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Brand new battery already belly up?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1320641" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>As with many of the things you mentioned...battery life can be effected by many things. Two things you mentioned could be shortening battery life (actually I prefer to use the term <u>"battery runtime on a full charge"</u>):</p><p></p><p>- as you mentioned...keeping the display bright will reduce battery runtime</p><p>- playing iTunes will also reduce battery life...for various reasons:</p><p></p><p>a. The speakers are constantly being played (a small amount of power, but it adds up)</p><p>b. the hard drive is constantly being accessed for the mp3 information</p><p>c. if the hard drive is constantly being accessed...then it cannot "spin down" & "sleep" when not needed (a power saving feature). This can be MUCH worse...if accessing mp3 info from a CD.</p><p></p><p>There may be other things as well. You could check "Activity Monitor"...and see if an activity or app. is consuming a lot of "cpu resources". This can happen when folks have too many apps. open at the same time...and an app. that is not currently being used is consuming a lot (or unnecessary) resources.</p><p></p><p>HTH,</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1320641, member: 56379"] As with many of the things you mentioned...battery life can be effected by many things. Two things you mentioned could be shortening battery life (actually I prefer to use the term [u]"battery runtime on a full charge"[/u]): - as you mentioned...keeping the display bright will reduce battery runtime - playing iTunes will also reduce battery life...for various reasons: a. The speakers are constantly being played (a small amount of power, but it adds up) b. the hard drive is constantly being accessed for the mp3 information c. if the hard drive is constantly being accessed...then it cannot "spin down" & "sleep" when not needed (a power saving feature). This can be MUCH worse...if accessing mp3 info from a CD. There may be other things as well. You could check "Activity Monitor"...and see if an activity or app. is consuming a lot of "cpu resources". This can happen when folks have too many apps. open at the same time...and an app. that is not currently being used is consuming a lot (or unnecessary) resources. HTH, - Nick [/QUOTE]
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