MinibatteryLogging Log files

[richard...@gmail.com]

Hello, I am using MiniBatteryLogger 1.8.2 on a MacBook. My battery is
having problems
and the Macbook shuts down without warning when the charge remaining
is
reported as 30-40%. I am on 402 recyles and Apple might replace the
battery
since it looks like the problem with Macbook batteries reported last
year.

When I restart MiniBatteryLogger the session information that is
stored does not
show the last 30mins of data.

Is the data is being cached before it is written to disk.

What is the location on disk of the data since I could check when this
file is
being updated. I have the logger logging data either every 5min or
using the
never option.

Also, maybe an option to select 1min interval could be added since
5min or
never seem to be the minimum.

When I am on the battery and never is selected in the probing interval
the probe time
visible in the console is around 1min.

[claudio]

On Jan 25, 9:57 am, richardgmcma...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello, I am using MiniBatteryLogger 1.8.2 on a MacBook. My battery is
> having problems
> and the Macbook shuts down without warning when the charge remaining
> is
> reported as 30-40%. I am on 402 recyles and Apple might replace the
> battery
> since it looks like the problem with Macbook batteries reported last
> year.

I'm afraid that the cycle count is a bit too high, but you can never
tell...

> When I restart MiniBatteryLogger the session information that is
> stored does not
> show the last 30mins of data.
>
> Is the data is being cached before it is written to disk.
>
> What is the location on disk of the data since I could check when this
> file is
> being updated. I have the logger logging data either every 5min or
> using the
> never option.
>
> Also, maybe an option to select 1min interval could be added since
> 5min or
> never seem to be the minimum.
>
> When I am on the battery and never is selected in the probing interval
> the probe time
> visible in the console is around 1min.

The probing interval makes sense only when the power source is AC
Power, since when not on battery the system does not notify the
application of changes in the power properties.

The fact that the most recent session data is lost after an improper
shutdown is inevitable. Sessions are currently saved to disk when the
power source is changed and the application is closing (that won't be
honored in a sudden shutdown for battery failure). Another chance to
save data is when the probing interval timer fires, and I'm going to
implement this in future versions.

The log file is located under ~/Library/Application Support/
MiniBatteryLogger , and is constantly updated. There you can find the
most recent data, that is otherwise lost in the graphs.

Hope this helps,
Claudio