Category: Mac OS X
Link: Mac OS X 10.2.8 Build 6R73 Seeded
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Originally posted by coolbreeze
By the way, my battery is still lasting for only ~2 hrs on my iBook with 10.2.6. Is it possible that 10.2.8 did permanent damage? If so, Will Apple recall the batteries or just get real quiet?
Is it actually really lasting 2hrs (have you timed it)? Or are you just relying on what the clock in OSX says? My ibook is at 10.2.8 and the timer on mine says 2hr but I don't think the battery life has actually been shortened....Originally posted by coolbreeze
Too bad I've done a complete revert and clean install to 10.2.6. By the way, my battery is still lasting for only ~2 hrs on my iBook with 10.2.6. Is it possible that 10.2.8 did permanent damage? If so, Will Apple recall the batteries or just get real quiet?
Hope the new .8 does the trick.
From http://www.macfixit.comOriginally posted by Doraemon
How should a piece of software do permanent damage to your battery?
I don't know how software would permanently damage a battery, but heard that 10.2.4 did irreversible damage to notebook batteries. It appears as though 10.2.8 is on that same track? I have no factual evidence of this (the damage) but I am wondering where my extra 1.5 hours has gone (now that I am running a fresh install of 10.2.6 and only getting 2 hours as opposed to my 3.5+ I got just before updating to 10.2.8)? Yes, I've measured actual time, not the OS timer time. You be the judge.
Issues with battery life after an (pulled) 10.2.8 Update: Purported Apple confirmation
Over the past few days we've been reporting issues with decreased PowerBook and iBook battery life after installing the (pulled) 10.2.8 Update. A MacFixIt reader wrote in describing his conversation with AppleCare about this problem:
"Today I called AppleCare and asked about why my battery was acting so strangely [after installing 10.2.8]. I was put on hold for a few minutes while the phone tech talked to someone else. He came back on the line and said that it was a known issue, and that Apple wasn't recalling batteries just yet. He also said that restoring the system software to 10.2.6 wouldn't fix the problem. He said Apple is working on a fix and will release it soon via SoftwareUpdate."
Originally posted by Doraemon
How should a piece of software do permanent damage to your battery?
Originally posted by coolbreeze
Too bad I've done a complete revert and clean install to 10.2.6. By the way, my battery is still lasting for only ~2 hrs on my iBook with 10.2.6. Is it possible that 10.2.8 did permanent damage? If so, Will Apple recall the batteries or just get real quiet?
Hope the new .8 does the trick.
Originally posted by punter
i hope they tried a little harder this time. This gives me the impression panther might be a *little* bit further off then I would prefer.
Originally posted by coolbreeze
From http://www.macfixit.com
I don't know how software would permanently damage a battery, but heard that 10.2.4 did irreversible damage to notebook batteries. It appears as though 10.2.8 is on that same track? I have no factual evidence of this (the damage) but I am wondering where my extra 1.5 hours has gone (now that I am running a fresh install of 10.2.6 and only getting 2 hours as opposed to my 3.5+ I got just before updating to 10.2.8)? Yes, I've measured actual time, not the OS timer time. You be the judge.