The "Low Battery" notification is quite irritating!
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- FMiguelez
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The "Low Battery" notification is quite irritating!
Does anyone else find it irritating?
I know. The computer already told me my trackpad is low on battery. But must it keep telling me the same thing every few minutes? It sticks in the upper right corner, blocking the view of more important things until one dismisses it.
Ok. Thank you. You already let me know about it. I am aware of it. Now STOP bothering me and let me change the darn battery when I please!
Anyone knows how to stop this notification?
Yes. I'm feeling moody tonight.
Thank you.
I know. The computer already told me my trackpad is low on battery. But must it keep telling me the same thing every few minutes? It sticks in the upper right corner, blocking the view of more important things until one dismisses it.
Ok. Thank you. You already let me know about it. I am aware of it. Now STOP bothering me and let me change the darn battery when I please!
Anyone knows how to stop this notification?
Yes. I'm feeling moody tonight.
Thank you.
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Re: The "Low Battery" notification is quite irritating!
Have you tried replacing the battery?
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MIDI Life Crisis wrote:Have you tried replacing the battery?
Ok. I set myself for that...
It still has like 10%, and I don't have batteries right now until the weekend, when I do my shopping.
Last week it was the keyboard (spent my last pair on it)...
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The "Low Battery" notification is quite irritating!
Can't help you there. Buy more batteries next time. Sorry, FM. This was too easy. Then again, I'd rather have the message than a battery leaking in my device it have it die at a critical moment.
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Re: The "Low Battery" notification is quite irritating!
I'm only saying this one (hundred) times: Logitech Solar Powered Keyboard. No mo' bat'trees!
Re: The "Low Battery" notification is quite irritating!
My trackpad, mouse, and keyboard usually die very quickly after that warning comes up so I just change them right away. I have rechargeable batteries -- the type that will keep a charge sitting on a shelf for a few months -- ready to go.
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Re: The "Low Battery" notification is quite irritating!
Likewise. I keep a set in a tray on my desk. Usually, it takes a week or so after the first notice before they die so that, when they go, I pop in a new set.bayswater wrote:My trackpad, mouse, and keyboard usually die very quickly after that warning comes up so I just change them right away. I have rechargeable batteries -- the type that will keep a charge sitting on a shelf for a few months -- ready to go.
NiMH rechargeables last longer than NiCD. I found some Westinghouse 2000 mAh NiMH batteries at the hardware store that give me 7 to 8 weeks in between charges in my Magic TrackPad. Ha! I just found the package: Item #NB0021W
One pair I was using before was rated 1600 mAH and the other pair has 1800 on the label.
I don't recall what batteries Apple supplies but like many, I wasn't impressed at first. After three or four discharge/recharge cycles, however, I noticed that they stayed good longer. I will guess that they have an 1800 rating. I gave them to a daughter after I bought the Westinghouse set and she's still using them three years later.
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Re: The "Low Battery" notification is quite irritating!
My batteries usually die BEFORE the warning, which is always interesting... the pointer moves, but you can't click on anything.
Goes like tis:
Crash? OH NOOO!
Oh.
No. Not a crash.
Goes like tis:
Crash? OH NOOO!
Oh.
No. Not a crash.
Re: The "Low Battery" notification is quite irritating!
Yes. Just let the batteries run out and then the notification will cease.FMiguelez wrote:Anyone knows how to stop this notification?
Seriously though, when that notification comes up on my system, it really means "you have five minutes before this thing is going to stop working unless you get new batteries in me now!"
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Re: The "Low Battery" notification is quite irritating!
My experience is different: I can work for about five days to a week after the the low battery warning first appears. So yeah, it does bother me that the warning pops up so often. Maybe it will be different now that I'm running Yosemite.
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