My Macbook Pro ran out of battery last night and wouldn't turn back on even when connected to power for a period of time. However, when I woke up, it did turn on. Is there a reason this happened and should I get it looked at?

Hi Lex,

It looks like you are the resident MBA battery expert here. I have something installed/running that is killing my battery like. My MBA is about 3 months old.

Hardware Information:

MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

8 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1024 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 3 days 1:19:36

Disk Information:

APPLE SSD SD0256F disk0 : (251 GB)

disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

jeff (disk0s2) /: 250.14 GB (212.61 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

USB Information:

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Kernel Extensions:

com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.68)

com.displaylink.driver.DisplayLinkDriver (2.0 - SDK 10.6)

com.panic.TransmitDisk.transmitdiskfs (4.0.0)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.displaylink.displaylinkmanager.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.jungledisk.backupservice.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.smithmicro.vzwwirelessd.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] net.sourceforge.MonolingualHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.displaylink.useragent-prelogin.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.displaylink.useragent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.paragon.updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.LogRotator.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.Service.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.UninstallAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.UpdaterAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

uHD-Agent

iTunesHelper

Dropbox

Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2

vzwwirelessd

Android File Transfer Agent

AdobeResourceSynchronizer

Internet Plug-ins:

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45 Outdated! Update

Audio Plug-ins:

AirPlay: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.8

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8

User Internet Plug-ins:

BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: 0.3.6 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player 3rd-Party support link

Java 3rd-Party support link

Bad Fonts:

None

Old Applications:

SolidWorks eDrawings: Version: 1.0A - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

3% WindowServer

2% EtreCheck

2% DisplayLinkUserAgent

1% DisplayLinkManager

1% JungleDiskSimplyBackupService

Top Processes by Memory:

205 MB Finder

147 MB Mail

139 MB WindowServer

98 MB Google Chrome

90 MB Dropbox

Virtual Memory Information:

3.96 GB Free RAM

2.16 GB Active RAM

825 MB Inactive RAM

1.08 GB Wired RAM

12.57 GB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

Jeff, beautiful MBA! But a lot that is on it that I have not (or never) seen often, and some that I do not like.

1. when possible uninstall everything Rim/Blackberry and android: these are not too well compatible.

2. I am not really knowledgeable with Bluestacks / uHD-agent, but I suspect it is better when gone.

3. Update Java: the new version has the settings field where you can set the sites that are allowed.

4. I am certain, that you do not need all the "Adobe" items: in the SSD / Library / InternetPlugins folder delete the two Adobe PDFViewer plugins, the standard Safari plugins are as good or better.

5. When you do not need the Paragon NTFS driver, uninstall it. It is compatible, but when you do not need it, let it go.

6. Then there is another item I am not familiar with: Transmit (com.panic.transmitdisk.transmitdfs kext): I do not like non-apple apps that put in kexts. It may or may not really compatible. If you ever go to Mavericks, uninstall this app before you do.

7. I am also not familiar with VZAccess, I can not imagine that you need that to do more than MLion., So uninstall seems good.

8. SystemPreferences/Users&Groups/LogmeinItems: I would remove (with the minus sign underneath) the iTunesHelper (no problem but you do not need it continuously), uHDAgent (either uninstall that or at least use it manually), Android (should be gone after uninstall), AdobeResourceSynchronizer, vzwwirelessd (if it is still there).

9. I suppose Jungle backup is compatible. I don't know it.

All in all: not really bad, but a bit off side from "normal".

Restart after taking action, and make a new list.

Lex

Ok here is the new one. I cant remove vzaccessmanager its for my usb 4g modem. I'm all for a minimal usabe install so I went thru both plist folers and removed anything that I felt no longer applied. I thought I had gotten rid of all the teamviewer plists but its still there?

Thanks, Jeff

Hardware Information:

MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

8 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1024 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0 days 0:9:29

Disk Information:

APPLE SSD SD0256F disk0 : (251 GB)

disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

jeff (disk0s2) /: 250.14 GB (213.32 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

USB Information:

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

DisplayLink StarTech USB32HDDVII

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Kernel Extensions:

com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.68)

com.displaylink.driver.DisplayLinkDriver (2.0 - SDK 10.6)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.displaylink.displaylinkmanager.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.jungledisk.backupservice.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.smithmicro.vzwwirelessd.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] net.sourceforge.MonolingualHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.displaylink.useragent-prelogin.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.displaylink.useragent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.paragon.updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

Dropbox

Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2

vzwwirelessd

Internet Plug-ins:

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Audio Plug-ins:

AirPlay: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.8

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8

User Internet Plug-ins:

BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: Unknown

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player 3rd-Party support link

Java 3rd-Party support link

Bad Fonts:

None

Old Applications:

None

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

16% DisplayLinkManager

8% WindowServer

5% DisplayLinkUserAgent

2% EtreCheck

2% mds

Top Processes by Memory:

82 MB Mail

82 MB Google Chrome

82 MB WindowServer

74 MB DisplayLinkManager

74 MB Dropbox

Virtual Memory Information:

6.05 GB Free RAM

1.12 GB Active RAM

181 MB Inactive RAM

668 MB Wired RAM

381 MB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

Allan Mac wrote:

I can't see that running the battery till it shuts down is going to harm anything in your macbook, at a certain power level it will shut itself down and there is still a reserve in the battery to keep everything safe.

Then you are way out of date, that would be an appropriate thing for a NiCad battery, about ten years sgo.

Good work: see what it did for you in "virtual memory information" in the list!

1. Teamviewer: download the Appcleaner app (free), drag the teamviewer icon on it form the applications folder: self explanatory. Maybe you have to reinstall the Teamviewer again to do this.

2. Rim is still there: to remove use the Appcleaner app. If it is gone already, just remove the kext: go to SSD/Library/Extensions/ folder and delete com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (be careful there).

3. Bluestacks: go to username(jeff)/Library/InternetPlugins/ folder and delete the BlueStacks entry.

4. Paragon ? go to SSD /Library/LaunchAgents/ folder and delete the com.paragon.updater.plist .

5. Monolingual ? go to SSD /Library/LaunchDaemons/ and delete the net.sourceforge.MonolingualHelper.plist .

Restart.

Lex

Lex,

Most of the directories you mentioned in your last post did not have the files in them that we expected:

Hardware Information:

MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

8 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1024 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0 days 0:2:12

Disk Information:

APPLE SSD SD0256F disk0 : (251 GB)

disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

jeff (disk0s2) /: 250.14 GB (213.55 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

USB Information:

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

DisplayLink StarTech USB32HDDVII

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Kernel Extensions:

com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.68)

com.displaylink.driver.DisplayLinkDriver (2.0 - SDK 10.6)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.displaylink.displaylinkmanager.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.jungledisk.backupservice.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.smithmicro.vzwwirelessd.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] net.sourceforge.MonolingualHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.displaylink.useragent-prelogin.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.displaylink.useragent.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

Dropbox

Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2

vzwwirelessd

Internet Plug-ins:

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Audio Plug-ins:

AirPlay: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.8

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8

User Internet Plug-ins:

BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: Unknown

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player 3rd-Party support link

Java 3rd-Party support link

Bad Fonts:

None

Old Applications:

None

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

10% DisplayLinkManager

3% DisplayLinkUserAgent

2% EtreCheck

2% WindowServer

1% mds

Top Processes by Memory:

74 MB DisplayLinkManager

74 MB Dropbox

74 MB WindowServer

57 MB Mail

41 MB mds

Virtual Memory Information:

6.32 GB Free RAM

957 MB Active RAM

120 MB Inactive RAM

644 MB Wired RAM

292 MB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

LexSchellings wrote:

Good work: see what it did for you in "virtual memory information" in the list!

1. Teamviewer: download the Appcleaner app (free), drag the teamviewer icon on it form the applications folder: self explanatory. Maybe you have to reinstall the Teamviewer again to do this.

TV 8 came with an uninstaller located in the TV App directory in Applications. I use TV 9 which does not (as far as I can find) include an uninstaller. I would consult TV, they are extremely helpful.

FYI

I find files related to TV 9 in these 2 locations (other than the Applications folder)

MacintoshHd>Library>LaunchAgents>TeamViewer etc. delete all

MacintoshHd>Library>LaunchDaemons>TeamViewer etc. delete all

There are 2 files in the LaunchAgents folder and 1 in the LaunchDaemons folder,, TV also appears in the User login list (System Preferences>Users and Groups)

Thanks Lex I'm a fairly new Mac user. I wasn't aware of the /system/library.

Hardware Information:

MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

8 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1024 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0 days 0:1:42

Disk Information:

APPLE SSD SD0256F disk0 : (251 GB)

disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

jeff (disk0s2) /: 250.14 GB (213.53 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

USB Information:

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

DisplayLink StarTech USB32HDDVII

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Kernel Extensions:

com.displaylink.driver.DisplayLinkDriver (2.0 - SDK 10.6)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.displaylink.displaylinkmanager.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.jungledisk.backupservice.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.smithmicro.vzwwirelessd.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.displaylink.useragent-prelogin.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.displaylink.useragent.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

Dropbox

Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2

vzwwirelessd

Internet Plug-ins:

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Audio Plug-ins:

AirPlay: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.8

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player 3rd-Party support link

Java 3rd-Party support link

Bad Fonts:

None

Old Applications:

None

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

54% JungleDiskSimplyBackupService

8% mds

8% DisplayLinkManager

7% Google Chrome

2% coreaudiod

Top Processes by Memory:

106 MB Google Chrome

90 MB WindowServer

74 MB DisplayLinkManager

74 MB Dropbox

66 MB Mail

Virtual Memory Information:

5.88 GB Free RAM

1.32 GB Active RAM

135 MB Inactive RAM

682 MB Wired RAM

327 MB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

LexSchellings wrote:

@C Hi C, indeed. How are you?

@jeff: you can see yourself in the list that the files are still there.

Maybe you were in the wrong Library:

there are THREE Libraries:

Homefolder/Library with a LaunchAgents and an InternetPlugins folder folder in it.

SSD /Library with a LaunchAgents folder and a LaunchDaemons folder and a InternetPlugins folder in it.

SSD /System/Library with a LaunchAgents folder and a LaunchDaemons folder and a InternetPlugins folder in it.

Lex

Hi Lex,

I'm well thanks, how are you?

For my install of TV 8 and 9 there were no TV files in MacintoshHD (SSD)>System>Library, but as ever YMMV.

Hi C, I agree with you. Checked that. Good point. Explain the OP to delete them, they may come from an old app install that we do not want at all. I did not think it through enough before, thanks for your help.

Lex

PS. maybe we should ask John Daniel not only for the "old applications" but also the installed apps in the list....!

I'll do that separately, if you support it.

Lex

Yes, the op should delete every file in every library>launchagent or launchdaemon that has Teamviewer in the name.

I have the same problem here and battery about die. I heard that i can leave my MBP in charge for long time +24 h .

I don't know i just panic because my work hold on.

Any advices plz

No problem, once you ask a question we will try to answer it.

My MBP died yesterday. And I just plugged it in today and the green battery light on the charger will not turn on. This was all working yesterday.