Should I keep the battery in when I'm connected to AC power?
You should always keep the battery in as the latest Intel Macs restrict their processors to 1ghz when a battery is not inserted. Contrary to popular belief, it also increases the lifespan of the batteries as the notebook's internal power management conditions the battery which is better than leaving it unconnected. It's also more convenient too.
OK, I know it's been posted by Dan before:
So... we should just leave the battery inside? Even if we know that we hardly going to bring the laptop out (use with battery)? So we just leave the battery in, and connect the AC adapter at all time, or only plug in the AC adapter to charge when the battery is almost empty, and unplug when it's fully charge?
For short cut keys, check out Apple's very own...i just bought my macbook pro. where's the guide for the short cut keys and other useful information for 1st time users?
leinad must do battery drain? Do we max out running all applications and movies to drain? I thought this battery is not memory sensitive. When I feel the underside of the mbp, only the left speaker area is hot. the batt area is warm to cool. I thought as long as no heat gets to the battery its life will not suffer.Yeah.. You can leave it plugged in while using too.. Just make sure you do a few drains and charge it once in a while...
/Dan
You don't have to force drain the battery... In short, Lithium ion batteries do not have memory effects, but their ions are supposed to be constantly moving as much as possible... If they are stagnant for too long, the cells die too.leinad must do battery drain? Do we max out running all applications and movies to drain? I thought this battery is not memory sensitive. When I feel the underside of the mbp, only the left speaker area is hot. the batt area is warm to cool. I thought as long as no heat gets to the battery its life will not suffer.
I think its a good design of apple to put the battery there. centralised weight and away from the heat.
I use postball to prop up my mbp. now even cooler
Use Paragon to write to NTFS drives...
Hi, when we start the mac, by pressing option it will let us select the leopard or xp, how can i change the icon of these 2 Hd icons?
i think that cannot be changed. or at least, no one has found the answer yet.
however, if you don't like the icon, you can consider reflt. different icons and you will be even able to do triple boot
Hi guys...
Ques: Synchonizing Outlook Folder to MacBook.
I've managed to set up an Account in my MacBook using the iMail. Can I actually Synch all the existing mail in my Outlook to my iMail? Many thanks all.
Hello,
have been having some issues upgrading flash plugin for firefox on my wife's macbook. When installing it'll be stuck on Searching for Macintosh HDD while it keeps searching, nothing seems to be happening. Did everything as said on flash website including fixing the permissions but still stuck on searching for macintosh hdd.
Another problem is the preview on Macbook. Can't seem to use it. Click on it nothing happens. Can't seem to preview anything, including jpeg files.
Can someone recommend a 3.5 external hdd for my wife's macbook. Thinking of getting at least 250gb. But i'm not sure which are compatible.
Please help, lots of thanks to everyone in advance.