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Apple Releases OS X 10.8.1 with Fixes for Migration Assistant, Exchange, and iMessage Issues
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Battery life seems pretty good. Updated it about 2 hours ago still 65% left. This is after playing some music for about 20 mins, watching a 6 minute HD trailer and surfing the net.
After resetting SMC, I thought that solved the battery issue...once again it has made its way down to under 4h at 100%
When I saw your battery improved significantly post, I started wondering if I have a defective battery... I also did the SMC reset and my battery life hasn't changed at all !!!
Dropped 5% in 15 minutes... now at 95% with 3:47 hrs remaining!!!
WTF !!!
I have the same thing, weird. I let it download and install, then rebooted, and it wanted to go through the initial Mountain Lion setup, so I cancelled it. Now I get a persistent "1" in the App store showing an update, and when I check it, it still has the Mountain Lion update waiting for me to download. I've rebooted multiple times, and even checked "About this Mac", and it clearly says 10.8.1.
When I try to download the update through the App store, I get a box that has 2 of the same alerts:
Would you like to continue?
OS X 10.8 is already installed on this computer. Are you sure you want to download it?
OS X 10.8 is already installed on this computer. Are you sure you want to download it?
I get 2 choices: Cancel or continue.
HELP!!!!!!!
My problem too...
MBP 8,2 (purchased Jan this year) has gone from 8 hours to 4 hours to 2 hours with OS upgrades. 9 mo's old and I have 25% of my battery capability? Apple, get your **** together.
MBP 8,2 (purchased Jan this year) has gone from 8 hours to 4 hours to 2 hours with OS upgrades. 9 mo's old and I have 25% of my battery capability? Apple, get your **** together.
The update was just over 7 MB for me (base rMBP).
No noticeable change in UI animations. Update took less than a min to complete all together. No issues to report. At about 40% brightness my estimated time to battery depletion went from an average of 6.5 hrs to 8.15 hrs. Not sure how realistic this is, but that is what she says!
No noticeable change in UI animations. Update took less than a min to complete all together. No issues to report. At about 40% brightness my estimated time to battery depletion went from an average of 6.5 hrs to 8.15 hrs. Not sure how realistic this is, but that is what she says!
Battery issue wasn't resolved for me.
I've been having the battery issue on my Macbook Pro Retina also. Did the update about a hour ago but no luck in resolving the problem. Hearing reports it does for some but not all. Went to a near by Apple retailer and was told if the update doesn't take that I need to install a fresh ML update from scratch, ugh. But also being from told that may be a defective battery, hopefully not.
Macbook Pro Retina, 2.7ghz, 16gb ram
I've been having the battery issue on my Macbook Pro Retina also. Did the update about a hour ago but no luck in resolving the problem. Hearing reports it does for some but not all. Went to a near by Apple retailer and was told if the update doesn't take that I need to install a fresh ML update from scratch, ugh. But also being from told that may be a defective battery, hopefully not.
Macbook Pro Retina, 2.7ghz, 16gb ram
When I saw your battery improved significantly post, I started wondering if I have a defective battery... I also did the SMC reset and my battery life hasn't changed at all !!!
Dropped 5% in 15 minutes... now at 95% with 3:47 hrs remaining!!!
WTF !!!
After resetting SMC, I thought that solved the battery issue...once again it has made its way down to under 4h at 100%
They are estimated times based on ones average usage pattern - this has been addressed multiple times so stop bringing up the same crap over and over again. Now, if you've been USING the laptop for x number of hours and the battery life on REAL WORLD usage has gone down from previous experience THEN there is a battery problem relating to power management.
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Well then the "Average Usage Pattern" time for us reporting the problem is significantly less...and thus results in an overall decrease is "REAL WORLD" battery output.
My battery has dropped from 100% to 65% in 30 min. with only Safari open and browsing this forum.
The display showing how long your battery charge is supposed to last is updated every 30 seconds, based on the average amount of energy used during that time. This number will be changing all the time, because the amount of energy you use changes all the time.
Update confusion?
If anybody has a copy of the original Mountain Lion installer anywhere on their Mac, the updater will want to update that too. The full 4.3 Gb file. So if you see this in your Appstore updates after you install the 10.8.1 update, this will explain why.
If anybody has a copy of the original Mountain Lion installer anywhere on their Mac, the updater will want to update that too. The full 4.3 Gb file. So if you see this in your Appstore updates after you install the 10.8.1 update, this will explain why.
What happened to the battery fix...... I'm lucky if I get 3 hours on my MacAir which isn't even 1 year old yet...
fixed the minimizing to dock I had issue. Even with the global setting on, certain (most) apps wouldn't minimize, they'd disappear and alt tab wouldn't bring them up but the 4 finger up swipe would show them. Weird. Fixed now. Plus I had a big lag from wake to being able to type my password in, never had it under Lion but now fixed under ML. Mid 2011 MBA.