Work longer on a single charge
Remaining Battery Time
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Here are a couple of tips to help increase the battery life of your Mac notebook computer:
- Dim the screen brightness. The F1 and F2 keys increase and decrease the brightness.
- Turn off Bluetooth
- Eject CDs and DVDs.
- Quit
applications
you aren't using. (How to tell which applications are open)
- Click on the battery indicator on the menu bar and choose "Better Battery Life." This will cause the Mac to change a variety of internal settings that will slow down your computer a bit but use less power. (Be sure to change it back to "Normal" or "Better Performance" later.)
How to tell how much battery time you have left.
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