In case of interest to anyone, the outcome of this problem of mine is
that the fourth point on the page which Travis pointed to, ie ...
http://www.apple.com/au/support/macbook_macbookpro/batteryupdate
.. also applied. I didn't look closely enough, but the battery had
started to expand. What
Must be close to exhaustive Travis. Thanks.
A note at this page http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1359?
viewlocale=en_US says ...
Note: Updated versions of Mac OS X like 10.4.11 and 10.5 will show
the batteryupdater.bundle as version 1.3. This is normal and does not
indicate the wrong update
My Intel Core 2 Duo 17 MacBook Pro, when unplugged from an AC power
supply, will turn off without any warning when the battery runs down
to what seems to be a point where the laptop should still be running
on battery power.
It's just happened to me again, and upon connecting the MacBook
Hi Steven,
You're right that PMU applies to PowerPC hardware only. For Intels,
it's SMC (System Management Controller), so search for that instead.
Battery Calibration can be a problem -- if the battery cannot guage
its capacity properly then you will have premature cut-outs. You can
re-calibrate
Steve,
This is a very common problem.
There's heaps to try:
Calibrate battery (as James said):
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh2339.html
Battery Firmware update:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/Battery_Update_1_2 (depending on
your model)
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