my laptop (and the previous one) has never *not* been plugged into the mains and that kills the battery regardless. (after 3 years it's complaining about being at 44% of capacity even when fully charged). i took the battery out of the previous laptop in the end, it was just dead weight, but this one isn't removeable.
― koogs, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 15:47 (three years ago) link
I never know where I am with battery health advice. Folk wisdom about it seems to have been challenged by advances in technology, or just differences between machines/batteries.
When my dad's Macbook battery died I advised him to stop leaving it plugged in all the time and unplug it at night at least. But I've lost faith in that advice and I think it's too much hassle for him to remember anyway.
― Alba, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 15:56 (three years ago) link
I thought devices were supposed to be smart enough these days to taper off charge to yr battery as it got close to capacity, and not to touch it all if you were at 100%? So, in theory, you shouldn't be shortening battery life at all if you're always on AC? I guess heat is a factor. I dunno.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 16:13 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I think you're right, but not sure how far 'these days' goes back. I think his MacBook (a cast-off of mine) is about 2010 vintage.
― Alba, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 16:16 (three years ago) link
yeah - modern chargers - especially fancy-pants ones like Apple makes - are supposed to automatically drip charge and stop as you get to 100%
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
IIUC itβs not the chargers. Itβs the electronics in the laptop in front of the battery, so you donβt need an expensive charger for that.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
Find a 3rd party repair shop. I bet they do the battery replacement for ~$100.
― DJI, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
Plus the cost of the battery, I'd guess
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
The battery itself costs Β£90/$90. Maybe cheaper to businesses/in bulk. But I'm happy to go with an authorised reseller/repair shop and get the warranty. As far as I can tell, they all charge the Apple price. Saving a few quid to go with a local guy seems risky in the long run.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 18:54 (three years ago) link
I've used the dude at the mall to do a few iphone batteries and screens and it went great...
― DJI, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link
right but look at the ifixit instructions for batter replacement on an iphone compared to KM's mbp
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 19:03 (three years ago) link
this guy is the best and the prices are fair(er than apple), but battery replacement is probably a little beneath him https://www.rossmanngroup.com/
oh no, he does battery replacement
https://www.rossmanngroup.com/battery-not-charging/
i suspect with shipping to NYC the local apple store is going to be cheaper
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 19:04 (three years ago) link
love this guy (his politics vids are suspect)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF82VA-Z96Y
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
FWIW, I just had a similar situation with the battery in my 15" 2017 MBP and bought the MacFixIt kit (Apple wanted $199, a local shop was going to charge $350, so I went for the kit) It does suck and is time-consuming but the MacFixIt guide was great (the comments on each step were valuable). I did it, it worked out OK, and it's one less thing to worry about until the Apple-processor MBPs finally ship.β Elvis Telecom, Monday, February 8, 2021 6:23 PM (yesterday)
It does suck and is time-consuming but the MacFixIt guide was great (the comments on each step were valuable). I did it, it worked out OK, and it's one less thing to worry about until the Apple-processor MBPs finally ship.
β Elvis Telecom, Monday, February 8, 2021 6:23 PM (yesterday)
Hey look at that humblebragging chump up there. If you just calmed down and waited you could have had it done for free.
Apple to replace batteries on 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pros unable to charge past 1%https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/02/10/apple-to-replace-batteries-on-2016-and-2017-macbook-pros-unable-to-charge-past-1
Apple has identified an issue that renders 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro models unable to charge above 1%, saying it will replace compromised batteries for free.Outlined in a support document on Tuesday, the problem also triggers a battery health status warning that indicates "Service Recommended." Apple says a "small number" of 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro computers are impacted by the issue.
Outlined in a support document on Tuesday, the problem also triggers a battery health status warning that indicates "Service Recommended." Apple says a "small number" of 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro computers are impacted by the issue.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 04:36 (three years ago) link
Huh, I was being prompted to update to Big Sur 11.2.1 last night and that supposedly resolves the 2016-17 battery warning from a software PoV. But I guess this is actually a hardware issue.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 12:26 (three years ago) link
Ok I'm newish to macs - I've used them before at work but am a PC guy really and have been working from home on PC for the last two years; now they've provided me with an imac. For the last two days (maybe I should wait longer before complaining), when I start it up in the morning I find that in Chrome I've been logged out of all the websites I was logged into, including gmail, even the ones where I definitely had 'remember me' checked. I don't have any cookies blocked except third part cookies in incognito mode, which I'm not. Any I HATE APPLE reason why this might be happening?
― ledge, Thursday, 11 February 2021 08:40 (three years ago) link
maybe you've got some weird build of the OS that your work has provided that clears cookies or something? idk, never experienced this
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 February 2021 13:24 (three years ago) link
Probably not Apple - sounds like domain control from your administrators forcing the setting. Does it save your tabs etc on Windows?
― Nhex, Thursday, 11 February 2021 13:53 (three years ago) link
Big Sur has not allowed me to save one password in Chrome since I updated.
(Or more likely, Chrome hasn't allowed me to save one password since Big Sur came along.)
Either way, Chrome still asks if I want to save the password, I always say yes, and then .... nothing happens.
I'm still on High Sierra at home where everything's cool with this Chrome.
― pplains, Thursday, 11 February 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
Stop using chrome. Firefox is better these days. And safari is great if you donβt care about extensions.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 11 February 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
sounds like it might be a chrome + big sur thing, will download firefox and see what happens.
tangentially, what's the deal with this window that pops up when you install an program showing the app icon and an arrow and the application folder icon. finally figured out it's asking me to do something, so i dragged the icon into the folder. nothing seemed to happen. i've already installed a few other programs without doing that step (i thought it was just a non-interactive window just showing me what was happening), they work and show up in the applications folder.
― ledge, Thursday, 11 February 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
lol itβs this insane metaphor left over from the days of the classic macos where an installer creates a βvirtual diskβ that you copy your app from. the folder that you drag the icon to is a shortcut to the applications folder on your hard drive. it looks like nothingβs happened but it has copied the app to your hard drive. you can then βejectβ the virtual disk from the finder π
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 February 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
― calstars, Thursday, 11 February 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
I bounce back and forth between Chrome and Firefox. Firefox and one of my CMS sites has a "handshake" problem that loops without end. Chrome gives me notifications from Hangouts, which my company uses as its "Slack."
They're both great and they both suck and they're both better than whatever shitty desktop Safari is trying to pull.
― pplains, Thursday, 11 February 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
things increasingly don't support firefox, things like web skype and web zoom, probably a camera / mic thing.
i also have weird problems in firefox with london transport zoomable map and the three website, which just look like the text settings are all wrong.
― koogs, Thursday, 11 February 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
i'm still a heavy Firefox user (Tree Style tabs for life) but still have to use Chrome for a lot of work stuff
― Nhex, Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
I only use Safari and I think using another browser on Mac is kind of ridiculous tbqh
― Canon in Deez (silby), Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:22 (three years ago) link
I have a lot of Chrome extensions unavailable on Safari that I use for work and some for fun. But yes, otherwise, Safari runs best.
― Alba, Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:37 (three years ago) link
Chrome is where I do google apps and a couple of other work things that donβt like safari. Safari for everything else.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 11 February 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
What on earth do you need to βsyncβ
― Canon in Deez (silby), Thursday, 11 February 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
History, open tabs
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 11 February 2021 21:56 (three years ago) link
Safari syncs to iOS, and you can sync bookmarks and passwords to Chrome on Windows now (but not tabs/history)
― stet, Thursday, 11 February 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
the last thing i need is more unread tabs following me around!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 February 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
I need a couple of slightly obscure Firefox feature for work: ability to install fake certificates in a sandboxes environment (not the keychain) and isolated containers not just βthe browser and incognito modeβ.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 11 February 2021 22:16 (three years ago) link
countless versions of Mac OS later, icons and files still appear on top of each other on the desktop
― calstars, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 14:26 (three years ago) link
I thought that was a feature now.
― pplains, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link
Dammit I want a Mac Mini, but ya gotta keep it plugged in all the time, and I've already got backup battery (for Unverse gateway) hogging outlet in computer area--Mac Pro 13" has good battery by all reviews I've seen, but not so many ports as mini of course---how *is* this Pro overall (Mac Pro 13" w M1)? Good keyboard now? What is the best m1 Mac, in yall's experience?
― dow, Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:07 (three years ago) link
what am i missing. if you want a mac mini get one of these for $3?
https://smile.amazon.com/GE-Adapter-Grounded-Outlets-52203/dp/B00006IBFC
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:12 (three years ago) link
keyboard on the new macbooks (since 2019 or whenever they fixed it) is not prone to catostrophic failure. some people actively like it. i don't, but it's fine.
there is no reason to get the current M1 macbook pro instead of a macbook air IMO. they are functionally identical, but the pro can eke out a few % of performance if you're willing to live with the fan noise (and the implications of moving parts for the longevity of the laptop).
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:16 (three years ago) link
Moving parts hisssss
― Canon in Deez (silby), Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:16 (three years ago) link
xxp so let me put on my Sherlock hat: by linking this image, you are signalling that, for a pittance, I could have my mac mini, my back-up battery for my mac mini, and and my aforementioned back-up battery for my Uverse gateway all in a row, triplets---yes?Thanks for revelation re pro vs. air---what don't you like about the improved keyboards though---?
― dow, Thursday, 18 February 2021 02:44 (three years ago) link
Come to think of it, the power cable of the gateway plugs into the back-up battery---if the mac mini follows suit, I would only need two of those outlets in the wall tap adapter you linked--or if it uses a back-up of a different design, I'd still have the third outlet, apparently.
― dow, Thursday, 18 February 2021 04:06 (three years ago) link
(One for the mini, one for its back-up, one for the gateway->backup)
― dow, Thursday, 18 February 2021 04:08 (three years ago) link
i dunno. it sounds like you need more outlets. there are many products that will give you more outlets.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 18 February 2021 05:25 (three years ago) link
So tired of what a pain lightning is for audio. For a while I had a dragonfly DAC into a USB to lightning adapter into my iphone so I could use proper good quality headphones, an extremely awkward setup. The apple-branded usb-to-lightning adapter crapped out after a year and I gave up on that. I now finally have a set of airpods (partly also for use as a work-from-home headset), in the "fuck you Apple, take more of my money!" department.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 27 February 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
Big Sur janky af on my old intel beast. Wish I had never upgraded. Restart seems to take at least twice as long as before and thereβs a 5 second hang when the desktop appears. Spotlight takes a few moments on startup too before it provides results
― calstars, Saturday, 27 February 2021 19:57 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/9CUCD3B.jpgGo fucjk yourself Steve cook
― calstars, Monday, 1 March 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
Our older MacBook Air, I think a 2011, is more or less in modest shape, for its age, except the local shop has told me the SMC chip has inexplicably failed. That means I can literally never turn it off or let its batteries run out, otherwise it will not turn on, and I have to open it up, manually disconnect the battery and force it to restart. And it will apparently restart, if needed. I just can't ever shut it down or let it drain. As far as my local shop knows, there is no repair, either.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 March 2021 23:23 (three years ago) link