On all the Macs i've owned I never relied on that time remaining count. It has never been accurate.
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macOS Sierra 10.12.2 Removes 'Time Remaining' Battery Life Indicator
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Way to hide the shortcomings Apple! Hu-Rah!
You're looking at it wrong! lol!
You're looking at it wrong! lol!
They appled it! "You're using it wrong." all over again.
If it doesn't work as you planned it, just delete it. I love Apple these days... NOT.
If it doesn't work as you planned it, just delete it. I love Apple these days... NOT.
The battery on mine lasts less than 3 hours sitting on the desktop, no programs running. If this update doesn't fix that, it's going back to the store tonight.
it's been said before, but steve jobs would never have approved a solution like this
Hey Tim here.
I want you to know that our customers are just loving the new Macs. They're great. This battery life isn't important. If you run out of battery, you should buy a new mac anyway.
Here's Phil to talk more about the new emoji bar. Phil come on up.
I want you to know that our customers are just loving the new Macs. They're great. This battery life isn't important. If you run out of battery, you should buy a new mac anyway.
Here's Phil to talk more about the new emoji bar. Phil come on up.
Can you imagine if they removed the fuel indicator on a car, because you complained weren't getting enough MPG as reported.
I totally forgot it was there.
Couldn't make it up. Brilliant, just brilliant!
OS 10.13
Apple removes battery % altogether.
Can't blame them if you don't know.
Apple removes battery % altogether.
Can't blame them if you don't know.
Look on the bright side, perhaps by removing this indicator, Apple can add hours to the battery life.
Makes some sense. My Beats and iPhones/iPads don't do this either
This just in:
Customers complain about 16GB limit on new MacBook Pro.
Solution: Your computer will no longer report how much RAM is installed.
Customers complain about 16GB limit on new MacBook Pro.
Solution: Your computer will no longer report how much RAM is installed.
Silverlight is a legacy plugin that's hardly used anymore. I wouldn't expect it to behave particularly well.
According to Craig Federighi, this way Apple software's quality has improved.
so they have removed a feature of a laptop that has been around for YEARS.
It can't get any worse can it?!
It can't get any worse can it?!
MacRumors is going to explode...
"This wouldn't happen if Jobs were here"
(Except for that time they "recalibrated" the signal bars for the iPhone 4 because they "realised" we'd been seeing the wrong signal strength all along..."
"This wouldn't happen if Jobs were here"
(Except for that time they "recalibrated" the signal bars for the iPhone 4 because they "realised" we'd been seeing the wrong signal strength all along..."
If somebody knows any trick, or Terminal command, app, whatever to check remaining battery life, I will be thankful. Otherwise, probably I'll stay on 10.12.1 forever... Glad I kept my 10.12.1 downloaded on my hard drive.
I can't believe, they resolved the problem removing it... Now the MBP TB 2016 is the best laptop in the universe !!!
Well, i hope you don't plan on using an apple watch for that, because Apple are going to remove the clock and timer functions from it in the next watchOS update. They've found that people having been using them to find out how long things take.
Yes Apple, even if this is legitimately has well-intentions, this looks bad for you either way no?
That said, that indicator was useless anyway because its entirely based on what your doing at any given point. It'd be more useful if it was smart enough to look at your average usage pattern then give you an estimation based on that.
That said, that indicator was useless anyway because its entirely based on what your doing at any given point. It'd be more useful if it was smart enough to look at your average usage pattern then give you an estimation based on that.
Really, I had to check the calendar to be sure it wasn't April Fools Day. This is unbelievable. I've used the "time remaining" mode for as long as I can remember and know just what to expect from it on my MacBook Air. Now they are going to pull this useful feature from all computers to avoid embarassment over the performance of one new model?
Another "courageous" move.
Another "courageous" move.