10.9 All the Little Things!

[Fofer]

Other than that my system seems to be working fine on my MBP and my Vivobook.

I'm *assuming* this was an OSx86/Hackintosh project like this.

Not to sidetrack, but what model Vivobook are you running?

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If an app is using a lot of power it will show up in that drop down like in the screenshot below.

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I don't think ErikGrim was asking for an explanation/illustration of this feature so much as he was trying to help out thesituation, who was complaining about strange battery drain.

 

[Manic Harmonic]

I'm *assuming* this was an OSx86/Hackintosh project like this.

Not to sidetrack, but what model Vivobook are you running?

X202e. There's a thread on tonymacx86 for it. I replaced the wireless card and swapped the drive for an ssd, probably the closest I'll get to a $400 macbook air. Multi touch gestures work too which is cool. It's got a few problems as most hackintished notebooks do, but overall it's a pretty good computer. This one seems to have a higher success rate than the s400c.

 

[Weaselboy]

I don't think ErikGrim was asking for an explanation/illustration of this feature so much as he was trying to help out thesituation, who was complaining about strange battery drain.

Ah gotcha... I'll show myself out.

 

[thesituation]

What does the battery dropdown or activity monitor report as using excessive energy?

it's safari.

i thought safari was optimized so it doesn't use lot of energy. All i'm doing is browsing. I'm not watching videos or anything.

it's the 2013 mba that i got.

 

[Fofer]

getting poor battery life ..

my mac was 100% at 7, and i've used it lightly, browsing with safari and nothing running in the background but messages, and it has dropped to 82% since then.

Your post shows (to me) that it was made at 9:45 PM, so are you saying this was after nearly 3 hours of surfing?

it's safari.

i thought safari was optimized so it doesn't use lot of energy. All i'm doing is browsing. I'm not watching videos or anything.

it's the 2013 mba that i got.

Heh. Based on that screenshot, you're at 68% and that equates to approximately 5 hours of battery life left. That's pretty damn good, in the grand scheme of things, if you ask me.

Perhaps some of Safari's drain can be attributed to Flash, or another plug-in? Try going to Safari's Preferences -> Advanced and checking the box to "stop plug-ins to save power."

Also dim your screen as much as you can comfortably. Screen brightness is a big power draw.

 

[Fofer]

Ah gotcha... I'll show myself out.

Nah, please don't. That was a simple misunderstanding. It's always nice to have helpful folks participating... especially ones who are able and kind enough to include screenshots.

 

[meme1255]

New weak battery in AWK icon:

 

[thesituation]

Your post shows (to me) that it was made at 9:45 PM, so are you saying this was after nearly 3 hours of surfing?



Heh. Based on that screenshot, you're at 68% and that equates to approximately 5 hours of battery life left. That's pretty damn good, in the grand scheme of things, if you ask me.

Perhaps some of Safari's drain can be attributed to Flash, or another plug-in? Try going to Safari's Preferences -> Advanced and checking the box to "stop plug-ins to save power."

Also dim your screen as much as you can comfortably. Screen brightness is a big power draw.

ya I think it stabilized itself. I've using it all since 8 am...did some assignments and some photoshop work and currently sitting at 33% with another 4 hours to go.

 

[iPhil]

I'm transferring files from 10.6.8 Mini to a 10.9 mini - on the X.9 mini is showing the folder progress bar build in:

 

[Onno]

New weak battery in AWK icon:

Also noticed this today, quite handy!

 

[kunai]

So far, I'm not too happy with the upgrade

- Safari topsites look so ugly now, there was no need to change that.
- WTF did they do to Notes? it used to be so simple but nice looking, like a real notebook. Now it's just a pale green, why o why....
- My external monitor got a surprise calibration, it's much darker than before. Tried using the old calibrate safe and that one just looks weird and bright now.

Now the good:

- Safari seems to run faster, but is also buggy, sites won't load, the beach ball appears for no reason.
- The Launchpad folders look nicer.
- I'm liking the notifications for sites like MacRumors.
- I'm glad Finder got tabs, but I'm missing the + button to add a new on like on Safari, now you HAVE to press cmd T.


So it seems my standard settings were altered, from the screen, the mouse speed and the scrolling speed, no idea why that had to change. And I don't like these things to change when I'm used to them.

Notes was at its best in Snow Leopard, when it was a part of the Mail app (where it actually made sense) instead of as a standalone application.

 

[5t3f4n]

Notes was at its best in Snow Leopard, when it was a part of the Mail app (where it actually made sense) instead of as a standalone application.

It makes a lot of sense if you're coming from iOS.
Also, where's the sense in having to open the Mail application to take a note if you don't even have a mail account set up?

 

[sonicrobby]

Transparent and functioning launchpad

Small glitch, can easily be undone, just curious if anyone else has faced this before. I do the multitouch gesture to launch the launchpad, and it comes up transparent as such, fully functional. Weirder thing being that even after I opened an app, the launchpad stayed open and was still fully functional when i clicked the folder.

 

[PurrBall]

Small glitch, can easily be undone, just curious if anyone else has faced this before. I do the multitouch gesture to launch the launchpad, and it comes up transparent as such, fully functional. Weirder thing being that even after I opened an app, the launchpad stayed open and was still fully functional when i clicked the folder.

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I've been seeing this on my iMac.

 

[youtubin]

I'm having a problem with keychain (iCloud) and safari, but only with MacRoumors. It don't wanna save my login and password, what gives? Any idea?
I like Safari to fill in username and password automatically for me.

 

[Tech198]

Hi all..

Where is Network Utility gone. ? Its no longer in /Utilities folder. as this was a great tool..

WHois look ups, ping test, and other network tests..... Seems Apple got rid of it ? Looks like i may just have to resort to open source, as i always have to

Update: Apple moved it to System Information. Click "Window" menu.

 

[TC400]

Did anyone else notice the tags in finder are in the exact same order as the colors of a rainbow???

 

[Tech198]

Mail issues

Is it me, or every since upgrading to Mavericks, Apple mail constantly has issues logging into IMAP Gmal ?

I never got this it this bad with 10.8.5 . Ever since upgrading though, 9 times out of bad, i can't access IMAP.....

Re-creating account, works, til it happens again. Connection Doctor reports that it failed "logging on make sure username/password it correct", but it its strange all of a sudden this happens After I upgraded..

I'm gonna go on a limb and say its an Apple issue..... Would have been every now and then otherwise.. not all the time.

Did anyone else notice the tags in finder are in the exact same order as the colors of a rainbow???

Maybe Apple's just seeing how colorful their day is...... I guess this was the WWDC logo.... There's always a hint somewhere.

 

[bluespaceoddity]

Hi all..

Where is Network Utility gone. ? Its no longer in /Utilities folder. as this was a great tool..

WHois look ups, ping test, and other network tests..... Seems Apple got rid of it ? Looks like i may just have to resort to open source, as i always have to

Update: Apple moved it to System Information. Click "Window" menu.

You have probably already seen this as well but you can also find the Network Utility.app itself in System > Library > CoreServices > Applications.

 

[MrSmith]

You have probably already seen this as well but you can also find the Network Utility.app itself in System > Library > CoreServices > Applications.

With Quicksilver and/or Spotlight at our disposal, who cares where things are...?

 

[bluespaceoddity]

With Quicksilver and/or Spotlight at our disposal, who cares where things are...?

I do. Tech198, the person who asked, apparently does. There may be two or three others. Apple does.That's why there is an option to display the path to the location of things at the bottom of Finder windows in Mavericks - their latest OS...

 

[MrSmith]

I do. Tech198, the person who asked, apparently does. There may be two or three others. Apple does.That's why there is an option to display the path to the location of things at the bottom of Finder windows in Mavericks - their latest OS...

Quite. I'm one of those boring people that only 'Open' apps.

 

[bluespaceoddity]

Quite. I'm one of those boring people that only 'Open' apps...

... and conversations. Thing is, I overlooked that Tech198 had appended an update to his question and because I had opened the Network Utility since updating to Mavericks I went to see where it had been moved. With Spotlight as it happens. Only when I was ready to post the new location did I see that Tech198 had already found it. Not deterred I posted my comment anyway... Would you like some coffee ... ?

 

[mingqing007]

Safari is much more smoother than ever.

 

[Weaselboy]

Is it me, or every since upgrading to Mavericks, Apple mail constantly has issues logging into IMAP Gmal ?

It is not just you. Mavs changed the way Mail app handles Gmail. Give this thread a look.