HT3371 My Macbook Pro does,nt seem to have any life in the battery does it need a new one
My Macbook Pro does,nt seem to have any life in the battery does it need a new one
You can check the actual capcity by opening the "System Information" application in the folder "/Applications/Utilities".
Then you can select the information section "Hardware > Power" to see the information regarding the battery:
The important information is highlighted in the image above. The ratio of Charge Remaining (when fully charged) to Full Charge Capacity is a good metric of how "healthy" the battery is. The Number if cycles is another indicator. The higher the number of cycles the lower I would expect the ratio of Charge Remaining (when fully charged) to Full Charge Capacity.
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The VSearch malware tries to hide itself by varying the names of the files it installs. To remove it, you must first identify the naming pattern.
Triple-click the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
/Library/LaunchDaemons
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
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com.something.daemon.plist
and
com.something.helper.plist
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/Library/LaunchAgents
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com.something.agent.plist
where the word something is the same as before.
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Don't delete the "LaunchAgents" or "LaunchDaemons" folder or anything else inside either one.
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Open this folder:
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something
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/System/Library/Frameworks
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v.framework
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Battery Information:
Battery Installed: Yes
First low level warning: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 1403
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Voltage (mV): 12395
Cycle Count: 111
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro 15"
Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP22.00A5.B07
SMC Version: 1.12f5
Serial Number:
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