MacBook Battery indicator..

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Alex Beebee

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Nov 26, 2009, 5:47:55 PM11/26/09
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Hi Guys,
This may be a daft question...OK call me daft...lol...

I have noticed over the last week that the battery indicator % on my macbook pro never shows 100%, even when it has been off but on charge for 10 hours, when I turn it on it shows 99%.

I have not ever noticed if did show 100% before, but have tried to get it to show that the last few days, just out of curiosity really...

Anyone know if they do ever show 100%.......

I was reading the article about calibrating the battery and this started me on this line of thought, when I decided to make sure the battery was full charged before doing a deep discharge cycle...

cheers Alex....

Dom Barnes

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Nov 26, 2009, 6:11:49 PM11/26/09
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Hi daft

Yes they do say 100%. See here for the exact same discussion.
I would suggest resetting the SMC (remove power and battery, hold power button for 10secs and reattach battery and power), and doing a full cycle as per Apple's instructions at www.apple.com/batteries

On a side note, mine never seems to get below 10%. It shuts off before that even happens! But then I have done 656 battery cycles and am at 73% health (info provided by iStat Pro)

Dom

Alex Beebee

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Dec 5, 2009, 9:01:23 AM12/5/09
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Hi,
Hope this may help others with the new MacBook, I have posted what they sent me below, the guy did say they have to reset this regular, and also fixes some iPhone charging problems!!! 
SMC reset is now different.... AND the Glasgow Apple store tell me if you remove the battery on the new ones... It voids the waranty!!! Not certain how true that may be however!!

Apple Support

Hello,

Al thought you might find this article useful. We hope it helps resolve your technical issue.

Apple Portables: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

Click on the link above or copy and paste the following address into your Web browser to view the article: <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411?viewlocale=en_US>

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John Ross

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May 1, 2010, 11:39:48 AM5/1/10
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Hi,

I’m after an AutoMator Workflow (or AppleScript) to enable me to send identical emails to individuals in a Group from Apple Address Book - anyone know where I might look for such?

John.

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Drew Reece

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May 1, 2010, 12:24:15 PM5/1/10
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Try the Apple software downloads page (in the Apple Menu > Mac OSX Software).
The mail & chat section is… 
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/email_chat/ I can't see a way to filter just Automator actions. You may find a software solution will give you the ability to template content on the message, eg add Hello 'username'

You can just add the name of an Address Book group to an email to send to all the members. Be aware that some email servers (Hotmail/MSN, AOL, maybe Yahoo etc) will bounce messages with many cc addresses to stop spam circulars (maybe you know this already hence the need for the script).

Re:co

John Ross

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May 1, 2010, 1:30:08 PM5/1/10
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Great, thanks for that suggestion, have now got "MaxBulk Mailer" working (failed to get “Mailings" to work).

Cheers,   John.

graham thompson

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May 6, 2010, 3:46:25 AM5/6/10
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Apparently Apple were not amused but I was by:


Graham


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