Has anybody figured out how to fix the battery consumption with mountain lion (using a MBP 13")?
I upgraded to Mountain Lion, and yes despite all of the warnings posted in the App Store reviews about the battery life being cut in half, I upgraded my MBP anyway. Chalk this one up to the Black Cloud of "I Told You SO!" My MBP could hold a charge for almost 6.5 hours. Now I'm luck if I can get 3, but in most cases I may get 2.5 hours if I'm conservative.
Has anyone figure out how to fix this battery problem? Even now after having it unplugged for almost 2 hours...I'm getting the "You are now running on reserve battery power" message. What a freaking joke!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Open /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor. Click %CPU until the triangle points down beside it. Make sure it says All Processes in the upper right. Check for applications taking up lots of CPU time.
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The same problem occurs with all the other modifier keys as shortcut, they do not work with sticky keys.
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Dictation On and Off
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Add-Type @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Microsoft.Win32;
namespace Wallpaper
public enum Style : int
Tile, Center, Stretch, NoChange
public class Setter {
public const int SetDesktopWallpaper = 20;
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public const int SendWinIniChange = 0x02;
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break;
case Style.Center :
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break;
case Style.Tile :
key.SetValue(@"WallpaperStyle", "1") ;
key.SetValue(@"TileWallpaper", "1") ;
break;
case Style.NoChange :
break;
key.Close();
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PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& {Start-Process PowerShell -ArgumentList '-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ""C:\Users\user\Documents\WPA Files\desktopchange.ps1""' -Verb RunAs}"Haha you're funny. I can't decide if you sincerely want me to learn or if you enjoy my struggle(I'm dumb) and think I'm up to no good. I do enjoy learning though :).
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questions. I am dropping you in the "might be learning" bin. If you had asked a specific technical question I would have answered it.
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iMac - model: iMac11,3
1 2.93 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
32 GB RAM
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Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 2 TB (1.5 TB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
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Western Digital My Passport 0748 2 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
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Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
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com.intego.netbarrier.kext.process (653)
com.intego.netbarrier.kext.network (653)
com.intego.virusbarrier.kext.realtime (775)
foo.tap (1.0)
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DynDNSUpdater: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DynDNSUpdater
MySQLCOM: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
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tap: Path: /Library/StartupItems/tap
tun: Path: /Library/StartupItems/tun
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[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.daemon.integod.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.daemon.taskmanager.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.icalserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.metrics.kschecker.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.netbarrier.daemon.logger.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.netbarrier.daemon.monitor.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.netbarrier.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
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[System] com.intego.virusbarrier.daemon.emlparser.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.virusbarrier.daemon.logger.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.virusbarrier.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.virusbarrier.daemon.scanner.plist 3rd-Party support link
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[System] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[invalid] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
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RocketEngine: Version: Unknown
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Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
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Backup size 4 > (Disk used 464.90 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
/sbin excluded from backup!
/usr excluded from backup!
/System excluded from backup!
/bin excluded from backup!
/private excluded from backup!
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1% Finder
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164 MB mds_stores
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98 MB Dock
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0 B Page-outsHello wmbell247,
It sounds like you are getting some graphical anomolies after updating to Mac OS X Mavericks. I recommend these troubleshooting steps from the following article named:
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
Reset the system
You can reset the Mac's parameter RAM and SMC.
Reset the resolution
Start by resetting the Mac's parameter RAM. If the display does not come up, was previously set to an unsupported resolution, and still results in no video:
Start up in Safe Mode.
From the Apple () menu, choose System Preferences.
Choose Displays from the View menu to open the preferences pane.
Select any resolution and refresh rate that your display supports.
Restart your computer.
Also you can test the issue in Safe Mode, which the article references and see if the issue happens there. If not then a 3rd party login item may be causing an issue with the system:
OS X Mavericks: If you think you have incompatible login items
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14201
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
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Thanks.Not yet....
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I have had this problem. It's even worse when you have to dial 911 and have to wait 1 minute for it to start dialing.
A hard reset worked for about a day. With no apps on the phone, it started lagging.
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defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu 1
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