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Any fix for battery problems with Mavericks?
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Since I installed it earlier, I haven't had too much time to really attempt to induce a failure, but so far, so good. Not once has it happened. Give me until tomorrow to really get a definitive answer though.
10.9.2: Issue FIXED
OK guys, I have had enough time to really play with this, and I can say that I am confident that this issue is fixed in 10.9.2.
I highly recommend that you guys just go ahead and update to the beta below. Its a bad enough bug that it had REALLY ruined my enjoyment of my new Air, and this is probably the only time you will hear me advocate beta software to an end userbase. If you are tired of this crap, heres the link:
http://www.techglobex.net/2013/12/download-os-x-mavericks-1092-beta-dmg.html
OK guys, I have had enough time to really play with this, and I can say that I am confident that this issue is fixed in 10.9.2.
I highly recommend that you guys just go ahead and update to the beta below. Its a bad enough bug that it had REALLY ruined my enjoyment of my new Air, and this is probably the only time you will hear me advocate beta software to an end userbase. If you are tired of this crap, heres the link:
http://www.techglobex.net/2013/12/download-os-x-mavericks-1092-beta-dmg.html
is it safe to install 10.9.2 even if not a developer? I always see warnings against it so just want to be sure..and also do you need some kind of access code once you install it like the UDID business on iOS Beta software updates?
Also, I've heard the FaceTime camera does not work in 10.9.2, can you confirm?
It's not "safe" by definition due to it being a dev beta. There are no UDID checks though, and you can infact install the Seed Utility and get the updates automatically as it stands right now.
The camera does indeed seem to be currently broken, but that is a worthy tradeoff for me. I'll use the tablet to do Hangouts with my family if it means I get back my 10 hours of battery life.
sounds good!
One question: did you once just for the sake of it send your mac to sleep (for a longer time, as in dee sleep) with the headphones still connected? That's when the kernel malfunctions most of the time for me. Or what sort of tests did you do that you are so confident that this has been fixed?
Thanks for keeping is up to date!
I have tried headphones (in/out etc), AirPlay and BT audio (this is when it seemed to hurt me most, or after I had switched outputs), longer durations of sleep (to test the deep sleep side) and general usage. I almost never use headphones, though, so I seriously doubt that they had anything to do with the failure modes. By now, I'd definitely be stuck in a failure state prior to 10.9.2, but I haven't seen even an inkling.
I'm too afraid of bricking my machinefirst mac and all...
That is a .01% chance, and if you can brick it that way, you'll brick it with normal updates since it would require an incredibly rare failure.
I have downloaded 10.9.2 overnight and expected it to self install, but it has saved as a .dmg file.
However I can not find the method of now installing it over 10.9.1 as I would normally with a download.
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However I can not find the method of now installing it over 10.9.1 as I would normally with a download.
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I added 10.9.2 and it fixed the issue on my 2013 MBA 13 i7 8GB 256Gb. I'm getting much better battery life now. Thanks.
Thanks Robyr and others
Hey folks, thanks for the persistence here. MacBookAir6,2 (July 2013) user here and though I haven't seen these issues yet I appreciate the details.
Hey folks, thanks for the persistence here. MacBookAir6,2 (July 2013) user here and though I haven't seen these issues yet I appreciate the details.
Awesome news. I am glad I could at least find out. I was on the verge of returning my Air because of this issue, so I am ecstatic.
I'd also like to take the time and thank the rest of the posters in this thread who were actually constructive and helped Apple and other users isolate the causes. I am still pretty speechless that some other posters either wholesale dismissed the very real and demonstrable problem, or blamed hardware that functioned 100% correctly under 10.8. Its guys like that that are really continuing the stereotype of Apple worship and fanboyism that is really holding back Apple from real solutions and innovation with the hand waving impulse.
10.9.2 solves the problem. I have the second seed installed now, and the Facetime camera now works as well and there are far fewer audio failures too.
If you can't deal with it any more, install the beta of 10.9.2.
It took about 25 seconds to Collecting power usage on this one.
I get a minimum 11 Hour's if I'm watching a video or something, then it's going to be a little less but nothing that's being posted here. 13"MBA Maxed out.
Sweet notebook, takes all of 2hr's to fully charge . Display could be better and BIGGER like 15" but that's about it.
All of the 10.9.2 seeds have been damn near perfect, with the only issue I've seen being bluetooth failing to wake out of suspend. Apple just seeded a new beta today, so I suppose I will know if that particular issue has been cleared up or not.
Bottom line, 10.9.2 seems to fix all the power management issues and audio problems that have plagued the retail release of Mavericks.
Bottom line, 10.9.2 seems to fix all the power management issues and audio problems that have plagued the retail release of Mavericks.