How are you quantifying "so many complaints".Since there are so many complaints, just curious if they did fix the battery life?
My battery life has been fantastic from day one.
How are you quantifying "so many complaints".Since there are so many complaints, just curious if they did fix the battery life?
It's just estimated time that isn't there, the battery power indicator and percentage are still there.No way in hell I will upgrade my machine after reading all the negative posts, but... like... seriously?
Is there a new option to reactivate it? Or via terminal?
If there isn't that's pure comedy.
Wow, so glad I read this before installing; have the Bose Companion 5 which are USB based.
Ridiculous - please update with a reply or quote to my post if anything changes.
Hey MacRumors, you forgot one last feature: Fixes battery life issues on new MacBook Pros by removing the time remaining estimation. Well, it doesn't fix it, but hey at least you won't notice it so easily.
I was eager to update, even perform an install from scratch of 10.12.2, but as a user who checks time remaining pretty often when on battery, I don't know what to do, as they removed it. Now there is no way to tell more or less how much time you have left until your battery dies. This features has saved me a lot of times.
So watch the percentage instead. It's like watching the fuel gauge on a car. The power demand of your computer is so dependent upon what you're doing that it's impossible to predict battery life in advance. This wasn't always so, but the modern Intel processors have become so good at managing power consumption based on workload that accurate battery life estimation just isn't possible.I am surprised this issue is not getting more airtime. Battery life issues so they remove the time remaining option? Is there anyone else out there who feels this is a pathetic trick?
I use this option all the time as I rarely take my charger with me when I head out each day. I use my Macbook in the car everyday. I find I can go the whole day if I am careful and keep an eye on the meter. Most disappointed Apple is doing stuff like this.
So watch the percentage instead. It's like watching the fuel gauge on a car. The power demand of your computer is so dependent upon what you're doing that it's impossible to predict battery life in advance. This wasn't always so, but the modern Intel processors have become so good at managing power consumption based on workload that accurate battery life estimation just isn't possible.
How is this a trick by apple? It doesn't change your battery life. It just changes the perception so when people who don't know how it works see you have a lower amount of battery life left when in fact you have more.I am surprised this issue is not getting more airtime. Battery life issues so they remove the time remaining option? Is there anyone else out there who feels this is a pathetic trick?
I use this option all the time as I rarely take my charger with me when I head out each day. I use my Macbook in the car everyday. I find I can go the whole day if I am careful and keep an eye on the meter. Most disappointed Apple is doing stuff like this.
There's whole separate article and discussion about this. Not sure how removing estimated time that isn't reliable is somehow a trick--if it wasn't accurate then what's the point of having something misleading there? It doesn't change how long the battery lasts or how it's used which the user can still experience just as before and the actual battery power meter and percentage are still there, which is really the main thing to gage it all by. Some cars have estimated mileage left for a tank, but most people still go by the actual fuel gauge to see how much they have and how close they are to running out. Not that much different and certainly not misleading or anything.I am surprised this issue is not getting more airtime. Battery life issues so they remove the time remaining option? Is there anyone else out there who feels this is a pathetic trick?
I use this option all the time as I rarely take my charger with me when I head out each day. I use my Macbook in the car everyday. I find I can go the whole day if I am careful and keep an eye on the meter. Most disappointed Apple is doing stuff like this.
There's whole separate article and discussion about this. Not sure how removing estimated time that isn't reliable is somehow a trick--if it wasn't accurate then what's the point of having something misleading there? It doesn't change how long the battery lasts or how it's used which the user can still experience just as before and the actual battery power meter and percentage are still there, which is really the main thing to gage it all by. Some cars have estimated mileage left for a tank, but most people still go by the actual fuel gauge to see how much they have and how close they are to running out. Not that much different and certainly not misleading or anything.
Such a long drawn out post for a tiresome emoji joke. Props for creativity though.
Perhaps the estimates were within tolerance levels before and are outside of them now, or the tolerance levels have been adjusted. Perhaps they were similarly off in various cases before but the issue wasn't as noticeable as not as many people tried to really go by it exactly as perhaps recently which bumped it up. There are fairly reasonable things that explain it, but it seems that considering those things is somehow just blindly defending rather than just considering all reasonable possibilities, while jumping to conspiracy theories is somehow more intellectually honest and realistic.I always find it fascinating when Apple does something sneaky like this, people will blindly argue in favor of Apple and rationalize things like third party solutions and make comments like it was not accurate or needed, or a suppliers fault. I admit I should not be surprised that a Mac site would blindly argue in favor of Apple.
I too live in an Apple ecosystem, but the more I read here the more doubts I have about my future with Apple.
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Why was this misleading and inaccurate feature never questioned until Apple had issues with the claimed battery life of a new product?
Does anyone know if they've changed the SMB/AFP connection authentication method yet.
In all previous versions of OSX credentials for connecting to a network drive could be stored in keychain. Sierra completely screwed that and now I have staff complaining because they're getting constant login prompts for their server shares.[/QUOTE
I haven't imstalled the update yet but the Apple release quoted in the article did not mention this bug, which affects all my Macs -so I am not hopeful!
That was a firmware update for your computer being installed. No need for concern.My Macbook Pro Late 2011 rebooted twice with the speakers screaming a square wave during installation. Everything looks fine, but I have as nagging feeling it didn't completely install fine.
Have you tried disabling scroll acceleration?
I had similar issue with some no-name mouse - retarded acceleration curves that Apple invents was reporting fraction
lines on slow scrolling, causes no scroll at all. Setting:
defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.scrollwheel.scaling -1
fixed the issue.
Does anyone know if they've changed the SMB/AFP connection authentication method yet.
In all previous versions of OSX credentials for connecting to a network drive could be stored in keychain. Sierra completely screwed that and now I have staff complaining because they're getting constant login prompts for their server shares.
I get that, but does it bother you at all that they are so blatantly trying to sweep this under the rug?
Mine did 3 or 4 times. But seems to have installed fine.My Macbook Pro Late 2011 rebooted twice with the speakers screaming a square wave during installation. Everything looks fine, but I have as nagging feeling it didn't completely install fine.
Here Trim was not changed, still on. mbp 15' 2012I just updated mine and got a firmware update as well. No video issues though.
Update: This update turned off my Trim support on my 3rd party drive. Will try to re-enable.
Why was this "misleading and inaccurate" feature never questioned until Apple had issues with the claimed battery life of a new product?
That was a firmware update for your computer being installed. No need for concern.
It's not a bug, it's a feature, and it's "fixed":
https://support.apple.com/de-ch/HT207112
Wait, you prefer to have an inaccurate gauge than, let's say, the more accurate percentage (which is still available)?I always find it fascinating when Apple does something sneaky like this, people will blindly argue in favor of Apple and rationalize things like third party solutions and make comments like it was not accurate or needed, or a suppliers fault. I admit I should not be surprised that a Mac site would blindly argue in favor of Apple.
I too live in an Apple ecosystem, but the more I read here the more doubts I have about my future with Apple.
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Why was this misleading and inaccurate feature never questioned until Apple had issues with the claimed battery life of a new product?