What's new in Battery Status 1.4.2
Dec 27, 2013
New in Battery Status 1.4.1 (Nov 15, 2013)
New in Battery Status 1.4.0 (Oct 24, 2013)
- New Graphics (including Retina for the first time)
- Adds support for newer versions of OS X (at least up to Maverick, OS X 10.9)
- Adds support for older versions of OS X (all the way down to Leopard, OS X 10.5.0)
- Improved Performance
- Fixed Bugs
New in Battery Status 1.3.1 (Aug 14, 2012)
- Fixes an issue that would cause Battery Status to crash and refuse to start when a battery is under 7%.
- Adds support for some Logitech products, namely the Performance MX.
- Sascha Schneppmueller has been kind enough to provide a German localization of Battery Status.
New in Battery Status 1.3 (Aug 8, 2012)
- Warnings are now presented (through Notification Center on OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion, or alert windows on prior versions of OS X) whenever a battery is getting low.
- Warnings may be configured in Preferences to be displayed when other devices on the network are about to have their batteries die.
- Auto Launch is now handled through System Preferences, so that the app remains compatible with OS X 10.6. Instructions are provided in the preference window for users unfamiliar with System Preferences.
- An option has been added to preferences to display a small green plus (+) symbol on the battery icon whenever the battery is plugged in.
- The app's preferences may now be overridden by a system administrator (for example, in a school lab.) For instructions, check the preference window.
New in Battery Status 1.2 (Jun 23, 2012)
- Fixes memory issues
- Recognizes connected devices quicker
- Simplifies preferences
- New Preferences allow Battery Status to broadcast and receive information regarding the batteries attached to other Macs on the local network, such as a home, school, or work network, so that they may be monitored remotely.
- Note: The methods used to estimate death and replacement dates have changed. It may take up to a week after upgrading for the new estimates to be provided.
New in Battery Status 1.1 (Mar 22, 2012)
- New Option to Reveal Percent Charge Remaining in Menu Bar.
- New Option to have the menu bar icon be displayed in black and white instead of colored.
- New Option to choose a preferred reflected device. For example, set the menu bar icon so that it'll always show the charge remaining in your mouse, regardless of how low the charge remaining in your keyboard drops.
- Mac OS X 10.6.8 is now supported.
- Now provides info on internal laptop batteries including charge %, time remaining, number of cycles it has been through, and what percent of the design capacity is still usable.
- Now quicker to notice new devices after you've connected them.