On Feb 6, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
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>
> On Feb 6, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Brian Troisi wrote:
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>>>
>>> This process does not calibrate the battery, what it does is
>>> calibrate
>>> the Mac's power management system so that the displayed time and %
>>> remaining are closer to the actual time remaining.
>> If that doesn't calibrate the battery, how does one calibrate their
>> battery!
>
>
>
> When we talk about "calibrating the battery" we're actually training
> the power management system "when this battery has N volts output, it
> means that it has Y minutes left."
>
> All batteries have slightly different characteristics.
Oh, okay. Thanks for clearing that up!
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