well, given its current condition, if I try to charge it, there might be n explosive situation develop real fast. I have been debating whether or not to get a new battery or save what I can and hope to get a new macbook. given my bills of late, saving is out of the question.
-eric On Oct 29, 2015, at 4:25 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > So could it explode? Just be careful when using it and if you can use the > machine without the battery then that would be preferable. >> On 29 Oct 2015, at 00:46, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> basically, it aged. most Lithium Ion batteries start to swell a little with >> age. It also doesn't help if its left on recharge all the time. The battery >> for this white book was the original issue and started swelling about 2 >> years ago. It got to the point where it was causing random keyboard key >> presses. Li-ion batteries are known for this type of issue. They are also >> massively unstable under the right conditions (its like having a hand >> grenade waiting to go off). >> >> -eric >> >> On Oct 28, 2015, at 2:22 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >> >>> How does a battery get swollen? >>>> On 28 Oct 2015, at 02:22, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> right now, I am not even running with a battery. I am using only the power >>>> supply to run this thing. the battery is swollen to the point of not even >>>> being able to fit the case. Also, I don't have the funds to go and get it >>>> replaced. so, I do what I can with what I got. >>>> >>>> -eric >>>> >>>> On Oct 27, 2015, at 2:07 PM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: >>>> >>>>> I wonder whether your battery is causing overheating. I had this issue >>>>> on my old Macbook pro similar age as yours, and at that time a search on >>>>> the internet revealed that the likely cause was the age of the battery. >>>>> I had to change it and things had improved. Just a suggestion. >>>>>> On 27 Oct 2015, at 20:23, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> ok. well, I haven't installed El Capitan here as yet (not sure my 2007 >>>>>> vintage whitebook would even allow it to install). THere are one or 2 >>>>>> other issues I have been having on this white book of mine (some random >>>>>> crashes of voiceover, generally due to web page code viewed via safari). >>>>>> Also, lately, the fan has been running all the time, even when I have >>>>>> nothing going on the desktop. so far, looking through the logs hasn't >>>>>> revealed the issue. >>>>>> >>>>>> any ideas? >>>>>> >>>>>> -eric >>>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 27, 2015, at 6:39 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> MacPaw actually has an offering called CleanMyPC, which has no relation >>>>>>> to the tuneup utility BitDefender provides. If it has, I'm not aware of >>>>>>> it, since it is vastly different and only included with other products >>>>>>> and neither company has given credit to each other. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> With that out of the way, you can trust CleanMyMac. I own a copy, >>>>>>> although it's for various reasons. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> sudo periodic daily weekly monthly >>>>>>> >>>>>>> runs all maintenance scripts at the same time. You can verify they >>>>>>> have run by typing >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ls -al /var/log/*.out >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Saying that, beyond doing what the maintenance scripts do, they don't >>>>>>> actually clean up application leftovers. Depending on the app, you can >>>>>>> have support files, caches, plugins, libraries, preferences, and saved >>>>>>> states. The maintenance scripts primarily deal with logging, at least >>>>>>> from what I can tell when looking at them including log files. The >>>>>>> leftovers are really where I gain some space back. I used to look for >>>>>>> these manually. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Despite that "dragging an application to the trash deletes everything" >>>>>>> that isn't true with everything. I've found that to be the case with >>>>>>> most applications I have, but I still see some that leave associated >>>>>>> files around. You aren't going to get those unless you set up a cronjob >>>>>>> to look for them, either based on a schedule or when the maintenance >>>>>>> scripts last ran. Of course, looking for those paths is easy enough to >>>>>>> do, so it's not as big of a deal, but it's still time you could spend >>>>>>> on doing something else. That's been my own experiences ever since I >>>>>>> first started running OS X, in particular with apps not from the Mac >>>>>>> App Store. Looking through /library/Application Support, it's easy to >>>>>>> tell which apps require a bit more work before all of it is gone. Of >>>>>>> course, bottom line is that you don't actually need to shell out any >>>>>>> money for apps at all, since you can do it yourself. CleanMyMac and >>>>>>> Cocktail just make it easier. Oddly enough, the article only mentions >>>>>>> caching and logging, but not the application deletion misconception. I >>>>>>> always hear "just drag it to the trash and it's gone" which just >>>>>>> glancing at folders shows that isn't always correct. Dragging .app to >>>>>>> the trash doesn't clear associated files elsewhere. Of course, with >>>>>>> apps from the Mac App Store this shouldn't be an issue. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Food for thought. CleanMyMac already does all of that, so it's fairly >>>>>>> useful if for no other reason than it automatically warns you if any >>>>>>> leftovers are still around when deleting applications. It's easy enough >>>>>>> to forget about. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Nicolai >>>>>>>> On Oct 27, 2015, at 4:15 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In this case it’s actually legit and the name is merely unfortunately >>>>>>>> similar to the dubious Windows program. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I still wouldn’t use it, though. 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