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September 8, 2006

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Graph that battery!

Posted Sep. 8, ’06, 1:56 PM PT by Scott Silverman
Category | Software

MiniBatteryLoggerToday just must be the day of cool gadget-apps, because here’s another. This one’s called MiniBatteryLogger, and it’s a life support monitoring system for your laptop’s battery. To quote from the developer’s site:

The chart view shows the graph of charge and amperage over time, with customizable colors and indicators for relevant power events. Every change in power properties is logged to file with time and date of occurrence, and it’s listed in the detailed log view.

The Battery Inspector tells you all the details about your battery: charge, capacity (actual, maximum and original), amperage, voltage, cycle count. It also reports the estimated times to empty and to full charge.

This could quite possibly be the most practical small app ever written. It’s a great way to check up on the health of your battery, monitor your charge cycles, and see how running certain apps directly affects battery life.

[via Applelinks]


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