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Ways to Save Notebook Battery Life

Tuesday, July 22 2008
Contributed by: chrisb

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 but use less power. (Be sure to change it back to "Normal" or "Better Performance" later.)

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