Filed under: Utilities, Macintosh, Apple, Freeware, Troubleshooting
Coconut Battery - monitor the health of your MacBook's battery
by Jason Clarke Oct 15th 2007
Most mobile users are interested in knowing just how well their battery is faring. On the Mac, a great (and thankfully, free) option is a utility called coconutBattery. This small and unobtrusive utility tells you the easy stuff, like what the current battery charge is (in milliamp hours, or mAh) and whether the battery is currently charging or not. But it also gives you some interesting information, like the maximum battery charge & current battery capacity (basically the same thing), and original battery capacity, all in mAh.
It also tells you how old your Mac is, and how many battery loadcycles it has gone through - all good stuff in helping determine whether your battery is performing as it ought to given its age.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
