Re: Battery extra menu and Voice Over

2010-01-20 Thread James & Nash
Hi Esther, Thank you for the link. Your knowledge and meticulous research are invaluable as always. TC James On 18 Jan 2010, at 23:59, Esther wrote: > Hi James, > > I also wondered whether you were thinking about the Coconut battery > application, which can tell you additional information

Re: Battery extra menu and Voice Over

2010-01-20 Thread James & Nash
Cool thanks Jim. TC James On 18 Jan 2010, at 23:34, Jim Gatteys wrote: > Hey James! > that info is under the system profiler. You can get there by going to the > apple menu. When you get to about this mac, if you hold down the option key > the menu turns into system profiler. The battery lif

Re: Battery extra menu and Voice Over

2010-01-18 Thread Esther
Hi James, I also wondered whether you were thinking about the Coconut battery application, which can tell you additional information about your Mac's battery performance and history -- such as the number of cycles, the current battery capacity compared to the original battery capacity, et

Re: Battery extra menu and Voice Over

2010-01-18 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hey James! that info is under the system profiler. You can get there by going to the apple menu. When you get to about this mac, if you hold down the option key the menu turns into system profiler. The battery life is under there. I also downloaded a little application called Coconut battery

Re: Battery extra menu and Voice Over

2010-01-18 Thread James & Nash
Hi Jim, On 18 Jan 2010, at 22:09, Jim Gatteys wrote: > I vo-m twice and then left to the battery menu. mine tells me the time left > and if its charging, how long till full charge. Thanks for this, mine does the same. However, you can also be told if you're battery is healthy or if it needs repl

Re: Battery extra menu and Voice Over

2010-01-18 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi James! I vo-m twice and then left to the battery menu. mine tells me the time left and if its charging, how long till full charge. Jim On Jan 18, 2010, at 3:53 PM, James & Nash wrote: > Hi list, > > From what i've been reading, there is a way to check the current health of > the batteries

Battery extra menu and Voice Over

2010-01-18 Thread James & Nash
Hi list, From what i've been reading, there is a way to check the current health of the batteries in the Apple laptops. Has anyone worked out a way of getting to this info please? I did it once, but I've forgotten how to do it as it was a long time ago. Thank you for any help. TC James-- You