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When Software FAILs Me.
Every now and then I get a nice message from software that just doesn’t make sense. Check out some of the recent FAILs I’ve gotten below.
Blogger FAIL - How can I be over 100% done and how can we have published more files that we have available?
Dreamweaver FAIL - If everything is complete, why do I have a progress bar?
Microsoft Office 2008 FAIL - I'm sure the issue is due to a floppy too. Wait, didn't those go out of style in the 90s?
Spotlight FAIL - Only 494,642 hours remaining!
MacBook Battery Saving Tips?
As I sit here at SES in San Jose with my MacBook Pro, battery power is one thing I’m keeping an eye on. I did some research before coming on how to save batter power, but I’m looking for more tips.
Here’s what I have so far:
- Turn down the screen brightness as far as it can go and still be usable.
- Turn off BlueTooth
- Turn off Airport when not in use.
- Turn off any applications not in use.
- Turn Quicksliver to only re-index every day, not hour.
- Optimize the energy saver preferences.
Why don’t iMacs have batteries?
Yes, I really asked that question. Why don’t iMacs have batteries?
The reason I ask is because things happen. Someone is building a building and cuts the power to a whole city block. Oops. Or a storm brews up and knocks down a tree and the lights go out. It happens, the power goes out and then my iMac goes dead. So why don’t desktop computers have batteries?
Now, I’m not asking for much. Just a small battery that lasts maybe 10-30 minutes. Giving the user just enough time to save everything and shut down the computer safely. I’d think there would be enough room for a mini battery inside my iMac.
