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Travel Tips: laptop power January 5, 2010
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I’m often traveling and trying to get my MacBook Pro to last as long as possible between power outlets. Here’s a few tips I find helpful.
Before you go:
- Get a second battery – A simple solution, but not a cheap one. Avoid after-market batteries and go for the one made by the same manufacturer of your current battery.
- Do a monthly power cycle – You’re not supposed to need to do this these days, but it in my experience, it does still help extend your battery life. Just let the battery run down to nothing, and charge it all the way up without interruption. Do this every month or two to keep your battery happy.
- Get a power splitter – If you’re going to be in airports or train stations or anyplace there’s competition for power outlets, carrying a small splitter makes everyone happy. You can even get something like this with surge protection from Home Depot for under $10
Once you’re away from the outlet and wanting the computer time to last, try the following:
- turn off bluetooth, wifi, every kind of connection you’re not actively using
- turn down display brightness as far as is comfortable
- adjust anything you can in your power settings to “better power” vs. “better performance”
- don’t use optical drive (CD/DVD)
- unplug everything possible (USB, Firewire, other peripherals)
Hope that helps!