alexpele13 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 I wonder if I can install somehow the battery life indicator ( [---] ) which is available on Macbooks in the finder bar, rigth top corner. Did anybody manage to do it? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231814-is-there-any-way-macbooks-battery-indicator/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameci Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 mine has it? have you ever heard of voodoobattery.kext? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231814-is-there-any-way-macbooks-battery-indicator/#findComment-1547334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexpele13 Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Well, I do have the VoodooBattery.kext in my /OS/Extra/Extensions folder but it doesn't seem to work. Also there is no 'show battery life in the menubar' option in the Sys Preferences>Power Saver. Any advices? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231814-is-there-any-way-macbooks-battery-indicator/#findComment-1547713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameci Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 how does osx identify your hardware? what is your smbios config? if you are identified as an imac or macpro, i think it doesn't need a battery indicator, am i right? mine is set and identified as a mac book4,1 on the smbios.plist. open up system profiler so you can identify which system the OS is running. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231814-is-there-any-way-macbooks-battery-indicator/#findComment-1547714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexpele13 Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Yes, I've thought about that before posting and you're right: there's no need for such thing on a desktop. I used the Lizzard app from osx86.net for editing my SMBIOS plist. The System Profiler says something like: Model Name: MacBook Model Identifier: MacBook5,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Solo But as you can see, what it says it's a bit {censored}ed up. (Core 2 Solo, LOL). Don't know what to do. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231814-is-there-any-way-macbooks-battery-indicator/#findComment-1547750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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