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Macbook Pro not sleeping on low battery
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Everything's default and ticked in there.
Thought the sleep thing on low battery was already a default thing and can't be changed.
I also made a thread about that. My i7 the same shut down on 1% battery. where my niese's 13" 2009 sleep almost 1hr-2hr before battery completely gone.
There another thread was somewhere in this forum. Couldnt find. Other members who had 2010 mbp also experineced the same problem.
I am not worrying about it, coz when i first got it it has 94% of battery. after doing afew calibration my battery now is 100%. So i think it the same. but just somehow we dont see it sleep.
Once it shut down. if u press on battery indicator on the side of ur mbp u see the green light on the last bar flashing.
Hopefully the new software will fix it
Cheers
There another thread was somewhere in this forum. Couldnt find. Other members who had 2010 mbp also experineced the same problem.
I am not worrying about it, coz when i first got it it has 94% of battery. after doing afew calibration my battery now is 100%. So i think it the same. but just somehow we dont see it sleep.
Once it shut down. if u press on battery indicator on the side of ur mbp u see the green light on the last bar flashing.
Hopefully the new software will fix it
Cheers
This drove me crazy forever, but there is an easy fix. It's due to a very, very stupid design decision by Apple.
Anyway, you need to have "Show battery status in menu bar" selected in the Energy Saver system preference for the error to show up and the Mac to go to sleep down properly.
(This should do it unless you have additional hardware issues.)
Good luck.
Anyway, you need to have "Show battery status in menu bar" selected in the Energy Saver system preference for the error to show up and the Mac to go to sleep down properly.
(This should do it unless you have additional hardware issues.)
Good luck.
funny thing i was trying this thing with my macbook pro 17 i7 and I removed the battery indicator because I have istat battery which looks a lot nicer. and I started having this issue without any low battery alarm, the system just shuts down without any warning.
I'll try putting the indicator back and I hope I will get the alarm and the system to go to sleep.
I'll try putting the indicator back and I hope I will get the alarm and the system to go to sleep.
bumping this because its November and I still have this problem. Multiple searches have produced nothing (and I've always had battery status in the menu bar)
Hi, I have the same problem. MacBookPro5,3 - 15". I haven't been able to calibrate my battery for months now, as it reaches the '0:02 remaining' point and directly switches off.
When I plug in to the mains and boot up again, I find my system clock reset and have to re-enter my wifi password (normally saved).
My guess is that because the battery is not calibrated the power runs down and completely finishes, while the system still thinks there is several minutes charge remaining. Is there any way to get around this and force battery calibration?
When I plug in to the mains and boot up again, I find my system clock reset and have to re-enter my wifi password (normally saved).
My guess is that because the battery is not calibrated the power runs down and completely finishes, while the system still thinks there is several minutes charge remaining. Is there any way to get around this and force battery calibration?