The Coconut battery update is very cool and lets you see where your battery is as far as how much more juce you left and do you need to replace you battery. I got this infromation from Ottmar Lieberts sight. coconutBattery v2.5
The hottest battery information app out there...
For Apple laptop owners:
Coconut Battery
Scroll down the above web page and ownload the Beta widget if you are running Tiger - if you don’t you can get the regular version. Both are free.
My laptop battery is sucking and I just ordered a new one. According to the Coconut Battery Widget my old battery is on Load Cycle 652 and batteries have a lifetime of 300-500 loadcycles. In other words: no wonder!!
You can order a replacement battery by Newer Tech at OWC. Each new battery includes a label to return your old battery for proper recycling or disposal. They are also Mercury-free.
...got even hotter!!!
...completely rewritten...preferences menu...dashboard widget...more languages(coming soon)...and it's still freeware(but donations are more than welcome)
What is coconutBattery?
coconutBattery isn't just a tool which shows you only the current charge of your battery - it also shows you the current maximum capacity of it in relation to the original capacity your battery had as it left the factory.
You also get information about the battery-loadcycles (how often did you fully load your battery), the current charger (coconutBattery even warns you if you plugged in a wrong charger for your Notebook) and last but not least information about the age of your Mac.
coconutBattery gives you all these information just in time because of it's live-feedback interface!
Of course you are able to save the current maximum capacity of your battery - with just one click! coconutBattery uses Apple's new and really powerful technology named "CoreData" to realize this comfortable saving option.
The absolutely most requested feature has been added: coconutBattery now ships with a Dashboard Widget, which has exactly the same coconut-flavour as the real app! You have to check it out!
And last but not least: coconutBattery is Universal Binary (you can run it on Intel-Macs!) and it is completely localizable!
Many localizations are ready to start but still need some bugfixes.
If you want to help translating coconutBattery to your language, just write me an email.
By the way: The really really cool and absolutely coconut-flavoured icon was created by http://www.afterglow.ie - really good job! Check out the webpage.
System-requirements:
- Mac OS 10.4.3+ (sorry, currently no 10.3.x version available)
- An Apple-Notebook (Powerbook, iBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook)
Screenshots:
(Hm - my battery got really really bad - but hey, it's over 2.5 years old)
Download:
Click here to download coconutBattery 2.5
(Click here for the older version 2.2 which only runs on PPC-Macs)
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BETA:
Click here to download the current BETA 2.5 Widget
(runs on MacBook, MacBook Pro and PPC-Macs)
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History
v2.5 - now compatible with macbook and macbook pro, warning on unsupported computers (like imacs)
v2.2 - widget bugfixes and improvements, new localizations (finnish, spanish, french, german), minor bugfixes
v2.1 - much cooler widget - chinese localization - minor improvements
v2.0 - completely rewritten, added a dashboard widget, preferences menu for custom values and much much more!
v1.3 - added Chinese translation - added new icon - memory-optimization
v1.2 - added Norwegian translation - bugfix for Pismo-Powerbooks - memory-optimization
v1.1.1 - added Spanish and Greek translation - fixed a bug in the Swedish translation
v1.1 - added Dutch and Danish translation - fixed a bug in the Swedish translation - added another workaround for many powerbook-problems
v1.0 - new name: coconutBattery - app is now a "Universal Binary" - that means, you can run it on Intel-Macs -- and, coconutBattery is now localized (current: English, German, France, Swedish)
v0.9 - "live" information - workaround for this "wrong original-capacity" issue added - added a feature which alerts you, if you plugged in a wrong charger
v0.8 - Some GUI bugfixes - added the "i guess the age of your mac" feature
v0.7 - Now you are able to save your current max. capacity - using CoreData
v0.6 - Some minor bugfixes
v0.5 - First public release
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