Odd battery behaviour
Yesterday, my MacBook Pro (purchased 3 months ago) drained the battery rather quickly. The battery status said Service Battery. Coconut battery told me the health of my battery was only 27%. I decided to calibrate the battery and see what that would do. I fully charged the battery, then unplugged the power adapter. All of a sudden coconut battery told me my health was 97% again. But then within the hour the battery drained again and reached the red light again. I thought it would give me the warning message you usually get about saving your stuff etc.., but then all of a sudden the battery icon in the menu bar filled itself again to about 80% and the status says "normal".
However...the battery icon is still red. See picture:
Should I bring in my MacBook and get it checked out? Or should I still drain the battery completely? Or...?
yeah...just minutes after this post the macbook shut down completely just like that so will bring it in and get it checked.
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Erratic battery behaviour on Macbook air since latest update
My Macbook Air 11.1 is from 2011, and the battery started going bad last year. I ordered and placed a new battery in january. This worked perfectly, no problems whatsoever. This morning, I installed the latest available Apple update (unsure which one, can't find it). After that, my battery has been behaving strangely. This is what happened:
- I unplugged my laptop at one point, and moved it from my bed to desk. I went to my kitchen, returned, and the laptop had turned off.
- I put the charger in and turned it back on. I realised the battery info said the battery isn't charging and 'replace now'. Surprised, since I just got the battery this january.
- All of a sudden, the icon changed to white (it's black when not charging) and it was charging again.
- This kept happening, on and off.
- Unplugging the charger results in shutting of immediately or within a few seconds. At this moment, it's charging (at 97%). But it can change any minute.
- I tried moving my laptop around a bit, tilting it up and down, but that doesn't seem to do anything (neither good or bad).
I looked on the internet for a few solutions:
- Resetting PRAM: no differene
- Resetting SMC: no difference
- Reinstalling Yosemite completely (do you recommend this? In any specific order?)
Does anyone know what is best to try? I can also open up my laptop again and check the battery, but I doubt that's the problem. Btw, third party apps like battery diag/battery health/coconut battery all make no mention of the battery needing to be replaced.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm emigrating to Serbia next week, so I hope to fix it before then
I included an Etrecheck report:
Problem description:
erratic battery behaviour since last update. Tells me to replace now, and when I unplug charger, it shuts down. Keeps switching between charging/no problems and not charging/replace now. Battery was installed in january.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 8 Mar 2015 11:59:02 CET
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2011) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir4,1
1 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 59
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1366 x 768
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:3:50
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE SSD SM128C disk0 : (121,33 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 120.11 GB (46.46 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files: ℹ️
/etc/hosts - Count: 20
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.Ralink.driver.RT2870USBWirelessDriver (4.1.8) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.marvell.kext.USBGenericPrinterClass (1.0.0) [Click for support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
FanControlDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
[loaded] com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.sonos.smbbump.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.virtualock.VirtuaLockHelper.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
[running] com.hp.printerAgent.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
WDDriveUtilityHelper Application (/Applications/WD Drive Utilities.app/Contents/WDDriveUtilityHelper.app)
WDSecurityHelper Application (/Applications/WD Security.app/Contents/Resources/WDSecurityHelper.app)
Google Chrome Application Hidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.1.0.24 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.8.2 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.3 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
AdBlock
Pin It Button
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
Growl [Click for support]
Java [Click for support]
SwitchResX [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 120.11 GB Disk used: 73.65 GB
Destinations:
My Passport [Local]
Total size: 1.00 TB
Total number of backups: 7
Oldest backup: 2013-11-09 23:41:49 +0000
Last backup: 2015-02-21 16:37:24 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 1.00 TB > (Disk size 120.11 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
6% WindowServer
1% coconutBattery
0% Google Chrome
0% AppleSpell
0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
241 MB Safari
133 MB ocspd
128 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
112 MB Google Chrome
86 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
201 MB Free RAM
1.82 GB Active RAM
1.20 GB Inactive RAM
1.07 GB Wired RAM
1.06 GB Page-ins
41 KB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Mar 8, 2015, 11:54:35 AM Self test - passed
Mar 5, 2015, 09:33:23 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/iTunes_2015-03-05-213323_[reda cted].crash
Mar 5, 2015, 07:35:39 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.Networking_20 15-03-05-193539_[redacted].crash
Problem description:
erratic battery behaviour since last update. Tells me to replace now, and when I unplug charger, it shuts down. Keeps switching between charging/no problems and not charging/replace now. Battery was installed in january.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 8 Mar 2015 11:59:02 CET
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2011) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir4,1
1 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 59
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1366 x 768
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:3:50
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE SSD SM128C disk0 : (121,33 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 120.11 GB (46.46 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files: ℹ️
/etc/hosts - Count: 20
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.Ralink.driver.RT2870USBWirelessDriver (4.1.8) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.marvell.kext.USBGenericPrinterClass (1.0.0) [Click for support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
FanControlDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
[loaded] com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.sonos.smbbump.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.virtualock.VirtuaLockHelper.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
[running] com.hp.printerAgent.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
WDDriveUtilityHelper Application (/Applications/WD Drive Utilities.app/Contents/WDDriveUtilityHelper.app)
WDSecurityHelper Application (/Applications/WD Security.app/Contents/Resources/WDSecurityHelper.app)
Google Chrome Application Hidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.1.0.24 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.8.2 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.3 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
AdBlock
Pin It Button
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
Growl [Click for support]
Java [Click for support]
SwitchResX [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 120.11 GB Disk used: 73.65 GB
Destinations:
My Passport [Local]
Total size: 1.00 TB
Total number of backups: 7
Oldest backup: 2013-11-09 23:41:49 +0000
Last backup: 2015-02-21 16:37:24 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 1.00 TB > (Disk size 120.11 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
6% WindowServer
1% coconutBattery
0% Google Chrome
0% AppleSpell
0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
241 MB Safari
133 MB ocspd
128 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
112 MB Google Chrome
86 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
201 MB Free RAM
1.82 GB Active RAM
1.20 GB Inactive RAM
1.07 GB Wired RAM
1.06 GB Page-ins
41 KB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Mar 8, 2015, 11:54:35 AM Self test - passed
Mar 5, 2015, 09:33:23 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/iTunes_2015-03-05-213323_[reda cted].crash
Mar 5, 2015, 07:35:39 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.Networking_20 15-03-05-193539_[redacted].crashHi Dominic,
Thank you for your help! I did all three things and run etrecheck again. It now shows the following, different things seem to be failing now? Like Kerberos?
Problem description:
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 8 Mar 2015 12:57:52 CET
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2011) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir4,1
1 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 59
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1366 x 768
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:8:11
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE SSD SM128C disk0 : (121,33 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 120.11 GB (46.30 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.Ralink.driver.RT2870USBWirelessDriver (4.1.8) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.marvell.kext.USBGenericPrinterClass (1.0.0) [Click for support]
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.Kerberos.kdc.plist [Click for details]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
[loaded] com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.sonos.smbbump.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.virtualock.VirtuaLockHelper.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
[running] com.hp.printerAgent.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
None
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.1.0.24 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.8.2 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.3 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
AdBlock
Pin It Button
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
Growl [Click for support]
Java [Click for support]
SwitchResX [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 120.11 GB Disk used: 73.81 GB
Destinations:
My Passport [Local]
Total size: 1.00 TB
Total number of backups: 7
Oldest backup: 2013-11-09 23:41:49 +0000
Last backup: 2015-02-21 16:37:24 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 1.00 TB > (Disk size 120.11 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
6% WindowServer
0% fontd
0% AppleSpell
0% notifyd
0% net.zeo.space.osx.helper
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
249 MB Safari
220 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
116 MB Finder
112 MB mds_stores
69 MB ocspd
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
554 MB Free RAM
1.61 GB Active RAM
1.06 GB Inactive RAM
1.07 GB Wired RAM
945 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Mar 8, 2015, 12:49:20 PM Self test - passed
Mar 5, 2015, 09:33:23 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/iTunes_2015-03-05-213323_[reda cted].crash
Mar 5, 2015, 07:35:39 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.Networking_20 15-03-05-193539_[redacted].crash -
10.6.5 update - 27" iMac, Radeon 5750 odd graphics behaviours?
I updated my new iMac 27" to OS 10.6.5 today and have seen some odd graphics behaviours.
1. Dock icon for Activity Monitor becomes transparent. Running AM, hidden showing CPU history
2. White rectangle at bottom of expanding folder (list view)
3. OK Button blue/white check mark pattern when configuring VPN. GUI feels "slow"
I updated using the Software Update tool; noticed these issues and re-updated using the Combo Installer; no change.
Any ideas or suggestions? Is this just me? I have a MacBook -- no probems at all!N Gallagher,
I had the problem earluer, but it got far worse with 10.6.5, however, I fixed it by updating my wacom tablet driver.
It wasn't the system update, but an old driver causing the problem.
Resetting PRAM, SMC and permissions and all the other standard drivel people post is nice sentiments, but it should be clear that the problem is something else because that solution hasn't solved the problem for anyone.
I have the sneaky suspicion that it's old flash and old drivers for most people.
See my original post here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12570261#12570261
BUT. If you have a Wacom tablet, for to their website and download the latest driver from September 10, 2010.
That's all it took for all my graphics problems to go away. -
Odd software behaviour Lumia 720
I'm the proud owner of a Lumia 720 since July. I'm facing some odd software behaviour recently though. Without notice or any pattern, the current app changes to another one, sometimes four or five times while my phone vibrates like mad. It happens two, or three times a week, and there's no significant pattern but this weird "phone on speed" behaviour always ends in the Bing app. I thought rebooting was the answer but it doesn't. Does someone has any clue?
Ugura,
Thanks for your reply. I adjusted the touch sensitivity but that did not do the trick. Last night, I was already sleeping, suddenly my Lumina 720 played a song that I played before many weeks ago. That was quite odd too. With my phone connected to the charger, me asleep and there was that terrible noise from an old U2-song... And I could not stop it, nor could I lower the volume so I had to turn on my computer to find the keys to a soft reset and it was in the middle of the night.
So I waited till this morning to reset my phone to it's factory-settings. Much to my annoyance- without any external app loaded, the phone went on nuts again. This time, while vibrating taking numerous screen shots... It's like my phone is haunted. A little poltergeist in it. I need some high-tec exorcism I'm afraid.
Hope someone can help me further! -
Hardware test CD / Wallstreet battery behaviour 2
Hello,
First of all I'd like to know if Apple did release an Hardware test CD for the Wallstreet powerbook 1998 233MHZ ?!!
Is it possible to find one?!
The reason of this post is to add for the "wallstreet battery behaviour" thread i have left and 100 people watched but I can't write on it anymore... if you read it, I haven't got refunded for that broken battery bought on ebay but I'm sure it has been hacked to show full state.
Since I can't buy all fake working batteries and don't want to buy the new made that obviuosly don't work well I wonder if testing the computer with the hardware test CD would help me diagnose if the battery is dead or any of the component is failling.
regardsThanks for your kind thought and link but I already used battery reset I found in another post long time ago before leaving my own posts!!!
It does work but the battery doesn't charge and the icon is still red crossed!
The thing is when the power is cut or the computer unplugged the date is set to a year backward of forward the actual year (eg: 2038 , 1993, 1904,1974,2001...)
I then tried all the possibilities with key combination to reset Pram, PMU ect... (n battery reset) what had changed is the rechargeable battery, it doesn't charge but when the computer is cold and unplugged if I press the button on the front the leds lit by cliping the first one to full power and the rest very low which means there still power going through but can't be charged.
Cos of the Date problem and also I read an Apple article about the fact dead Pram batteries can cause rechargeable batteries to die and so becoming defecting, I have decided to buy a new Pram and I'll probably find another reason why the rechargeable battery doesn't work.
This means I have once again to buy another rechargeable battery to chase the problem and solve the issue so I can carry my laptop and keep my date running!!!
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Odd Ipod Mini Battery Behaviour
Hi, I've got a problem with a used mini I just bought.
It's a 4 gig newer mini, (2004 on the back), and a full charge last maybe 2 hours total.
The odd behaviour part is that after the ipod shuts down due to low battery, I can sometimes start it up again and the battery indicator will fill partway and I can use it for a seemingly random amount of time, until it dies again, totalling no more than 2 hours play.
I'm going through the process of charging now, I just updated the software, I've reset it as well.
I just want to know if anyone has a hint to fixing this or has had a similar problem with their mini.
I'll post if the problem is resolved.
Thanks!First: You Spelled BEHAVIOR wrong.
Second: I have experienced those same problems, and i have realized that my iPod had a dead battery, it was about 4 months old, but i over-used the backlight and it died eventually. You have to take your iPod to an Apple store or order repair online, you should easily get a new one if your SERIAL # indicates that it's less than a year from the date of purchase, which it most certainly looks like. If you need more help, keep adding on to this topic... -
Something odd happened today with my MBP (2011)... I'm working away with it while it's plugged into power and all of a sudden it starts charging... but I never unplugged it or lost power or anything (and it's on a mondo UPS anyway).
It's been showing 98% instead of 100%, but showing "fully charged" with a green light and from reading the articles from Apple this is totally normal. I did manage to get it to show 100% after a SMC reset, but after a subsequent reboot it went back to 98%. Anyway, it actually looks like it's going to charge to 100% now (99% and still showing orange light).
Has anyone seen this behavior? Normal? Something to consider going to Apple store about?
Thanks.I understand the system will charge when it needs to, but in all my days with MacBook's and the like I've never seen one up and start charging AFTER being plugged in for several days and without any provocation (i.e. unplugging it for a few minutes).
My battery info all looks really good and the condition says "normal" so as long as "normal" is the same as "good" then it's probably fine. Still odd, but fine. -
Odd SocketPermission behaviour
Hi,
I've been trying to use SocketPermissions to restrict the IP addresses from which a ServerSocket will accept a connection and am getting some wierd behaviour.
The ServerSocket will reject and close the first connection attempt from a disallowed address. Subsequent connections from the same host (using telnet) are not rejected/accepted or closed - they just 'hang there'.
The SecurityManager is also really slow at deciding whether a connection can be accepted or rejected.
Is this usual ? Or is there a way to setup SecurityManager to behave 'nicely' ?
regards
Tony SeebregtsJust spent about an hour playing around with various things and now it seems to have resolved itself. Odd... Marking this topic as answered now.
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Running mavericks 10.9.2 have noticed a small quirk in the behaviour on one of my installs.
Selecting a group of images (mostly jpegs, sometimes tiffs) and opening quicklook. scrollling through
and quite randomly some of the images will momentarily flash up then turn blank, if you cycle through to the start and continue
sometimes those that didn't show, will show and vice versa. if you select the grid option then all will show.
all images are in either sRGB or RGB in the most part 8 bit, and all without layers or alpha channels.
there is another hard drive on my machine that has the same version of mavericks
and does not display this behaviour
I have also removed the quick look preferences from the users library and restarted but the behaviour continues.
so i was wondering if anyone has come across this and if they have any ideas as to why this might be happening
any known issues with third party apps etc.
any advice would be gratefully received
thanks in advance.Just spent about an hour playing around with various things and now it seems to have resolved itself. Odd... Marking this topic as answered now.
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okay, consider the following example:
public class Oops {
public static void main(String args[]){
1: String oops;
2: return;
3: System.out.println(oops);
}we get compile error at 3 saying unreachable statement .. fair enough.
now, consider this:
public class Oops {
public static void main(String args[]){
1: String oops;
2: if(true) return;
3: System.out.println(oops);
}we have modified two and now there is no errors whats-so-ever.
However, the odd behaviour hecomes obvious if we comment out line 2 where we will get "variable oops might not have been initialized." ... so it would seem that it can recognize that if(true) return; will not let the program reach 3 and hence doesn't care if oops is initialized but why don't we get a similiar error as in example one?I don't see anything bizarre about this question. What
are you referring to?Perhaps 'bizarre' was a poor choice of words. It's just that I recall silkm posting a rather similar question before (a question about how the compiler/jvm handles thing rather than what API can one use to make foo.
No, that's not a possibility. The JLS explains exactly
why this behavior occurs:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/
tatements.doc.html#236365
The reason that the second example compiles is so that
you can have code that is conditionally compiled such
as debugging statements. It's not bizarre at all, it's
entirely pragmatic and practical.Yes, of course, makes sense. (Although the possibility of a compiler optimizing it out is flashed there.) -
Ok, I just managed to get my old Dell D610 replaced, but this new laptop has some odd behaviour with some Solman transactions. I can get into Solman Web Workcenter no problem, but when I try to open SOAMANAGER, I get one blank IE8 window (looks like it's supposed to be hidden), and then a few seconds later a second normal looking IE8 window opens, with a partial URL. This appears to be a problem with my local profile - I can log in to someone else's machine and it'll work, and a coworker can log into my laptop and it'll also work.
This is the URL it directs the second window to.. https://<server>.<domain>.com/sap/public/myssocntl?sap-client=100
whereas this is where it should be going. https://<server.domain>.com/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/appl_soap_management?sap-client=100&sap-language=EN
Anyone have any ideas here? If I call my help desk they're going to be clueless on this one.. lol..
thanks.
bkMaybe you can rename your home folder in c:\documents and settings and login again - thereby recreating your local profile.
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With our application deployed to a client, we have been experiencing some odd behaviour with JMS in Oracle 10g (OC4J 9.0.4).
The application posts multiple non-transactional messages (roughly 400-500Kb per message) to a queue, which an MDB processes correctly everywhere but the client site. At the client site, only the first message in retrieved from the queue by the MDB, as if to suggest the queue was only capable of holding one message and the other messages are not being added or are being dumped. No exceptions are being thrown, which isn't helpnig diagnose the problem.
The client site has a similar environment to our internal dev/qa environments - Red Hat AS 3.0 server, v1.4.2 jvm, same OC4J and application config.
Has anyone else experienced this kind of behaviour with JMS?Just spent about an hour playing around with various things and now it seems to have resolved itself. Odd... Marking this topic as answered now.
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Odd gmail behaviour when using mail.app
Hello there,
Ever since upgrading to Mavericks, I've been experiencing odd behaviour when sending messages from my gmail account in mail.app. I send a message and up to ten copies of the message appear in mail.app's trash.
Does anyone know what might be the cause of this?
many thanks,
Chidithis is a setting in gmail that interfer with mail.app
the setting is that mail.app is that when you type a mail it will auto save it while you are typing. and gmail will delete the saved onece and the mail.app will create a new all the time
duno how to turn this off, try by rebuilding the mailbox in mail.app -
Hi,
I'm working on a web application (Jetty, running inside JBoss 3.2.1, Redhat Linux, dual Xeon CPUs, hotspot 1.4.2_04 or sometimes 1.4.2_05) whose gc behaviour seems rather odd. I have been watching visualgc while the application is under load and have observed the following:
Using the default collector:
* I have turned off explicit GCs
* Eden is about 400M and is collected whenever it fills up. Under the load test I've been looking at this occurs about every 30 seconds This collection occurs very quickly (normally a few milliseconds). There will normally be around 2M of garbage at the end of that collection which goes straight into the old generation (maybe via s0 and s1, depending on the settings I'm using)
* The old generation is also about 400M. However, collections of the old generation happen almost every time that a collection Eden occurs, even though the old generation is very far from full. (In the test I've been looking it seems to have a "steady state" of around 100M). Collections of old take a relatively long time, normally around 1 or 2 seconds. This is an unacceptably long time for our application.
This seems very odd to me as I wouldn't expect the old generation to be collected every time Eden fills up. For our application it would be perfectly acceptable for the old generation to fill up slowly each time Eden is collected, and then for one big GC to occur once that filled up (which would once every hour or two). But re-collecting the same bit of memory in the old generation twice a minute (at a couple of times per minute) is just no good. I don't understand why the old generation is collected whenever Eden is collected.
I have tried the concurrent old-generation collector and this only made the problem worse. I also tried setting the old-generation threshold for the concurrent collector to 90% and this made no different - the old generation was still collected every time that Eden filled up.
Strangely enough, when using the parallel (high throughput) collector for Eden, the problem almost went away. I say "almost" because although no collections occured in the old generation occurred until the old generation had filled completely, the very first old generation collection (which sent it back to its "natural" 100M ") seemed to send it back to its old habits: an old generation collection for every Eden collection.
Does anybody have any idea what might be going on? Could there be something weird about our application? Am I missing some crucial GC option? Have I stumbled across a GC bug? Do I just not understand hwo this stuff all works?
Any pointers much appreciated, thanks for your time.
DavidHi,
Thanks for responding.
I started the vm with the following options:
-Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=15000 -Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=15000 -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:+UsePerfData -Xmn512m -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -XX:PermSize=64m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=0 -XX:+PrintHeapAtGC -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution
(Note that I've set -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=0 for this test so I could reproduce the problem more quickly. If I set it to something smaller then the problem still occurs, just less frequently).
I've got loads and loads of output from the GC trace (I ran a load test on it) so I'll just include an excerpt containing some of the full GCs that I am not expecting. Watching the proceedings in visualgc, I noted that most of the GCs I've included below involved a collection of the old generation (for reasons I cannot fathom). However, they are not noted as "Full GC" in the trace. Any help in understanding this much appreciated:
722.391: [GC {Heap before GC invocations=72:
Heap
def new generation total 471872K, used 419455K [0x44950000, 0x64950000, 0x64950000)
eden space 419456K, 99% used [0x44950000, 0x5e2efff8, 0x5e2f0000)
from space 52416K, 0% used [0x5e2f0000, 0x5e2f0000, 0x61620000)
to space 52416K, 0% used [0x61620000, 0x61620000, 0x64950000)
tenured generation total 524288K, used 103760K [0x64950000, 0x84950000, 0x84950000)
the space 524288K, 19% used [0x64950000, 0x6aea4338, 0x6aea4400, 0x84950000)
compacting perm gen total 65536K, used 26031K [0x84950000, 0x88950000, 0x8c950000)
the space 65536K, 39% used [0x84950000, 0x862bbdb0, 0x862bbe00, 0x88950000)
722.392: [DefNew
Desired survivor size 26836992 bytes, new threshold 0 (max 0)
: 419455K->0K(471872K), 0.0272900 secs] 523216K->105143K(996160K) Heap after GC invocations=73:
Heap
def new generation total 471872K, used 0K [0x44950000, 0x64950000, 0x64950000)
eden space 419456K, 0% used [0x44950000, 0x44950000, 0x5e2f0000)
from space 52416K, 0% used [0x61620000, 0x61620000, 0x64950000)
to space 52416K, 0% used [0x5e2f0000, 0x5e2f0000, 0x61620000)
tenured generation total 524288K, used 105143K [0x64950000, 0x84950000, 0x84950000)
the space 524288K, 20% used [0x64950000, 0x6affdfc8, 0x6affe000, 0x84950000)
compacting perm gen total 65536K, used 26031K [0x84950000, 0x88950000, 0x8c950000)
the space 65536K, 39% used [0x84950000, 0x862bbdb0, 0x862bbe00, 0x88950000)
} , 0.0280260 secs]
734.030: [GC {Heap before GC invocations=73:
Heap
def new generation total 471872K, used 419456K [0x44950000, 0x64950000, 0x64950000)
eden space 419456K, 100% used [0x44950000, 0x5e2f0000, 0x5e2f0000)
from space 52416K, 0% used [0x61620000, 0x61620000, 0x64950000)
to space 52416K, 0% used [0x5e2f0000, 0x5e2f0000, 0x61620000)
tenured generation total 524288K, used 105143K [0x64950000, 0x84950000, 0x84950000)
the space 524288K, 20% used [0x64950000, 0x6affdfc8, 0x6affe000, 0x84950000)
compacting perm gen total 65536K, used 26033K [0x84950000, 0x88950000, 0x8c950000)
the space 65536K, 39% used [0x84950000, 0x862bc538, 0x862bc600, 0x88950000)
734.031: [DefNew: 419456K->419456K(471872K), 0.0000370 secs]734.031: [Tenured: 105143K->106385K(524288K), 1.2275840 secs] 524599K->106385K(996160K) Heap after GC invocations=74:
Heap
def new generation total 471872K, used 0K [0x44950000, 0x64950000, 0x64950000)
eden space 419456K, 0% used [0x44950000, 0x44950000, 0x5e2f0000)
from space 52416K, 0% used [0x61620000, 0x61620000, 0x64950000)
to space 52416K, 0% used [0x5e2f0000, 0x5e2f0000, 0x61620000)
tenured generation total 524288K, used 106385K [0x64950000, 0x84950000, 0x84950000)
the space 524288K, 20% used [0x64950000, 0x6b134458, 0x6b134600, 0x84950000)
compacting perm gen total 65536K, used 26033K [0x84950000, 0x88950000, 0x8c950000)
the space 65536K, 39% used [0x84950000, 0x862bc538, 0x862bc600, 0x88950000)
} , 1.2283850 secs]
747.317: [GC {Heap before GC invocations=74:
Heap
def new generation total 471872K, used 419455K [0x44950000, 0x64950000, 0x64950000)
eden space 419456K, 99% used [0x44950000, 0x5e2efff0, 0x5e2f0000)
from space 52416K, 0% used [0x61620000, 0x61620000, 0x64950000)
to space 52416K, 0% used [0x5e2f0000, 0x5e2f0000, 0x61620000)
tenured generation total 524288K, used 106385K [0x64950000, 0x84950000, 0x84950000)
the space 524288K, 20% used [0x64950000, 0x6b134458, 0x6b134600, 0x84950000)
compacting perm gen total 65536K, used 26033K [0x84950000, 0x88950000, 0x8c950000)
the space 65536K, 39% used [0x84950000, 0x862bc718, 0x862bc800, 0x88950000)
747.317: [DefNew: 419455K->419455K(471872K), 0.0000380 secs]747.317: [Tenured: 106385K->107602K(524288K), 1.2445540 secs] 525841K->107602K(996160K) Heap after GC invocations=75:
Heap
def new generation total 471872K, used 0K [0x44950000, 0x64950000, 0x64950000)
eden space 419456K, 0% used [0x44950000, 0x44950000, 0x5e2f0000)
from space 52416K, 0% used [0x61620000, 0x61620000, 0x64950000)
to space 52416K, 0% used [0x5e2f0000, 0x5e2f0000, 0x61620000)
tenured generation total 524288K, used 107602K [0x64950000, 0x84950000, 0x84950000)
the space 524288K, 20% used [0x64950000, 0x6b2649f8, 0x6b264a00, 0x84950000)
compacting perm gen total 65536K, used 26033K [0x84950000, 0x88950000, 0x8c950000)
the space 65536K, 39% used [0x84950000, 0x862bc718, 0x862bc800, 0x88950000)
} , 1.2453910 secs]
761.940: [GC {Heap before GC invocations=75:
Heap
def new generation total 471872K, used 419456K [0x44950000, 0x64950000, 0x64950000)
eden space 419456K, 100% used [0x44950000, 0x5e2f0000, 0x5e2f0000)
from space 52416K, 0% used [0x61620000, 0x61620000, 0x64950000)
to space 52416K, 0% used [0x5e2f0000, 0x5e2f0000, 0x61620000)
tenured generation total 524288K, used 107602K [0x64950000, 0x84950000, 0x84950000)
the space 524288K, 20% used [0x64950000, 0x6b2649f8, 0x6b264a00, 0x84950000)
compacting perm gen total 65536K, used 26033K [0x84950000, 0x88950000, 0x8c950000)
the space 65536K, 39% used [0x84950000, 0x862bc7a8, 0x862bc800, 0x88950000)
761.941: [DefNew: 419456K->419456K(471872K), 0.0000370 secs]761.941: [Tenured: 107602K->109018K(524288K), 1.2185450 secs] 527058K->109018K(996160K) Heap after GC invocations=76:
Heap
def new generation total 471872K, used 0K [0x44950000, 0x64950000, 0x64950000)
eden space 419456K, 0% used [0x44950000, 0x44950000, 0x5e2f0000)
from space 52416K, 0% used [0x61620000, 0x61620000, 0x64950000)
to space 52416K, 0% used [0x5e2f0000, 0x5e2f0000, 0x61620000)
tenured generation total 524288K, used 109018K [0x64950000, 0x84950000, 0x84950000)
the space 524288K, 20% used [0x64950000, 0x6b3c6960, 0x6b3c6a00, 0x84950000)
compacting perm gen total 65536K, used 26033K [0x84950000, 0x88950000, 0x8c950000)
the space 65536K, 39% used [0x84950000, 0x862bc7a8, 0x862bc800, 0x88950000)
} , 1.2193330 secs]
777.527: [GC {Heap before GC invocations=76:
Heap
def new generation total 471872K, used 419456K [0x44950000, 0x64950000, 0x64950000)
eden space 419456K, 100% used [0x44950000, 0x5e2f0000, 0x5e2f0000)
from space 52416K, 0% used [0x61620000, 0x61620000, 0x64950000)
to space 52416K, 0% used [0x5e2f0000, 0x5e2f0000, 0x61620000)
tenured generation total 524288K, used 109018K [0x64950000, 0x84950000, 0x84950000)
the space 524288K, 20% used [0x64950000, 0x6b3c6960, 0x6b3c6a00, 0x84950000)
compacting perm gen total 65536K, used 26034K [0x84950000, 0x88950000, 0x8c950000)
the space 65536K, 39% used [0x84950000, 0x862bc998, 0x862bca00, 0x88950000)
777.527: [DefNew: 419456K->419456K(471872K), 0.0000390 secs]777.527: [Tenured: 109018K->93469K(524288K), 1.4284740 secs] 528474K->93469K(996160K) Heap after GC invocations=77:
Heap
def new generation total 471872K, used 0K [0x44950000, 0x64950000, 0x64950000)
eden space 419456K, 0% used [0x44950000, 0x44950000, 0x5e2f0000)
from space 52416K, 0% used [0x61620000, 0x61620000, 0x64950000)
to space 52416K, 0% used [0x5e2f0000, 0x5e2f0000, 0x61620000)
tenured generation total 524288K, used 93469K [0x64950000, 0x84950000, 0x84950000)
the space 524288K, 17% used [0x64950000, 0x6a497778, 0x6a497800, 0x84950000)
compacting perm gen total 65536K, used 26032K [0x84950000, 0x88950000, 0x8c950000)
the space 65536K, 39% used [0x84950000, 0x862bc1a8, 0x862bc200, 0x88950000)
} , 1.4292680 secs]
Thanks for your help,
David -
Hello All,
One of my client reported a strange behaviour.
Client mapped SharePoint document library to local share(UNC, NetWork Map Drive). Opened MS Word on local machine ,saved it to the share on his local machine. The document is saved successfully to SharePoint document library. But at the same time he can
see a file with same name in Recycle bin and the size of the document in Recycle bin is <1k.
Does any one know whether it is expected behaviour, why SharePoint putting this 1k file in Recycle bin?
I tried the same thing on my Dev Environment for both SharePoint 2010 and 2013, in both environments the behaviour is same as my client experience.
I have seen in forums some other people also experiencing this odd behaviour, but no one knows why.
any info on this much appreciated.
Regards,
AndrewHi Andrew,
i tried in my environment for 2010 and 2013. The issue doesn't occur.
Here is what i did.
1, Create a new mapped drive(\\servername\DavWWWRoot\Shared Documents) for document library
2, New a Word doc and input some string, save in the mapped drive.
3, The doc exists in the document library, but no file in Recycle Bin.
Did i miss something?
Regards,
Tom
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