Apple Removes the 'Time Remaining' Battery Indicator In New macOS Update (loopinsight.com)

Apple has removed the "time remaining" battery life indicator with the new macOS Sierra update following complaints from several users of new MacBook Pro models. Apple says it stands by its 10-hour battery life claim in the new MacBook Pro models, and adds that the battery life indicator didn't show accurate information. From a report on The Loop: You can still see the image on the top of the screen, and you can see the percentage, but you will no longer be able to see how much time is remaining before your battery dies. [...] Apple said the percentage is accurate, but because of the dynamic ways we use the computer, the time remaining indicator couldn't accurately keep up with what users were doing. Everything we do on the MacBook affects battery life in different ways and not having an accurate indicator is confusing. Besides the apps we are working on all the time, there are a lot of things that are happening in the background that users may not be aware of that affects battery life.

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Re:They can't dynamically figure this out?

[smooth wombat]

he main difference I have always seen between Mac and Windows is that Mac tends to hide more stuff from you.

With Windows 10 that is no longer true. Microsoft has gone above and beyond hiding things from the user as well as relocating things which had been in the same place for successive operating systems.

Even worse, trying to get anything useful accomplished is almost an act of futility as you can't get to there from here. One has to take the longest most convoluted route possible to end up two feet from where you started.

DOS was easier to maintain and maneuver through than Windows 10.