TimCinel Posted December 27, 2013 Report Share Posted December 27, 2013 This is targeted at the developers more than anybody. BitTorrent Sync tends to use too much power on OS X. The newest version of OS X, 10.9, makes it easy to quantify which processes are wasting power with it's new "Energy Impact" metric in the Activity Monitor. The latest version of Sync has an average impact of around 3.5, I very rarely update my Sync folders, so Sync is almost always idle (screenshot). To give some perspective, Dropbox has 0.3, Skype has 0.16, Mail.app has 0.43. On the other end of the spectrum, Chromium sits around 4.96. IMO, BitTorrent Sync should be much closer to processes like Skype and Dropbox than to processes like Chrome, especially when there is no sync activity. Earlier versions of Sync would sometimes become runaway processes, I noticed, almost maxing out the CPU. At least this seems to be solved for now. Anybody notice that BTSync is a bit of a battery-drainer? P.S. AFAIK, the energy impact is a ratio. That doesn't invalidate my argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyTheSaint Posted December 27, 2013 Report Share Posted December 27, 2013 Total number of files and GB you're syncing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadimt Posted December 27, 2013 Report Share Posted December 27, 2013 Energy usage will be fixed in the next update.Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeerbartje Posted December 28, 2013 Report Share Posted December 28, 2013 Energy usage will be fixed in the next update.Thanks!Cool, can you give an indication when we can expect the new release? And some more release notes??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimCinel Posted December 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2013 Total number of files and GB you're syncing? Less than 16 GB over 8 folders. Image Energy usage will be fixed in the next update.Thanks! Neato, I'm excited! If you could also include the protocol spec with the next update, that would be great. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyTheSaint Posted December 29, 2013 Report Share Posted December 29, 2013 Less than 16 GB over 8 folders. ImageYeah, then you have a lot of energy consumption. I posted stats in an earlier thread tracking how CPU usage increases with the amount of data being synced on my Linux NAS, but those CPU hogs were 100-2000GB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark88 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Energy usage will be fixed in the next update.Thanks! Is the new update already released or is there a timeframe for the next release? I really love the sync, but the energy consumption is a drawback so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Is the new update already released or is there a timeframe for the next release? I really love the sync, but the energy consumption is a drawback so far. There have been no new updates to the Mac client (which is what the OP referred to) since vadimt's post. The latest Mac client version is 1.2.82. Sync 1.3 however is on the horizon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark88 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Thanks for the fast reply! I am already using 1.2.82 and experience still a high energy consumption compared to other apps. I am syncing 5GB with a FreeNas server. Is there a change log for the upcoming 1.3 version or does it also address energy consumption? Even if I pause the synchronization, the app is using energy for some background processes. So far I have to shutdown it completely, when I am not using the sync actively. Would be great if the app could be paused in terms of syncing and energy consumption. EDIT: Just found this thread:http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/27475-status-update/I think I just should wait a little longer for the upcoming release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esebastian Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 I'm currenty using 1.3.94 and I'm experiencing what it looks like some serious energy drain: Activity Monitor reporting an average "Energy Impact" of ~21. We're talking of ~190k archives weighing ~6GB. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Dopp Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) I am experiencing the same issue with battery drain. I am syncing 2 folders (130 GB) between my MacBook and iMac.The average energy impact on the MacBook is around 13.5, which is the highest. I know I am sharing a large amount of data but BTSync seems to be idle most of the time.Will it be solved in future versions ? I am using latest 1.3.106 version. Thanks. Edited August 5, 2014 by Johnny Dopp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 Johnny Dopp, Try 1.3.109. If the problem remains, you may wait for 1.4 where CPU usage was optimized or write to syncapp@bittorrent.com where further instrucitons will be provided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimCinel Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 It's really improved in newer versions, iTerm is even using more power than btsync! Ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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