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Hey guys,
I have just realized that after calibrating my battery I have lost 4hours. (I timed it)
I.e before calibration I had ~9hrs
After calibration I am having ~5hrs
What can I do to turn this back? Should I re-calibrate it?
I have just realized that after calibrating my battery I have lost 4hours. (I timed it)
I.e before calibration I had ~9hrs
After calibration I am having ~5hrs
What can I do to turn this back? Should I re-calibrate it?
Change your battery status from Time to Percentage. The reading is only an estimate and changes from moment to moment, depending on the load on your system. The real test is how long it lasts on battery before it shuts down, not what the reading says.
This should answer most, if not all, of your battery questions: Apple Notebook Battery FAQ
I agree. ClickToFlash works great!
thats odd, I used to play World of Warcraft and had the curse client installed to update my addons, as a regular i had advertisements in it, it blocked those too?
and it still does
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thats odd, I used to play World of Warcraft and had the curse client installed to update my addons, as a regular i had advertisements in it, it blocked those too?
It appears the Curse Client uses Safari in some way.
Well, my batter health just decreased to 99%, and i'm getting a battery life of 5:45 at 72% Battery. My brightness is at 25%, Bluetooth off, jut writing this message. Why did my battery health decrease? I'm on my 5th cycle. Should I go to the Apple Store?
I miss my uncalibrated battery life.
I was also wondering, do programs like Photoshop and VMWare Fusion drain battery really fast?
I miss my uncalibrated battery life.
I was also wondering, do programs like Photoshop and VMWare Fusion drain battery really fast?
Calibration does not affect battery life. It only makes the readings more accurate. Did you calibrate exactly the way Apple recommends?
Yes. Naturally, any app that puts more load on your system will drain the battery faster.
Congratulations!
I remember when I got my first Mac. I was like why the hell didn't I do this years ago? You will never look at another Windows PC the same again. I have friends and family that always ask me to help them with their Windows PC and I simply tell them to stop spending their money on that crap and buy a Mac!
I remember when I got my first Mac. I was like why the hell didn't I do this years ago? You will never look at another Windows PC the same again. I have friends and family that always ask me to help them with their Windows PC and I simply tell them to stop spending their money on that crap and buy a Mac!
Yes, I did.
Actually I just did a clean install. Now, i'm getting ~4hours of battery life at 97% charge (won't go to 100%), with Apple's ideal criteria (bluetooth off, Brightness almost all the way down, Backlit keyboard off, only web surfing no flash).
It seems like everything I do to make my battery life better, makes it become worse.
4hrs and 18mins with only Safari on? And they advertised up to 10.
Mind you, I was getting 10+hrs before calibration. (check first post).
Now in the same situation (actually running less apps now) The battery life isn't going higher than 4hrs.
I'm going to the Apple Store tomorrow, this is ridiculous.
If you're only getting 4 actual hours (you run it on battery and it shuts down after 4 hours using Apple's testing criteria), then something is amiss and a trip to the Apple Store is appropriate. If the 4 hours is just what's being reported by iStat Pro or Coconut Battery, that's another matter.
I began to say the same when I first switched. However, when I look back at the crap I missed, I'm rather glad things turned out the way they did.
If I had to put up with Tiger or the PowerPC-to-Intel transition, I'd have spat in disgust.
Otherwise, I'm absolutely ecstatic to have used Leopard and Snow Leopard over the past two-years. They, and all of my macs [7? Maybe more?] have been completely dependable and stress-free. There hasn't been one notion of switching back, since the first magical day I touched my MacBook...
Hell, the feeling persists to this day. Every time I begin manipulating the cursor on a Mac, this voice inside sighs and reaffirms, "this is the good life. Fine choice..."
Welcome to the club!
Hey guys,
I came back from the apple store today. So turns out I have an older version of the OS, which they said will not give me the maximum battery life compared to the new one. And a few apps running in the background which killed my battery.
I'm gonna be using Activity Monitor a lot more.
Anyway, i'm back to seeing positive battery life results on my Mac, and i am happy once again.
Quick question, i am planning on doing a clean install (deleting the languages) and then restoring from my Time Machine back up. How do i go about doing that? I looked in the web but all the topics talk about people migrating from Leopard to Snow Leopard.
I came back from the apple store today. So turns out I have an older version of the OS, which they said will not give me the maximum battery life compared to the new one. And a few apps running in the background which killed my battery.
I'm gonna be using Activity Monitor a lot more.
Anyway, i'm back to seeing positive battery life results on my Mac, and i am happy once again.
Quick question, i am planning on doing a clean install (deleting the languages) and then restoring from my Time Machine back up. How do i go about doing that? I looked in the web but all the topics talk about people migrating from Leopard to Snow Leopard.
Download and install Dashquit so that you can quit Dashboard when you go to battery power. Dashboard kills battery, depending on the number of widgets you use.
So you're running Snow Leopard now? Great!
Use Migration Assistant [Applications>Utilities] and you can transfer your user account straight from the Time Machine backup. After that, just delete the other User accounts.
Um...have you learned the difference between closing and quitting Applications? Hint: If there's a blue dot under an application icon in the dock, it's still running, even if all of the windows are closed.
So you're running Snow Leopard now? Great!
Use Migration Assistant [Applications>Utilities] and you can transfer your user account straight from the Time Machine backup. After that, just delete the other User accounts.
Um...have you learned the difference between closing and quitting Applications? Hint: If there's a blue dot under an application icon in the dock, it's still running, even if all of the windows are closed.
Thanks for the tip, i'll definitely download Dashquit then.
Actually i was already running Snow Leopard, just 10.6.3, and apparently the new update fixes some graphics issue which affects the battery life according to the Apple Genius.
Can I use migration assistant anytime?
What about when i'm clean installing, can I just select restore from Time Machine back up?
And yes i have set my BTT to 'tap upper left to quit (command+q)'
Actually i was already running Snow Leopard, just 10.6.3, and apparently the new update fixes some graphics issue which affects the battery life according to the Apple Genius.
Can I use migration assistant anytime?
What about when i'm clean installing, can I just select restore from Time Machine back up?
And yes i have set my BTT to 'tap upper left to quit (command+q)'
Yup.
After you've installed cleanly, it will ask if you want to transfer data and Time Machine is an option.
You can choose what to install while doing a clean install. Somewhere in the process you much click "Customize" or "Options" or some crap and deselect Additional Languages and Printer Drivers or whatever else. The button is at the bottom of the installation window, so it can be pretty tricky dicky if you forget what you're doing.
You might have gotten mistakenly wrong numbers for your battery before calibrating...(the 10-12 hours remaining bit). Either way, your real life battery life is not affected after calibrating, as stated. It just helps report battery percentage and time a bit more accurately. Calibration can't effect the actual physics of a battery
Thanks Mr.Cheeto.
I just restored my Mac, and it's back to normal.
Glad to be here! Can't wait for next year's WWDC.
I just restored my Mac, and it's back to normal.
Glad to be here! Can't wait for next year's WWDC.
Well, of course they do.
The more processing power you are using, the more juice you drain, it's as simple as that, and there is no way around it. Calibrating only makes estimates of battery life left more accurate, it doesn't affect battery life itself at all.
Hey guys quick question about wallpapers.
Do I need to scale the resolution for wallpapers above 1280x800 down to 1280x800 to see the best quality? Because i'm getting choppy gradients and grainy pictures.
Sorry i was never so big on wallpapers until i saw the Mac's amazing display.
Do I need to scale the resolution for wallpapers above 1280x800 down to 1280x800 to see the best quality? Because i'm getting choppy gradients and grainy pictures.
Sorry i was never so big on wallpapers until i saw the Mac's amazing display.