Wow, this seems kind of petty.
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macOS Sierra 10.12.2 Removes 'Time Remaining' Battery Life Indicator
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Apple is also going to supply sleeping pills with the update. No your battery lasted 10 hours. You must have just dosed off and don't remember.
Why in the world did they just not display it in the drop down menu appearing something similar to:
"Maximum Battery Time: xx:xx"
instead of just removing it. That way users can still use it as a metric, yet understand that its a best case scenario.
"Maximum Battery Time: xx:xx"
instead of just removing it. That way users can still use it as a metric, yet understand that its a best case scenario.
What a mess. certainly there is no quality control on these products and services. Instead of removing the inaccurate indicator, give the user (us) an indicator at what may be affected, that'd would certainly ease more minds than not. If it is in fact a service (iCloud, Photos, whatever), then the user can make the decision if its worth it to remain on battery or pause these instances if necessary/able to.
Apple was so intricate with their products and software. Hate to see this happening...they need a true innovator, not a corporate numbers guy.
Apple was so intricate with their products and software. Hate to see this happening...they need a true innovator, not a corporate numbers guy.
I dunno Macrumors should write an article about it and get everyone all worked up, that'll get the ball rolling
Don't try and tell me that there were people out there with at least half a brain who didn't know it wasn't an estimated battery remaining. It was never a problem.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
A kind of Deja Vu...
Remember was it maybe about iPhone 4 with the cellular bars issue being that many people seemed to get less bars than they did before that incarnation of iOS. As such, they were also claiming reception and dropped-call issues were more problematic than before because the signal was so weak. Apple said that "bug" would be fixed with a software update.
I remember thinking at the time: I wonder if they are going to fix something making the cellular reception actually weaker than normal or if they are just going to (placebo) change how reception is measured so that 3 bars visually becomes 5, 2 bars becomes 4, etc.
After the update, the problems appeared pretty much solved. We never knew if it was a placebo or tangible software fix. I personally suspect many people just really needed to see more bars.
Remember was it maybe about iPhone 4 with the cellular bars issue being that many people seemed to get less bars than they did before that incarnation of iOS. As such, they were also claiming reception and dropped-call issues were more problematic than before because the signal was so weak. Apple said that "bug" would be fixed with a software update.
I remember thinking at the time: I wonder if they are going to fix something making the cellular reception actually weaker than normal or if they are just going to (placebo) change how reception is measured so that 3 bars visually becomes 5, 2 bars becomes 4, etc.
After the update, the problems appeared pretty much solved. We never knew if it was a placebo or tangible software fix. I personally suspect many people just really needed to see more bars.
Ok Jony Ive. If that is your real name. /kidding Kidding
Pretty sad that this feature is going away. I've used it many times to gauge my usage, even with my own understanding that it was very wrong at times.
What a sham. I always used the time on my MBP. Dang guys, this company is just not the same. It really isn't :/
Petty? More like Apple's got something to hide although pretty much everyone knows Apple's obsession with thinness has resulted in poor battery life across all their products so why they're trying to hide it I've no idea
Wow! I thought we were trying not promote fake news. /s
Windows figured this out years ago. Is it really that complicated? LMAO
Isn't this like putting a piece of tape over your check engine light?
Windows figured this out years ago. Is it really that complicated? LMAO
Isn't this like putting a piece of tape over your check engine light?
I understand, but the battery percentage isn't much different, yet that remains. My percentage is always off by 3-10% or so from the actual capacity remaining as reported by System Information at any given time. They're both estimates that may be somewhat or greatly off the mark, that doesn't mean they can't leave them as a toggle for those that use them, especially after letting it become an established feature over the years.
I work in IT. To me, there is no limit to how stupid users can be
That's my point, people complained about battery life and all of sudden the battery indicator was changed so it no longer showed time remaining
I was serious. I sat the machine down, and set it not to sleep. With the brightness at about 50%, it lasted 15 hours before it shut down. The estimated life never showed more than 6-7 hours. It's the estimate that's inaccurate.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
I think the issue being poked at here is that the marketing doesn't spin: "100% battery life when fully charged"
In other words, it's the marketing claim that makes this an issue. See Plutonius excellent analogy up in post #155.
I thought this was a glitch until this article. Surface Book is looking better everyday.
I didn't upgrade. There's one thing that I've learned in being a Mac user over the last 10 years is never rush to upgrade.
I have a Mac Mini on 10.9.5, a 2012 non retina MBP on El Capitan and my 2016 is also on El Capitan. I don't regret staying where they are. Things like this confirm I made the right choice.