How long a battery lasts between charges
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Retina Macbook Pro now has faster battery drain
I have disabled Hibernation mode and Deep Sleep mode, I also keep the charger plugged in about a week before removing it if I want to go somewhere with the laptop.
I don't know if this is normal, but ...
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iOS 6 kills battery life
I live in the Boston area (zip code 02421). Since upgrading to iOS 6, both my iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S are getting really hot and last only 4 hours maximum, even in standby.
Also, AT&T notified me ...
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Macbook Pro Battery / Discrete Graphics Card Issues in 10.8.2
I am posting because I currently have a 15'' Macbook Pro (Early 2011 edition) and have suffered from poor battery life since upgrading from Mac OS X 10.7 to 10.8.
Before the upgrade, I could use my ...
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Disabling Hibernation AND DeepSleep mode on Retina Macbook Pro reduce battery life?
I am currently on 90%, HDMI connected to 2nd monitor, about 5-6 links open in Safari, terminal running (coding on python), Stickies, Messages, and Mail are running.
My battery has 2h of remaining ...
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How do you know when the battery has absolutely no charge?
I'm trying to reset the battery indicator on my iPod touch. To do this I need the battery to be completely empty first. How do I know when this happens?
Right now I can turn it on and it will have ...
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poor battery life when MacBook Pro is 'sleeping'
I have a early 2011 MBP, Mountain Lion (OS 10.8.2), a Crucial M4 SSD and I have noticed that the battery performance when the computer is 'sleeping' with the lid closed is crap. If I got to bed at ...
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What performance or battery impact does FileVault2 (disk encryption) have on a MacBook Pro Retina?
I'm interested in seeing the performance difference (or load) of FileVault 2 on a MacBook Pro Retina (with SSD)
What are the performance differences and power consumption differences with and without ...
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Possible to only AV scan while computer is on AC power?
My battery life dropped to 50% on a Macbook Pro within 40 minutes due to a AV scan. In addition the laptop itself got very very hot.
I'm currently using the free Sophos software and don't see an ...
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Unusual increase in power consumption
Ever since I upgraded my Macbook Pro O.S to version 10.8, I have been noticing that the battery drains out way to sooner after charging it completely.
Can I debug this to know what, if any, is ...
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How frequently does Passbook use the GPS
Finally Bookings update is App, which is now compatible with Passbook.
By going to My bookings and selecting a reservation it is possible to add it to passbook.
Now, as far as I understood, this ...
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iBook battery repack
I have several ibook batteries that have gone bad and I was wanting to open them up and make some good batteries out of all of them by taking out the bad cells and putting other ones in there place, ...
