, I’m glad it works well on that laptop. Thanks for sharing!
Imagine if they had a "Pro mode" you could toggle for more intensive tasks. Or if you could set certain apps to always trigger a higher power mode - then automatically toggle back to low power mode once you close that app
@@mitch993 I believe they have a “high power mode,” but it’s only for the 16” M1 Max model. I would absolutely love a setting for certain apps to use a specific power mode though, that will help a whole lot with battery
how much battery life do you get by using the low power mode? How much do you get with this option on and how much with it off in light use?
I use LP mode on my M1 Pro MacBook Pro but it only runs when it is on battery. My guess is that LP mode would be fine for my main usage.
thanks for putting up those test...
I'm so glad to have reviews like this to prevent me from making a bad choice. Thanks again for your hard work Max.
Apple's M2 MacBook Air... Nothing short of wizardry... The power consumption... The performance... 😌
would be very interesting to test the gaming performance on Low Power settings. YES, i know the performance is gonna suffer, BUT, there will be no throttling... you see were I'm going with this -especially for long periods of time (since nobody plays for 10-15 minutes)...
Thanks for the great deep-dive into the “super-power” of low power mode!
So close to 1million!!! Hope you guys capture the tickover, cant wait to say congrats
To be honest, the M series E core makes more sense than Intel’s “E-core”, intel’s hybrid P+E strategy seems like a have to do to compete with AMD’s high core account. I had an I9 12900H Asus scar 17, when I tried to disable all E core in bios the laptop just shut down and gave me a hardware error “CPU defect”. This means intel doesn’t give users an option to use P-core only or E-core only. The poor utilization makes 12th gen mobile look not very good to me.
After I saw your testing on M2 low battery mode "full E-core mode", it is a must-have feature for all Macbook Air users due to the fan-less, P-core in M2 Air becoming a performance booster when you really need them under specific circumstances. I was thinking the M2 iPad pro will be a grill pan, after I saw this video, M2 iPad Pro totally makes sense for me now.
The M2 iPad pro still might be a grill pan depends how Apple optimizes it🤔
@@alvinfrancis776 It should be fine as the AX series that the M series is based on was designed for iPads.
@@chidorirasenganz But if Apple is making the M2 chips run hotter then it is a bad news
@@alvinfrancis776 Not really as there’s not a lot of sustained tasks and multitasking on iPads vs Macs. Plus iOS apps are lot more efficient. The only thing that could possibly be a problem is long sessions with demanding games like Divinity II and Genshin but Low Power mode solves that by reducing power draw
I can't say how happy I am that a 10 yo got a M2. This is exactly what we envisioned technology to be able to conect. Sad I didn't get the M2, but super happy to see what we achieved here.
Very nice video Max! Thanks for explaining to us. Keep up the great work!
You continue to make me like more this new Air…. Tough decision now between that and the Mac Mini M1
Simply impressive! I think I’d still run with « full power » for heavier tasks. But what could be genius is having automations in shortcut to toggle Low power mode depending on the apps opened. Is that possible, though?
Should be possible! If it’s not available by a default shortcuts action, maybe can be done by an AppleScript or shell command
Now this is the real deal. I don't fully understand why Apple decided to get into Intel's silly game of throwing more powers at it to get some performance increase. They could have advertised this feature.
It is in M1 also on my M1 MBA
I think they did it on purpose to increase the sales of m2 macbook pro since it has fans.
@@magnetsandmushrooms I checked too on my M1 Pro 14". I will test it to see.
@@abdullahas7244 As I said before, it would be nice to see it eventually what they were thinking. But there is no 'declassifying' in the business world.
So close to 1m subs. Good luck Max Tech and keep it up!
If all you’re doing with the MBA is web browsing and other basic tasks, it sounds like low power mode is a good setting to enable. It’s got to have a great impact on battery life.
I would love to see Apple add an option that automatically enables Low Power Mode when the computer hits under a certain battery percentage.
After watching the video... i was thinking that it would be a nice touch if Apple would create some kind of software or a third party one that it would allow you to undervolt the Apple silicon for having the best performance/efficiency while having the cores running a lot below 100 degrees by tinkering with voltage instead of using the low power option and losing performance... but on the other hand i don't think that Apple owners know anything about hardware let alone on how to tinker with them... because if that was the case Apple would have released this kind of software already in my opinion...
honestly low power mode is enough for 99% of users. It does its job perfectly accroding to this video.
@@rohithmekala2608 it would nice though to have the best of both worlds for those who know how to tinker with it... because in my opinion, when you buy a product, you should be able to use it always at its full potential and not compromise a lot of its performance... that is the reason that windows laptops are a no go for me, not even a consideration even though AMD has close to similar performance plugged and unplugged by losing at most 10% to 15%...it's getting there in terms of efficiency, Intel is not even close of course... but when i saw the review of M1 i was impressed...same performance plugged and unplugged without thermal throttling, but it seems with M2 they are going backwards again to Intel era products... in my opinion, a little bit of undervolt will solve the thermal throttling issue... and you will actually have the product that you paid for..
That would be a perfect solution… instead of thermal throttling.. software tinkering it never reach the stage of thermal throttling and getting much lower performance in the first place. Right now, it’s like, don’t give a fuck to a car until it’s broken on the road, paying extra more for fixing it.
That's so cool. I might honestly just always have that on my current mac because my battery is starting to suffer.
Heck, this is pushing me to get an M2 Air ASAP! Thanks for the video!
It's so freaking cool!!! Only Apple could do such a thing
Wow imagine that. Unlike running back to back benchmarks, productivity and moderately demanding tasks aren’t causing the machine to overheat or throttle. It’s almost like Apple knew what they were making and UA-camrs were outraged for the sake of outrage.
if you do casual video editing on the go because you live out of it, it will throttle so not sure what your point is. Yes, there's a big majority of people that wont have a single problem with this laptop, but there are also people that will have.
@@xeon2k8 then don’t buy it. It isn’t for you. That’s my point. Other reviewers who weren’t cashing in on clickbait and outrage found that the laptop had no issue keeping up with photo and video editing.
Super interesting, thanks for the insight into the efficiency cores!
You guys rocking the way you are making in depth video.
Haven't seen such indepth video.
God bless you.
Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen
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Thx
This new "discovery" it's impressive! Thanks for the content and the amazing job guys!
I believe you did a perfect job in making M2 MacBook more useful. Thanks a lot 👍👍❤️👍❤️👍
I was planning for m2 thank you for the info bro
Great content as always!
Reminds me of my iPhone 13 mini though I always have it on Low power mode. I'd probably not consider this feature on Mac Minis but sure sounds good for the M2 as a long-term machine.
Thanks for these videos guys.
Thanks for the video and what a great insight! The low-power mode M2 Macbook Air even beats my almost 8 years old core i7😅
Seeing you from Puerto Rico. Thank you for all the guides.
Awesome that the kid got the Mac, nice job guys. Wondering, does Mac OS vs Windows have any bearing on battery usage?
Thanks for this additional info. Makes my decision easier:)
Thanks for all the info!
Excellent video, showing the strengths about the performance of the MacBook Air m2.
Y’all are awesome! Thanks for all you do!
Great Videos Max Tech Team! Been watching your videos since long, hope i get M2 MacBook Air. I really need it for education purpose!! Fingers crossed 🤞 Keep up the Good & Honest Work!!
Amazing video! Thank you for discovering this and posting this information!
Amazing what low power mode can do. It even works with the Intel Macbooks though not as good results
Man you crushed it with the M2 testing, thanks!
When I noticed Low Power mode I turned it on on battery, and start playing Civilization VI and Europa Universalis on my M1 MacBook Air, the smoothness wasn't the best BUT the temps were great ~45 degrees instead 80! I would like to see M1/M2 modification with 6/8 efficience+4performance cores, that would make multithreading on low battery even more power effective.
Wow - cool to see how powerful the MacBook Air is even in low power mode. Thanks for this one!
This is the totally informative review about MBA M2. I am about to pick this model or MBP M1 Pro 14". Thanks Max
Been watching this channel for a long time and will always be my go-to tech channel
Thank you so much for this video, as always your channel rules on this topic. I have a question please if you can answer me: Is it good to use in power mode my M1 Max 16" if I am working just in some word documents and PDF files and some tabs in chrome? So no video editing but just stuff like I said, thanks a lot for your job.
Your videos are just so understandable. Thank you!
Great video once again. Thanks!!!
Thanks for the wonderful video guys
Amazing! Thanks for this video!
Very nice review of low power mode. I just moved from M1 MacBook Air to an M2 15" MacBook Air. Love it. I found a good deal on Facebook for a 16GB machine with 512GB storage for $1000. With only 8 cycles too!
Congrats to this channel! They deserve to reach a million subscribers!
Man, I really like your videos. Excellent quality, clarity and showcase. One of the best channels I saw out there.
Now, your comparisons are cool and it is exactly what I was trying to find. I'd like to ask you to do similar but against laptops running linux distros - e.g. Ubuntu. Could it be possible?
You guys are too generous. Thank you for the giveaways.:)
This was a really cool video!! Great job Max Tech.
Question, My M1 Air has the same feature, can you guys run a comparison for the M1 Air vs M2 Air with Low Power mode?
nice. How does it compare to M1 Lower power mode? How much more efficient are M2's efficiency cores?
Very interesting with the efficiency cores. the power consumption will for sure blow your mind.
That power mode really blow my mind even thought it uses 3x less power it still keeping up at any world load and congrats to the winner btw:)
id love to see more testing on this, what happens if you run a video game on this where you stress both GPU and CPU what’s the performance like 🤔