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Chad Brantly
ChargerChecker is the best, most full-featured power state alert app available. It works in conjunction with Growl to give you on-screen notifications when your laptop's charger is connected or disconnected.
With the release of the MacBook Pro, Apple also introduced a brand new power adapter that uses the MagSafe connector. While this innovative new feature can save your laptop from being jerked off the table by a careless passer-by, many people have complained that their power adapter becomes unplugged inadvertently without them ever knowing it. This can be a huge problem when you pull your
What's New
Version 0.5:
- Completely Rewritten
- All New Interface Offers More Control
- Low Battery and Charge Complete Alerts
- Automatically Checks for Future Updates
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later, PowerBook, iBook, or MacBook Pro, Growl installed.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later, PowerBook, iBook, or MacBook Pro, Growl installed.
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ChargerChecker is the best, most full-featured power state alert app available. It works in conjunction with Growl to give you on-screen notifications when your laptop's charger is connected or disconnected.
With the release of the MacBook Pro, Apple also introduced a brand new power adapter that uses the MagSafe connector. While this innovative new feature can save your laptop from being jerked off the table by a careless passer-by, many people have complained that their power adapter becomes unplugged inadvertently without them ever knowing it. This can be a huge problem when you pull your laptop out in the airport to put the finishing touches on your upcoming presentation only to find that it was mistakingly unplugged and the battery is completely dead. Install ChargerChecker and never worry about a discharged battery again.
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unless you donate to it it always pops up a please buy a license box
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Abbott reviewed on 30 May 2006
Problem: the application prevents the PowerBook from sleeping (Mac OS X 10.4.6 at least). I did extensive troubleshooting and finally attributed the problem to this app.
Second problem: ChargerChecker prevents the disk drive from spinning down. In addition to draining the battery more quickly (my life dropped 15-20 minutes when running this app), it made estimates of battery life unreliable.
Third problem: actually an issue rather than functional problem. This application phones home (Little Snitch revealed this).
The phone-home only happens once when you launch the app or when the daemon starts. This is checking what the current version is to give you update notifications. No personal information is sent.
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Go to System Preferences > Energy Saver and change 'Other Options' Settings for: Battery to 'Reduce the brightness of the built-in display when using this power source'.
If the cord is unplugged the screen will dim noticeably. Of course it won't dim if originally at 1 bar, but if you're plugged into power why are you using the screen on minimum brightness?!
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John Labovitz reviewed on 24 Mar 2006
To the developer: I'd recommend using a disk image instead of a zip file to distribute the app.
Thanks for the review. The new version of ChargerChecker uses a disk image.
Unfortunately, useless.
iBook G4 10.3.9
Cheers.