[DEMUG] MacBook Pro dies at 51% battery

[Roy Atkinson]

Rule #1: Always use a trusted source.

I use Versiontracker.com  to search for freeware, updates and  
shareware (including coconutBattery).

I know of no existing exploits for Mac OS X through any freeware.

On May 4, 2008, at 5:53 PM, Dick Atlee wrote:

> Sounds like a fantastic tool.  How has the freeware universe for Macs
> been?  That is, in terms of potential trojans.
>
> Roy Atkinson wrote:
>> There's a very good tool available for download (free) called
>> coconutBattery:
>>
>> "coconutBattery isn't just a tool which shows you only the current
>> charge of your battery - it also shows you the current maximum
>> capacity of it in relation to the original capacity your battery  
>> hadas
>> it left the factory.
>> You also get information about the battery-loadcycles (how often  
>> did you
>> fully load your battery), the current charger (coconutBattery even  
>> warns
>> you if you plugged in a wrong charger for your Notebook) and last but
>> not least information about the age of your Mac."
>>
>> http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/index.html
>>
>>
>> On May 4, 2008, at 8:54 AM, Alex Gocze wrote:
>>
>>> The best way to get a general idea of the kind of shape your battery
>>> is in is to look in the Apple System Profiler
>
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