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Apple has released Battery Update 1.3 for the following Macs:To find out what version of Mac OS you are running, go to the Apple logo in the top left corner, click it and choose About This Mac. From that window you will see the version number, processor, memory and chosen startup disk. Clicking Software Update will check for updates, and More Info... will open up an extensive list of everything on your machine.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
a ham sandwich said 10:13PM on 10-03-2007
i noticed after installing this update, that my battery health jumped from 96& to 100%. could that really be right? the update "heals" the battery? what say you?
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adisor19 said 10:17PM on 10-03-2007
great, it only works on TIGER ! What about us folks on Leopard ??
Adi
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Chris Gardner said 10:19PM on 10-03-2007
Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but when was Leopard ever released on a MacBook Pro model?
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Jeff said 10:30PM on 10-03-2007
Another question, Chris, is when was Leopard even released for any computer, other than for developers. Adi, are you a developer?
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Nelson said 10:35PM on 10-03-2007
Mine went from 86% to 100%. I smell a fish.
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martoon said 11:17PM on 10-03-2007
mine went from 30% to 70%. My battery was pretty bad, it would lose power in as little as 20 minutes. Someone told me that I would have to recalibrate, but i found this first, so I don't know if calibration is any better than this. guess i"ll find out tomorrow at my first meeting."
Any chance you could try this? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh2339.html Basically its get the machine fully charged for at least 2 hours, disconnect power and run it until it goes to sleep, let it sleep for 5 hours, then reconnect and let it fully charge."
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william said 11:23PM on 10-03-2007
Obviously Adisor19 has a developer's version of Leopard or a copied version of it. Leopard beta versions have been on the internet since the beginning of the its making.
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nc0 said 11:27PM on 10-03-2007
@adi: Copy the BatteryUpdate1.3.pkg to your desktop, show package contents, go inside Contents, and edit BatteryUpdate1.3.dist in your favorite editor. Search for 10.4.10 and replace with 10.5.0. Install the package from your desktop.
My battery went from 44% to 100%, so like others have said before, something smells fishy here.
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Jory Setter said 12:00AM on 10-04-2007
Yeah, I went from 46% to 100% on my older battery. hmm..
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avow943 said 12:12AM on 10-04-2007
according to coconutbattery my current maximum battery capacity is 5546 mAh. This is up 46 from the original 5500 mAh. strange
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Frank said 12:19AM on 10-04-2007
wow, my battery is suddenly a zillion times better, too: i've noticed in recent weeks that it was only holding a charge for *maybe* 20 minutes. now, it seems to be at around 2 +/- hours. praise jeebus! my battery iz HEALED!!!
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nc0 said 1:00AM on 10-04-2007
Back to 44% :(
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Catsby said 1:25AM on 10-04-2007
Gosh, how sporadic! I was at 98% battery charge when my Core 2 Duo had the Battery Update 1.3 installed. Rebooted, and noticed my power saving settings reverted back to "Better Performance". My estimated battery time, however, is quite interesting, and changes every minute or so...
3:30, 4:30, 4:00, (reboot) 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 6:30(!)
Sure would be nice if I could believe it, but now I just can't trust the battery meter at all. Great.
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Catsby said 1:27AM on 10-04-2007
And so I plugged it back into the power adapter... and now instead of (Charged) it tells me (0:25)... (0:24)... (0:23) (94%). Nice - the update broke... something! And the countdown has a certain sense of doom about it.
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Gandhi said 1:38AM on 10-04-2007
Adi -
That's why you install Leopard on an external drive like I did :o
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Keenkreations said 3:03AM on 10-04-2007
Well, it looks like this update fixes the last update they put out regarding battery issues. They issued the last one around mid-August. I thought it would fix my "prior" issues I was having lately, like 20 minutes on battery. It was ridiculous.I hope this update makes due...only 143 cycles on the battery and before this update the health was at 43%! Now it's saying 87%...we'll see if it's true when I finish re-calibrating the battery...
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Beau said 3:57AM on 10-04-2007
@Catsby:
That's meant to do that. That's the time 'til it's fully charged.
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Arjan said 4:09AM on 10-04-2007
Installed the update, restarted the Macbook pro as asked and after the reboot I get the screen of death. Pffff. Thx Apple? Still trying to get os x started again.
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serenity said 5:05AM on 10-04-2007
Hmm, I'm not installing this. Last time I did something similar my battery went from 95% good to random shutdowns after less than 20 minutes on battery (FIVE minutes under load). Especially with your comments it looks like a bad idea at the moment. :/
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Atif said 5:45AM on 10-04-2007
i just updated mine and my battery health was 92% i just got a new battery from apple because mine died. Macbookpro core duo 2.16ghz anways its been 2 days after the update the health is holding at 100% and i can see a 15 minute gain in the battery life
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