Battery level indicator frozen at 100% since10.6.7 update

Larry from the great state of VA,

My theory is that they changed the scale. Previously when freshly recharged batteries were inserted they registered 85% due to the difference in 1.5v disposables and 1.2v rechargeables. Now freshly recharged batteries indicate 100%, therefore I believe they changed the algorithm because of rechargables.

In theory the non rechargeables would register 120%+ but the upper end of the scale really doesn't matter as much as the lower end of battery potential remaining.

OR

it's a bug. 😉

Regards,
Captfred

I have exactly the same problem on Mac Mini 2007.

Turning Magic Mouse off/on resets battery indicator to 100%. While working it reduces accordingly (99%, 98% ...) but after switching mouse off/on - jumps to 100% again.

On Mac Mini aluminium (2010) it seems to work normally. Well, almost. It shows 25%. I switch mouse off/on - it jumps to 36%, not a big deal. Few minutes later it shows 9% (??).

Something is wrong there.

I have sent feedback to Magic Mouse as well 🙂

I'm having this problem too, since the 10.6.7 update, with both my mouse and Apple wireless keyboard. The mouse battery level is stuck at 95% and the keyboard is at 100%. I suppose I should use the feedback form too.

The battery level of my Magic Mouse with 10.6.6 was 68% and with 10.6.7 it's 100% since the update release. For testing purposes I inserted some other recharchable eneloops yesterday which were down to at least 30% and it still shows me a 100% of battery loading in the mouse settings.

Same problem here too, I posted in the SL forum.
Thanks for the feedback link.
Feedback sent.

- Jay

I am seeing the same behavior on my iMac, MacBook Pro and MacBookAir (all 2010 and later) after upgrading to 10.6.7 a few days ago. However, the problem seems to be mostly with the Magic Mouse - regardless of which type of batteries used (regular or rechargeable) the mouse never seems to show less than 99% - and 100% every time the mouse is turned on. Even with batteries that are known to be at 25% or lower capacity. The magic trackpad seems to be unaffected by 10.6.7. It will show 25% on known to be low rechargeable batteries. But if I take those same batteries and put them into the mouse - it shows 100%. If I again take those same batteries and put them into the keyboard - the keyboard shows 47%. So something has changed with the tracking of the battery power in the Magic Mouse and the Keyboard - but not in the Trackpad. I think this is a bug. I did not have this problem prior to 10.6.7 - however prior to 10.6.7 none of the rechargeable batteries would show much above 85% even after a fresh charge.

Larry,

Until we get a fix from Apple, here's a good widget to use in the mean time.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/mightymonitor.html

Regards

Works for me, thanks.

Showing battery charge percentage is a great feature of Mac, which I missed in Windows or on Mac with non-Apple mouse. Magic Mouse is the greatest mouse I've ever used.

So this bug looks very disappointing and should be fixed ASAP. Hope Apple read this.

I have the same problem since 10.6.7 update , I think is Apple bug and I hope they fix it.

Installed Mighty Monitor widget, thank you!
Unfortunately, there is no exact percentage - only gauge. And Apple link does not work here, but googling works 🙂

Sorry, found percentage - must switch to "Battery" in settings. Yo-hoo!

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