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Battery and shutdown issues
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<blockquote data-quote="TanBrae" data-source="post: 1526889" data-attributes="member: 208843"><p>Thank you!</p><p></p><p>Shutting down, without closing the lid, takes a random amount of time. MOST times, I have to force it. I can reset the PRAM, open it and work on it. When I shut it down, it shuts down almost immediately. That's with the lid open. I open it again, do some work. If I try to shut it down, it balks. That quickly. Some times, it shuts down within a minute, or two, then sometimes it just hangs - forever. </p><p></p><p>I believe that the Apple tech did a verification on the hard drive and repair permissions. I do not recall, though, for certain. He did a number of things, and I was distracted while he was doing them. </p><p></p><p>I've never tried a different user account. I've not even set up another user account because I'm the only one to use this computer. Should I try that?</p><p></p><p>I've never performed a clean install, either. </p><p></p><p>So, just so you know, I HAVE chatted live with an Apple tech. I've tried doing all the usual things. </p><p></p><p>And, here is a log I started last night:</p><p></p><p>7-17</p><p>9:09 p.m. - battery at 100% - started editing photos on flash drive, in Photoshop. Had one website open. Edited photos for approx. 1.5 hours, then closed Photoshop and removed flash drive. Switched websites. </p><p>11:50 p.m. - battery at 42%. Started playing game on Facebook.</p><p></p><p>12:43 a.m. - battery at 20%. Finished playing game on Facebook. Put laptop to sleep.</p><p></p><p>7-18</p><p>6:40 a.m. - battery at 17% - started charging. Opened Internet. Emptied trash.</p><p></p><p>6:55 a.m. - battery at 30% - opened second tab in Internet.</p><p></p><p>6:57 a.m. - downloaded Coconut Battery and installed. Opened and took screenshot.</p><p></p><p>8:20 a.m. - battery at 97%. Started Facebook - playing game, and surfing through it.</p><p></p><p>I haven't kept track since the last entry. Right now, the battery is at 100%, with the charger still on. I'm going to take it off, and start entries again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TanBrae, post: 1526889, member: 208843"] Thank you! Shutting down, without closing the lid, takes a random amount of time. MOST times, I have to force it. I can reset the PRAM, open it and work on it. When I shut it down, it shuts down almost immediately. That's with the lid open. I open it again, do some work. If I try to shut it down, it balks. That quickly. Some times, it shuts down within a minute, or two, then sometimes it just hangs - forever. I believe that the Apple tech did a verification on the hard drive and repair permissions. I do not recall, though, for certain. He did a number of things, and I was distracted while he was doing them. I've never tried a different user account. I've not even set up another user account because I'm the only one to use this computer. Should I try that? I've never performed a clean install, either. So, just so you know, I HAVE chatted live with an Apple tech. I've tried doing all the usual things. And, here is a log I started last night: 7-17 9:09 p.m. - battery at 100% - started editing photos on flash drive, in Photoshop. Had one website open. Edited photos for approx. 1.5 hours, then closed Photoshop and removed flash drive. Switched websites. 11:50 p.m. - battery at 42%. Started playing game on Facebook. 12:43 a.m. - battery at 20%. Finished playing game on Facebook. Put laptop to sleep. 7-18 6:40 a.m. - battery at 17% - started charging. Opened Internet. Emptied trash. 6:55 a.m. - battery at 30% - opened second tab in Internet. 6:57 a.m. - downloaded Coconut Battery and installed. Opened and took screenshot. 8:20 a.m. - battery at 97%. Started Facebook - playing game, and surfing through it. I haven't kept track since the last entry. Right now, the battery is at 100%, with the charger still on. I'm going to take it off, and start entries again. [/QUOTE]
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