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> Low Power Mode. Inspired by the iPhone, the Mac now has a Low Power Mode—and it’s available on both Intel and M1 Macs. Low Power Mode forcibly dims your display and underclocks your processor, all in the hopes of reducing battery drain.

My Macs have been doing that since forever when battery enters <= 5%. The machine crawls to a slow grind, and the battery suddenly lasts forever. Its just not communicated to the user.

Also, according to [1] (linked to from source), some features require the Neural Engine of M1 so are not available on Intel Macs.

[1] https://www.macrumors.com/2021/06/09/macos-monterey-features...




They'll eventually make it so that opening the new safari requires the neural engine, painful death for intel macs.




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