by "TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
Published 03/16/2017 at 19:49
by "TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
Published 03/16/2017 at 19:49
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Clicking on the little battery icon in the menu bar would usually show you an estimate of how long the battery should last on its own power. I don’t know when this happened, but it seems to have disappeared. It isn’t in the settings either.
So is this what they’re doing now? Instead of fixing the new MacBook Pro’s abysmal battery life, they just take away the thing that tells you how much time is left on it?
For shame, Apple. For shame.
"Rico" (ricorich)
03/16/2017 at 19:52, STARS: 1
Like a year ago they changed it
"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
03/16/2017 at 19:53, STARS: 1
Yes, that is exactly what they’ve done. I don’t even own Apple stuff, and I’ve heard about it.
The accuracy was so bad, they 86'd it.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
03/16/2017 at 19:54, STARS: 2
So is this what they’re doing now? Instead of fixing the new MacBook Pro’s abysmal battery life, they just take away the thing that tells you how much time is left on it?
Apple battery life isn’t shit, absolutely not. No, your conception of time and reality is shit. Stop disappointing Apple by being awful. You can shove that battery life BS; you’re lucky Apple even let’s you give them money, you ungrateful bastard.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
03/16/2017 at 19:59, STARS: 0
Mine’s still here. 2013 MBA. Yes my battery is really struggling after 4 years of solid use. But it never had the 12 advertised hours but I’m a bit of a power user.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
03/16/2017 at 19:59, STARS: 1
The thing is, the accuracy really isn’t a problem. Apple’s explanation is that with new low power processors, different tasks result in different discharge times. The thing is, people have know forever that different activities make batteries drain faster. The problem is that people started getting noticeably shittier battery life on new Macbook Pros than they had previously, and since Apple is now run by dipshits obsessed with form over function, their answer was to take around the battery timer so people wouldn’t have a reason to call them out for advertising unrealistic battery life on their $2k laptops.
"Ferdinand Adlersflügel" (ferdinandadlersflugel)
03/16/2017 at 20:01, STARS: 0
Mine still shows it but it takes a while to show up after it is unplugged for whatever reason.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
03/16/2017 at 20:02, STARS: 1
Have you run all of your OSX updates? I have a 2013 MBA too, but mine went away after a minor update.
"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
03/16/2017 at 20:03, STARS: 2
Apple has been form over function since Jobs came back to save the company, it worked, the 1st iMac is a prime example.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/16/2017 at 20:06, STARS: 1
But Apple also innovated. They tried new things. Some things didn’t work (remember the puck mouse?), and some did (iPhone, iPad). Apple is now resting on their laurels. They haven’t done anything truly innovative since Siri, and that’s saying a lot for a company that’s basically a smartphone manufacturer now.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/16/2017 at 20:07, STARS: 0
I recently updated and it just stopped showing.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/16/2017 at 20:07, STARS: 1
I didn’t notice it until yesterday.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
03/16/2017 at 20:08, STARS: 0
I have to disagree. Apple has definitely been strongly invested in hardware design and form since Jobs came back, but the software side was always very functional and obsessively intuitive, even if it was frequently overly glossy. Now much more of that design philosophy is seeping into the software side, which is a bad thing considering that this is a company that now thinks it’s acceptable to sell a $1500 laptop with two ports, one of which needs to be dedicated to the power adapter.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
03/16/2017 at 20:10, STARS: 0
They got rid of it to hide the debacle that is the battery on the new MacBooks.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
03/16/2017 at 20:16, STARS: 1
It was removed in the 10.12.2 update in December of last year.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
03/16/2017 at 20:17, STARS: 1
10.12.2 in December of 2016 in direct response to poor battery life of the 2016 MacBooks.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
03/16/2017 at 20:17, STARS: 0
Ah. That would appear to be it. I’m on 10.12.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
03/16/2017 at 20:18, STARS: 2
Nope. I’m on 10.12 and TurbochargedSquirrel informed me that the change happened in 10.12.2.
"BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo" (bluemazda2)
03/16/2017 at 20:20, STARS: 1
I spent 15 minutes ranting about this to my sister last week when I finally updated my 6 month old MacBook.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/16/2017 at 20:22, STARS: 0
I’ve said before that my MacBook Pro will be my last Apple product. Now I’m 100% certain. They’ve lost their way.
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
03/16/2017 at 20:25, STARS: 4
Look, if you want better battery life stop using your macbook. The battery lasts much longer when its not in use.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/16/2017 at 20:27, STARS: 1
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
03/16/2017 at 20:28, STARS: 0
that gif never gets old.
"Rico" (ricorich)
03/16/2017 at 20:35, STARS: 0
I’m definitely way off, I thought this happened during the Sierra betas.
"Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
03/16/2017 at 20:41, STARS: 1
By 100% how long do you mean until that hits 0% and you buy another Apple product?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/16/2017 at 20:43, STARS: 0
If they come out with a good product, I’ll buy it. But right now, they’re not for me.
"Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
03/16/2017 at 20:46, STARS: 0
The joke was that you gave a percentage instead of a “time remaining” which was the thing you were complaining about.
Now that I’ve explained it I understand it’s both 0% funny and almost impossible to recognize as a joke. Sorry. I’ve had a long day without much sleep.
"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
03/16/2017 at 20:48, STARS: 2
Explanation: Apple
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/16/2017 at 20:49, STARS: 1
"Probenja" (probenja)
03/16/2017 at 20:51, STARS: 1
Mine tells me how much is left untill it’s charged and it’s also pretty accurate when telling how long untill discharge, but it’s a PC so what do I know.
"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
03/16/2017 at 20:51, STARS: 0
By hardware design do you mean just buying Intel processors instead of Motorola?
"4kc" (4kc)
03/16/2017 at 20:55, STARS: 0
yeah but at least you aren’t getting ads you can only half turn off for garbage from the windows store
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/16/2017 at 20:58, STARS: 1
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"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
03/16/2017 at 21:15, STARS: 1
The ads have me really wanting to go back to Windows 7 but I can’t because there are no Windows 7 drivers for my laptop.
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
03/16/2017 at 21:54, STARS: 1
I keep hearing about all of these awful ads and people losing stuff because of forced updates, but I haven’t experienced any of that. Not being a shitty OS must be one of the features that comes with the upgrade to Win10 Pro.
"Milky" (jordanmielke)
03/16/2017 at 22:18, STARS: 0
Why explain, when I can just keep buying?
Touch bar is dope and the battery percentage does not bother me.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/16/2017 at 22:19, STARS: 1
When you think about the MacBook not as a laptop but as a tiny desktop PC with a built-in display and a magnetic power adapter, it’s alright.
"Milky" (jordanmielke)
03/16/2017 at 22:43, STARS: 0
Lol, mine have always run photoshop and CAD (alias) just fine. Not to mention looking damn good while doing work.
"4kc" (4kc)
03/16/2017 at 23:33, STARS: 0
i am running pro lol
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/16/2017 at 23:39, STARS: 0
When I inevitably get a new motherboard, I’m getting Windows 10 Pro for sure.