Power consumption

[gao-sun]

1. double check if eul costs too much
2. disable status fetching during sleep

[benbender]

Hey,

just to give some feedback: Yes, PKG-power consumption jumped between 0.8W (normal) and 5W (much too high) with EUL enabled. Additionally the kernel-log was flooded with msgs like:

[  192.558412]: memorystatus: set assertion priority(3) target NetworkWidgetExtension:409
[  192.561556]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for NetworkWidgetExtension:409
[  192.561880]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for NetworkWidgetExtension:409
[  192.562075]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for NetworkWidgetExtension:409
[  192.562577]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for NetworkWidgetExtension:409
[  192.592370]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for NetworkWidgetExtension:409
[  192.592573]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for NetworkWidgetExtension:409
[  192.630168]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for WeatherWidget:396
[  192.630766]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for WeatherWidget:396
[  192.672616]: memorystatus: set assertion priority(0) target NetworkWidgetExtension:409
[  192.777223]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for StocksDetailIntents:1149
[  192.782391]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for StocksDetailIntents:1149
[  192.786001]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for StocksDetailIntents:1149
[  192.788455]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for StocksDetailIntents:1149
[  192.790415]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for StocksDetailIntents:1149
[  192.793242]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for StocksDetailIntents:1149
[  192.796745]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for StocksDetailIntents:1149
[  192.799907]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for StocksDetailIntents:1149
[  193.043929]: memorystatus: set assertion priority(0) target WeatherWidget:396
[  194.052880]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for com.apple.Notes.IntentsExtension:1145
[  194.052970]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for com.apple.Notes.IntentsExtension:1145
[  194.053200]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for com.apple.Notes.IntentsExtension:1145
[  194.053279]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for com.apple.Notes.IntentsExtension:1145
[  194.092598]: memorystatus: set assertion priority(0) target StocksWidget:1157
[  195.887737]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for IntentsExtension:1141
[  195.887913]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for RemindersIntentsExtension:1142
[  195.990898]: memorystatus: set assertion priority(0) target RemindersIntentsExtension:1142
[  195.990920]: memorystatus: set assertion priority(0) target IntentsExtension:1141
[  196.282668]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for WeatherIntents:1148
[  196.282803]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for com.apple.Notes.IntentsExtension:1145
[  196.392272]: memorystatus: set assertion priority(0) target com.apple.Notes.IntentsExtension:1145
[  196.392314]: memorystatus: set assertion priority(0) target WeatherIntents:1148
[  196.741872]: memorystatus: assertion priority 3 overrides priority 0 for MobileTimerIntents:1146

The spikes on the following graph are originating from EUL and vanishing as soon as I stop it:

I'm sorry to say that its barely unusable for me at that state on a laptop atm :/ Besides of that, thanks for your work on this and it looks very promising as soon as this is solved!

[gao-sun]

thank you for detailed feedback. you are right. I'll take a look soon

[Nitinrajyadav]

+1
I'm also experiencing the same issue; eul is flagged as the 2nd most power consuming app after chrome, and the battery is getting drained much faster.

[htrung4]

Me too, the same as everyone. It increased at least around 2-3W in power consumption, sometimes up to 6W, which is unacceptable in MacBook Pro 2018. Beautiful app anyway, hope you can fix this soon.

[gao-sun]

a quick update, I'm too busy on my daytime work these days, did not get a chance to take a look at this issue. I'll try tonight/tomorrow

[pstens]

Can confirm the issue running the latest version of eul.

I'm not sure if this helps in any way but here's a screenshot of Activity Monitor:

[gao-sun]

hi guys, would you mind to provide your config of eul? would like to see if Show network top activities has been turned on

[gao-sun]

added several improvements in v1.4.4, please try and let me know if it helps

[benbender]

@gao-sun seems better now, but not ready yet. See the chart below. The spikes are there when EUL is running, while in the flat part of the graph I had it closed.

[gao-sun]

thanks @benbender! this is what I've got when eul is running (a little bit lower than yours)

also, power consumption in activity monitor swings between 0.3~0.7 (mostly under 0.5):

I checked around and tried to reduce consumption by letting the program just do necessary function calls and disables status fetching during sleep. Would you mind to set refresh rates to 5s to see if the result is acceptable?

If not, I would like take a look in SMCKit/SystemKit to figure out if there's more optimization space.

[mishanya14228]

Using v1.5.1 on Intel mbp, os version 11.0.1
Energy impact is unnoticeable when not showing info in status bar (0.1-0.2 in activity monitor).

Turning the status bar components on and adding network only brings it to 40.

Adding CPU and disk results in 80, which is more than the rest of apps combined :(

So I'm using widgets for now, they don't impact on battery that much.

BTW, CPU usage also goes insane

[gao-sun]

@mishanya14228 would you mind to click the arrow in the left side and paste the details here?

I'm using Chrome for example since there's no arrow in the eul row on my Mac (and power consumption looks not bad!) so I doubt some sub-processes do not exit as expected.

P.S. CPU usage is also helpful

[mishanya14228]

CPU goes up to 100% and the arrow hides diskutil 👇

Also I've experienced something like #95 after os restart. There were no tray icon or app interface. I resolved the issue doing Preferences -> Displays -> Resolution -> Scaled -> toggle any resolution and then toggle it back. Tray icon appeared and I could open the app. Probably an issue with OS

[gao-sun]

@mishanya14228 great, got the direction of resolving.
also would be great if you can paste the tray icon issue in #95.

[gao-sun]

@mishanya14228 according to these posts (link1 link2 link3), i think it's more like an OS issue when external storage/VM appears in the system. i'll try to find a more stable way to get disk info.

[gao-sun]

@mishanya14228 please try v1.5.4, removed diskutil usage and leverage FileManager instead. the issue should be fixed.

[erdemoney]

Using 1.56. Energy impact in Activity Monitor jumped to ~46, so high that my laptop died on AC. CPU usage was ~50% as well. Average Energy Impact I've been seeing is <1 normally. So it seems like this issue still exists just maybe only in some edge case. After booting my computer things were back to normal. Great app though, really appreciate all the work you've done.

edit: new record /:

[gao-sun]

@erdemoney thank you for detailed feedback, it looks like there's no process hanging under eul, and the energy impact still looks terrible. will keep an eye on it

[erdemoney]

Sure, let me know if there's any other data or logs I can provide to help solve this issue.

[forresthopkinsa]

Still seeing serious energy inefficiency problems in 1.6.2.

[mjhipp]

Also having issues with energy in 1.6.2. Am forced to stop using this tool altogether sadly. Fluctuating between 60-80% and preventing my battery from charging (at 85% battery health).

[harounelm]

uh .... guys XD could anyone tell me whats wrong here, the battery drained like crazy

[harounelm]

yeah I think I found out why. im using an M2 Pro MacBook and the answer is in this issue #243