macOS System Settings window showing the battery settings, with a “Low Power Mode” popup set to “Never”.

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   Uli Kusterer (Not a kitteh) (uliwitness@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 07:14:21 JST Uli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)

   Anyone know what this "Low Power Mode" on macOS is for? (Other Options are “Always”, "Only on Battery”, “Only on Power Adapter”)

   Is that like the iPhone’s thing when you’re low on battery, where it turns off important functionality, or is this more like Windows where you can optimize for performance or for battery? Anyone know what the default is? Because I don’t remember whether I changed this.