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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate?
Date: 17 Jan 2015 21:50:31 GMT
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On 2015-01-17, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> On my Mac mini (mid-2011) at work, I use a small Apple wireless 
> (Bluetooth) keyboard (no keypad). For several weeks, its upgraded Mac OS 
> X 10.9.5 (all and since 10.7.5) has been showing my battery life going 
> down until 1% (14% was the warning one that alerted me, but I didn't 
> change the battery yet). It has been stuck at 1% for several weeks so 
> far and the keyboard still works fine. It seems like the battery power 
> is inaccurate? Is there a way to get an accurate reading? I'll change 
> its battery once the keyboard starts acting weird/odd. ;)
>
> Thank you in advance. :)

I've never found it to be all that accurate, especially when using
rechargeable batteries. And I don't think it matters much anyway. When
the batteries die, you'll know it and you can replace them. Advanced
warning isn't important.

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