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May 03, 2007 | Comments: (0)

MacBook Pro update update: Battery fix?

TAGS: Desktops and notebooks

Apple just called to alert me to the battery firmware update that went out shortly after I laid my sorrows before you. I just installed the firmware fix and rebooted.

Before Apple called, I was set to relate the last straw in the battery saga: Yesterday, I picked up the MacBook Pro to find its on-battery gauge doing the rapid blink of impending death. I put it on its charger for about an hour to give it just enough juice to do a quick post while untethered. Half an hour later, the external gauge showed almost fully charged.

"Were you lying then, or are you lying now?", I asked the gauge.

"Guess," it smirked to itself and extinguished after I pulled the charger.

I opened the lid and the display lit up with the battery icon showing 99 percent. Over the course of about three minutes of active use it counted down reassuringly. 98...97...96...1...dark.

I hope this fix takes. I'll let you know.

Thanks, commenters, for all of your suggestions.

Posted by Tom Yager on May 3, 2007 06:21 PM

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