Apple today released Battery Update 1.3 which updates battery firmware and addresses battery performance issues with the 15-inch MacBook Pro. Your computer’s power cord must be connected and plugged into a working power source while running this update.
Battery Update 1.3 Requires:
• Mac OS X 10.4.10
• MacBook Pro (15-inch)
After the Battery Update has been installed, any additional batteries you put in your 15-inch MacBook Pro are automatically updated.
Battery Update 1.3 is available via Software Update and also as a standalone installer.
More info and download link (480KB) here.
It’s been too long… ha.
my battery is so much snappier!
Damn, Safari is now snappier on my PowerBook.
… oh wait.
Just before it exploded
My fingers are snappier.
It’s electrifying!
I was eating sugar snap peas as I installed the update… no change! they were just as snappy as usual… weird…
Ooohhhh… maybe this will prevent my battery from exploding.
My vibrator now last longer.
But seriously,this update did raise the battery health shown in my iStat pro from 87% to 99%. I don’t know if that actually means anything but…
okay… my airport card is freaking out after the update: three bars, two, zero, four… what the f*ck? anyone else experience this?
I installed the battery update (15 inch MacBook Pro bought in March), noted I was practically full, and chose to discharge it while programming in Eclipse, using xchat and Adium, listening to iTunes, etc.
At 33%, my MBP suddenly…turned off. I don’t mean the proper shut down sequence: I mean quickly went to black, light at bottom wasn’t blinking, etc.
I’m unsure if this sudden shut down is due to the new battery update though. Anyone else have issues?
My battery life went from 94% to 89%, this is from a MBP SR I bought in June. WtF?
Worked perfectly on my iMac.
Hmmm, give some of the comments posted above, maybe I’ll wait a couple of days before updating my MB Pro.
all seems good here
listen to this…
i decided to run on battery for a while on my macbook pro 15″
it got down to 27% on my battery, and completely shut off. i turned it back on and i got the startup sound, and it shutdown again.
i went to plug it up to my charger, and noticed there was no light on showing it was charing/connected. at this point i start to worry. i then boot it up, and the fans kick on high blast, as high as they can go. none of my menu bars work, and the battery shows an x, and no battery connected. i didnt bother to disonnect charger.
at this point i shut it down. i took off the battery and replaced it. i booted it back up and it was just as fine as it can be.
really weird..
After installing the battery update 1.3, the number of recharge cycles jumped from 135 to 156. What’s up with that?!?
Battery health says 88% in iStat Pro, but I don’t remember what it was before the update.
i seriously cant remember the snappieness of my mbp. it is snappy now. but was it a bit snappier before the update?
anyway, update was flawless on my mac mini.
This place is becoming more of a joke every day. There’s more and more idiots posting and fewer useful comments.
My MPB 15 battery health (iStat Pro) went from 91 to 100. Whatever that means.
Well, I think that means that your MPB 15 battery health (iStat Pro) went from 91 to 100.
Duh.
I dont know whether apple is releasing updates without testing, i do face the same problem as wiiliam. Now I am sure when i should shutdown/sleep my MBP.
Really sucks.
Stupid.
After installing this update my battery shows zero capacity in coconutbattery. I hope I don’t have to reinstall OS X to fix this. Anyone else have this happen?
After installing the update the MBP suddenly every time a random shutdown at battery capacity off 56%. It totaly goes black whithout a warning. Before it worked perfectly.