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Rumor: Power Reserve reportedly offers significant battery savings for Apple Watch

This could prove helpful. The Apple Watch’s battery life should be significantly better in the shipping product than some early accounts suggested, one report says, while the device itself could fundamentally change the way users interact with their iPhones. Citing sources who have spent “extended time” with the product, TechCrunch reports that Apple has been […]

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Rumor: Apple Watch to include “Power Reserve” mode to help extend battery life

It’s speculation until the media event in a week, but this could prove useful. Apple might offer a low power mode on Apple Watch to help boost it through longer days, according to a new report that also takes a stab at dispelling rumors that the company may have elected to all some long-rumored sensors […]

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Apple Watch battery life, CPU specs leaked

Some Apple Watch battery specs may have just surfaced. Per 9to5Mac, sources with knowledge of the Apple Watch’s development have stated the specific performance targets Apple wants to achieve for the Apple Watch battery, but the actual numbers may fall short of those targets. According to sources, Apple opted to use a relatively powerful processor […]

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How-To: How to check and manage battery usage under iOS 8

Ok, this is nifty. Or at least it’ll make Thanksgiving encounters with your relatives wherein they show you their iPhone, ask why it’s only getting 90 minutes of battery life and you point out the 67 open applications while wondering how you’re related to these people a bit easier. Per AppleInsider, a new new battery […]

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Apple releases SMC firmware updates for 2012, 2013 notebooks

The firmware fixes for your recent Apple notebook arrived yesterday. Per Macworld, Apple released SMC Updatesfor the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Retina MacBook Pro. The MacBook Air SMC Update v1.9 is available as a 1.09 megabyte download for MacBook Air notebooks released in 2012 and 2013. It fixes a “rare” problem where the battery […]