{"id":2759,"date":"2013-07-11T15:57:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T20:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2759"},"modified":"2013-07-11T15:57:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T20:57:53","slug":"a-battery-management-app-id-like-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2013\/07\/11\/a-battery-management-app-id-like-to-see","title":{"rendered":"A battery management app I&#8217;d like to see"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I killed Dropbox and Copy, then I killed Skype, turned the WiFi off, and my 13&#8243; MacBook Air was getting about 6.5 hours worth of battery life. This is very close to the 7 hours that Apple claims will work (though they do say 7 hours of wireless usage). Chrome, Firefox had tabs running, I was working in Mail and Terminal a lot, as well as Keynote (with 15 apps running when i mac+tab)<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s missing is battery profiles.<\/p>\n<p>When plugged in, CrashPlan, Dropbox, Copy, etc. run.<\/p>\n<p>When on the battery, CrashPlan, Dropbox, Copy, Time Machine, etc. stop running.<\/p>\n<p>When on the battery with no WiFi, maybe Evernote sync stops, Google Drive stops, etc.<\/p>\n<p>This app should make sure its all configurable.<\/p>\n<p>Why hasn&#8217;t this appeared yet?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe OS X Mavericks will rock in this sense since the CPU usage is only for the current running app, not those background running apps.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m willing to bet this kind of app makes sense even on Linux and Windows. We&#8217;re using apps that increasingly sync to the network. Some are badly behaved.<\/p>\n<p>Road warriors need better solutions. 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