Calibrating the Battery on an Apple MacBook / MacBook Pro

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In this video I'll show you how to use a somewhat obscure tool from the command line in Mac OS X to help drain your battery faster when it comes time to calibrate the battery on your <b>Apple</b> laptop. More info about dev null can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev/null

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Calibrating the Battery on an Apple MacBook / MacBook Pro

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  • lol go to sleep ...

    lol go to sleep seriously

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  • Whats the URL to ...

    Whats the URL to get that page about Calibrating your Battery?

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  • You don't need to ...

    You don't need to let it sleep for 5 hours do you? You can also just turn it off, this saves...5 hours ^^

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  • i have a macbook ...

    i have a macbook pro and wanted to know, does calibrating the battery about 1 month after getting the macbook still work, or do u have to do it in the first week of getting it?

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  • Mr.Spock LOL!

    Mr.Spock LOL!

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  • where can i get the ...

    where can i get the mini meters on your upper right hand corner you showed?

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  • Since Mac OS X uses ...

    Since Mac OS X uses BASH, this also works in certain Linux distributions like Ubuntu or Debian.

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  • wow...u just taught ...

    wow...u just taught me soooooo....much, thanx.

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  • not all macs on ...

    not all macs on intel are dual core what about the mac mini when it went from g4 to intel it had a core solo

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  • No. The only thing ...

    No. The only thing that can really hurt a processor is heat, but the SMC fan software that's built into every Mac will automatically power up the cooling fans before the processor would overheat. That's why my laptop was so loud when I was making this video.

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