Keep Nano charging when not in use?

When I'm not using the nano, should I keep it charging or unplug it once its fully charged? I usually keep it in the Bose speaker (which charges it). Is this bad? Can it ruin the battery life and/or the screen as its not really "off?"

You can keep the charge connected without any problems.

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You can not over charge the battery by leaving it plug in for long times.

Why is the battery losing charge when not in use?

The last two times I have charged my iPad it has then lost charge by the time I use it again. For example, when I left for work this morning it was on 100% but 12 hours later it is on 60%. No apps were open and the cover was closed so I can't understand how this can happen.

The quickest way (and really the only way) to charge your iPad is with the included 10W USB Power Adapter. iPad will also charge, although more slowly, when attached to a computer with a high-power USB port (many recent Mac computers) or with an iPhone Power Adapter (5W). When attached to a computer via a standard USB port (most PCs or older Mac computers) iPad will charge very slowly (but iPad indicates not charging). Make sure your computer is on while charging iPad via USB. If iPad is connected to a computer that’s turned off or is in sleep or standby mode, the iPad battery will continue to drain.
Apple recommends that once a month you let the iPad fully discharge & then recharge to 100%.
How to Calibrate Your Mac, iPhone, or iPad Battery
http://www.macblend.com/how-to-calibrate-your-mac-iphone-or-ipad-battery/
At this link http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/galaxy-tab-android-tablet,3014-11.html , tests show that the iPad 2 battery (25 watt-hours) will charge to 90% in 3 hours 1 minute. It will charge to 100% in 4 hours 2 minutes. The new iPad has a larger capacity battery (42 watt-hours), so using the 10W charger will obviously take longer. If you are using your iPad while charging, it will take even longer. It's best to turn your new iPad OFF and charge over night. Also look at The iPad's charging challenge explained http://www.macworld.com/article/1150356/ipadcharging.html
Also, if you have a 3rd generation iPad, look at
Apple: iPad Battery Nothing to Get Charged Up About
http://allthingsd.com/20120327/apple-ipad-battery-nothing-to-get-charged-up-abou t/
Apple Explains New iPad's Continued Charging Beyond 100% Battery Level
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/27/apple-explains-new-ipads-continued-charging- beyond-100-battery-level/
New iPad Takes Much Longer to Charge Than iPad 2
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2012/03/new-ipad-takes-much-longer-to-charge-than-ipa d-2.html
Apple Batteries - iPad http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html
Extend iPad Battery Life (Look at pjl123 comment)
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3921324?tstart=30
New iPad Slow to Recharge, Barely Charges During Use
http://www.pcworld.com/article/252326/new_ipad_slow_to_recharge_barely_charges_d uring_use.html
Tips About Charging for New iPad 3
http://goodscool-electronics.blogspot.com/2012/04/tips-about-charging-for-new-ip ad-3.html
Prolong battery lifespan for iPad / iPad 2 / iPad 3: charging tips
http://thehowto.wikidot.com/prolong-battery-lifespan-for-ipad
iPhone, iPod, Using the iPad Charger
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4327
Install and use Battery Doctor HD
http://itunes.apple.com/tw/app/battery-doctor-hd/id459702901?mt=8
In rare instances when using the Camera Connection Kit, you may notice that iPad does not charge after using the Camera Connection Kit. Disconnecting and reconnecting the iPad from the charger will resolve this issue.
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I downloaded the new 7 update and now my iPad won't charge to 100% and loses power even when not in use ?

i downloaded the new 7 update on my ipad. it now will not charge to 100% and loses power even when not in use. any solutions ??

Try a reset: Simultaneously hold down the Home and On buttons until the device shuts down. Ignore the off slider if it appears. Once shut down is complete, if it doesn't restart on it own, turn the device back on using the On button. In some cases it also helps to double click the Home button and close all apps BEFORE doing the reset.
Then plug it in and let it fully charge.

I have a MAC OSX 10.6.8 Is it better to keep it in sleep mode when not in use or shutting down?

Mac OSX 10.6.8 Should I keep it in sleep mode when not in use to shut down?

My experience with electronic tends to revolve around thermo stress, and removing all power vs going to sleep tends to be more or less the same. Many components have power totally taken away, and others use so little power they cool off.
However, I found thermo stress occurs a lot more with discrete electronic components (like back in the '80s and our VAX-11/780's which had lot more discrete components) and less with integrated circuits. NOTE: I'm not talking about overheating components, just normal heating/cooling cycles.
All in all I would not worry about it. The OP (Grace 1) should use whatever method is most convent for her. And I would say if she is using a Macbook Air or the new Macbook Pro Retna display (or any other Mac with a solid state drive (SSD)), then booting from shutdown may not take all that long anyway.

My macbook pro will not charge when I am using it.

My macbook pro will not charge when I am using it. My battery will say "charged" then "not charging" and it goes back and fourth. It says "Power Source: Power Adapter". But when I use my pro it will loose the power source then reconnect a second later to it. This problem is getting annoying because I have to stop using my macbook pro to charge it.

Reset SMC.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
If this does not help, contact Apple.
Best.

IMac (Oct 2009) keeps shutting down and restarting when not being used.

At least once a day, usually when not being used, I will see a dialog box that say computer had to restart due to a problem. data in problem report does not clearly state problem - many multi-page entries
Have reinstalled OS 10.8.2 once
this morning tried to restart with safe boot and had spinning beach ball for more than 15 minutes. shut down and restarted nin recovery mode. verified and repaired permissions (all seem to be related to Canon Pronter plug-ins- had an error message yesteday asking if I wanted to repair printer software and I said yes). Printer seems to be working. Had one statement that indicated a screensaver issue-see below
a while back, iTunes album art screensaver hung up with just two album covers flipping in all rows and columns.
after a few restarts, it started working correctly again..- yesterday I set screen saver to never, but still had a crash this morning

Here's the latest panic report. BTW, I ran for a while from an external system boot - very sloww (thumbdrive), but nothing happened. However, when I retarted I tried to restart in Safe Mode and the launch never completed (30 minutes without start)
Tue Jan 1 07:15:40 2013
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8002443908): "zalloc: \"buf.8192\" (878 elements) retry fail 3, kfree_nop_count: 0"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.18.24/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:1826
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
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0xffffff800aafbf50 : 0xffffff80027e182a
0xffffff800aafbfb0 : 0xffffff80024ced33
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mdworker
Mac OS version:
12C60
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel slide:     0x0000000002200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8002400000
System model name: iMac10,1 (Mac-F2268DC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 39390380895329
vm objects:17562048
vm object hash entri:2264400
VM map entries:6216720
pv_list:19034112
vm pages:74043792
kalloc.32:1826816
kalloc.64:170766336
kalloc.128:649785344
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ubc_info zone:3559464
vnode pager structur:1978800
Kernel Stacks:1982464
PageTables:44011520
Kalloc.Large:12347186
Backtrace suspected of leaking: (outstanding bytes: 236544)
0xffffff80024435b9
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Center button lags, needs heavy push, AND 'Charging' when NOT CONNECTED!

Ok so I was gonna sell my Nano 1st gen 2gb white so I started washing it. I kinda forgot it was electronic so I just splashed water on it. It went on the screen, and onto the click wheel i'm pretty sure. Then I used soap and washed the click wheel, and it probably went through the cracks on the wheel.
Next, I turn it on, and I have to press down hard on the middle button, not lightly as before. Probably some connection thing. So I turn it off, about to open it. However, then the 'charging' comes on, and when it's on then the battery charging icon appeared, and it WASNT PLUGGED IN. I drained the battery for a few hours, plugged it in (the computer recognised it this time) and restored it from itunes. now the charge icon was gone and it turned off properly, however the click wheel was laggy and needed hard pressing. all the other buttons and the scroll wheel wo rk fine.
so i opened it up and i don't know what to do to the wheel to get the middle button to work properly. I have unscrewed it, but do I need to detach the click wheel from the ic?
Your help much appreciated. I think it is just a connection problem with the wheel but I do not know how to fix it. Might I just dry it for a few days? Happened yesterday.
P.S. two years old so don't worry about the warranty I have opened it up before cause I left it in the washer just to dry.

Wow, I have exactly the same issue, 'Charging' when NOT CONNECTED!Its really annoying, I use it for my Nike+, its going to disrupt my training, and I'm on holiday next week. So far it just stays on until it is completely discharged, so all I do is keep it on charge all the time.
It happened after a particularly sweaty training session, so I think it must be a similar moisture problem. I've put it in the airing cupboard to dry out now, and see if that fixes it.
Did yours dry out?
Medion Windows 2000

Battery discharges very quickly when not in use

After fully charging my Nano and leaving it for a day I find that it discharges leaving 2-3 hours of playing time.
In fact, even when fully charged I would be lucky to get 8 hours playing time.
I appreciate that the battery slowly discharges when not in use but my Mini certainly retains its charge far longer than my Nano.
I have tried "conditioning" the battery occassionally but no use.
Anyone else have this problem or is my batter faulty?

nevermind - just read an article on the apple site saying the battery is in use even when it's turned off, i suppose to save the date and time.
Wish there were an option to completely turn it off - i dont really care about the date and time.

IPhone4 battery draining when not in use

am just wondering if anyone experiencing battery draining when not in use? i charge my iphone4 before going to bed and woke up this morning to realise that my battery had drain 22% on stand by... is this normal? can anyone confirm it to me please, thank you

Just an update guys --after draining (on standby) over 20% of my battery charge last week, it has risen to or about 40+% in the last couple of days. I haven't changed any settings or whatsoever. I had to charged it twice during the day yesterday and it was bloody frustrating. anyway, i went to the apple shop today and told them the problem... they scanned my iphone4's battery and it was evident and showed when was the last time it was charged and how much battery life has it lost throughout the day. After scanning my iphone we did not even have to discuss repair or do any setting or software checks. I was gobsmacked --as i did not have to ask for a replacement, I was immediately offered a swap to a brand new iPhone4... lucky me? umm, i don't know...maybe? But the thing is, they seemed to be aware of the problem and they are keeping a low profile on tackling the problem. so my suggestion is if anyone has a battery problem with their unit, take it to apple and have the battery scan. As such, i have to wait and see if this new unit will present the same problem, although i must admit, for some reason, this new unit has a slight different behaviour than my previous iphone4.
Other issues on my previous iPhone4:
1. frequently dropping signal --not a problem with the new replacement unit
2. if i turn off my "phone" feature on the multitasking bar, red dot appears on the phone icon and i couldn't make a call as it seemed blocked and it kept asking me to set-up the voicemail feature every time --again, not a problem with the new unit.
3. even my tomtom app has changed its behaviour, i have discovered new features without updating the app --strange isn't it?
4. playing NOVA game was a pain with the previous unit as i kept getting network problem and interrupting the game.
5. it kept shuffling my music when i'm using ipod whilst walking. imagine, hearing about 8 different tunes in a span of 5 seconds...
anyway, time will tell with this new unit as i have kept the same settings from my previous unit and uploaded my previous back-up data and apps. so it would be like having my old iphone4 and we'll see in the morning if it will drain on stand by as well --i hope not 'cos am getting really frustrated with it. oh, by the way, blue tooth feature don't work with my new replacement unit --NICE!!!

Should I turn off my Mac Pro when not in use or leave it running?

I have been told I should never turn off my computer by some people, and others say that I should always turn it off when not in use! I use my Mac Pro primarily for music recording/editing in my home studio or word processing. Now that I have an iPad I use that for web browsing, email, FBing, etc. and I find myself on my Mac Pro a lot less. I get the basis behind both trains of thought; those who leave it on feel always stopping and starting up puts unnecessary wear on the moving disks, and those who shut down think if the parts are always moving they are bound to wear out faster. I am not as concerned with conserving power as I am with keeping my machine safe! If you have any information on this topic I would love to hear it. Thanks!

Providing you have a robust firewal and are not worried as a result about being hacked then leave it turned on and allow it to sleep. Make sure you allow the screen to sleep as well a that is the item that is more prone to damage by being left on all the time.
I never turn my machine off, never have with any of my Macs ever since my first one back in 1979-ish and have never suffered any adverse affects. Today, the power drain is so small when allowed to sleep that I doubt they would offend even the ardent 'turn off everything and pull out the plug to save the planet' person.
If you have an iPad or iPod synced with the Mac for email and iCal and address Book etc. then if you leave it on it should be up to date as soon as you return home, mine is anyway. With iCloud coming out very soon that may come into play even more so with all its advance pushing etc. Just a thought.
One advantage in leaving the machine on (sleep) is that you can access it from anywhere in the world should the need arise with the appropriate settings, which you can't if you turn it off.
Leave it on.

Imac shuts down when not in use

I purchased my 21.5" imac July 9, 2011 with Snow Leopard. No problems for 1 month. Then about August 12th or so, my imac started to mysteriously "shut down" when not in use. I'll be working on it, then get up to go pour myself a cup of coffee or something...then I come back to my computer that has now shut off. It is NOT asleep...it is OFF. So I turn it back on and it is fine. This has happened a few times now within a week. Anyone else have this problem?
By the way, I am now running Lyon, as of August 18th. When the imac shut down, I was usually viewing photos or on the web.
thanks!

First thing I would try is to reset the SMC, it can help with power related problems. Shut down the Mac and unplug everything including the power. Press and hold down the power button for 10 seconds. Plug in the computer but be careful not to press the power button as you are plugging it in. Wait a few seconds and turn it on. Hopefully it won't happen again. There is always Apple Support. Don't let the problem persist until your free phone tech support has expired (3 months). I would also recommend using the iMac with an UPS, and at the very least, a high quality surge protector.
If you have MS Word or a similar word processor you could try enabling the autosave feature and set it to 1 minute intervals. Keep a document open and if you come back to the computer and it has shut down, you can look at the last time the document was updated and know what time the comptuer turned itself off. It could be useful in diagnosing the problem.

Photoshop 5.1 bombs when not in use and often disables keyboard

I'm using Mac OS X 10.7.2 on an Intel Core 2 Duo IMac. A few months ago I downloaded PhotoShop 5.1 after having used every previous issue of PhotoShop without a problem.
1. Often when I have Photoshop open on my desktop but not actively using it, it will freeze and I'll have to force quit and restart. When I installed the latest version of InDesign and Illustrator they would also freeze when not in use, however removing and resinstalling them seemed to fix the problem for them, but not for Photoshop.
2.I will be working along on a project when suddenly all of the alphanumerical keys on my keypad won't work. I ultimately have to restart the Mac to get them to work again in any program. This never happens with any other program and I have tried othe keypads, even one just out of the box, and it's always the same.
I have removed and reinstalled Photoshop twice, but still the same issues.
I have called the Adobe helpline and tried all of their fixes, but it still happens. They resolved that it must be my Mac. But Mac says because it is related to a specific software it is not their problem.
Any ideas?

Thanks for taking the time to respond.
It might be Suitcase 3, because I keep having trouble with it and issues with the FM Core.
I'm also getting this prompt which I don't know how to resolve: "Photoshop has encountered a problem with the display driver, and has temporarily disabled GPU enhancements. Check the video card manufacturer's website for the latest software. GPU enhancements can be enabled in the Performance panel of Preferences. (I couldn't find it in the preferences and not sure who the video card manufacturer is.)
Here is the other software that usually is or may be running at the same time as Photoshop: InDesign 7.5, Illustrator 15.1.0, ITunes 10.5.3, Mail 5.1, Preview 5.5.1, Suitcase Fusion 3 14.2.0, Firefox 9.0.1, Microsoft Word 14.1.4 and Excel 14.1.4; less often: PowerPoint 14.1.4, ICal 5.0.1 and Address Book 6.1
When I first had problems with this install as I mentioned I upgraded my operating software and donwloaded MacKeeper to clean things up. It hasn't helped.

Charging is not supported using this Accessory

Hi
i have been using iphone 4 with 4.1, and last week the phone completely went dead and neither did it charge not could i switch it on. then i had to do the rest using home and power/sleep button, then it switched on and i would charge it properly.
few days after that i started getting the message "charging is not supported using this accessoty" then i upgraded to 4.2.
since then i can hardly charge my phone. i have used the original cable(s) and wall socket(s) supplied by apple but its not working.
please halp
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I have recently purchased an ipod touch 4th Gen, 64Gb device and have used it without issue, including charging with a cable I purchased from K-mart which was better designed and more robust than the ones that come with the ipod. I used this cable for years with my 2nd Gen Ipod and my partners 3rd Gen Ipod (touch) without any problems either.
Then, one day it just started to happen, not with the older ipods, just my new one and only when using the computer. Charging it on my My friends computer with the same cable is fine and my wall charger is fine and the older ipods on my computer are fine when also charged on that same cable. I don't care what apple says, it's either a glitch in the programming or a move to stop people from using 3rd party hardware by chipping everything they have in sight to scrape up extra cash and then telling the devices not to perform task unless the chip is detected.

Facetime keeps rotating screen when not moving, restart not helps

I am using ipad2, OS 4.3.1. facetime keeps rotating screen when not moving, and I restart ipad2 but it does not help. Is this due to earlier version of OS or it's a bug of facetime?

It is odd that your screen will only rotate without you touching your iPad, during a factime call. In all the factime calls I've made, I've never had my screen rotate if I wasn't touching my unit. I will say that the gyro on both my iPads is pretty sensitive and I've found it quite easy to get the screen to rotate with a simple movement of my iPad.
The only other suggestion I have is one that will take more effort and work and still, it may not solve your problem. It is one Apple will request you do, before making an appointment with the Genius bar, so you might as well do this.
You should back up your iPad, then restore your iPad from the backup. If that does not solve the problem, the last option is to do a full restore of your iPad as a new unit. Then, you'll sync over the content you want from Apps, to music, to pictures, etc. Again, before you do either a restore from backup, do back it up.
If all that doesn't solve your problem, make an appointment with the Genius Bar at your Apple store. If they find you have a deffective unit, they will replace it.
I hope you get this resolved.

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