OPTIMISE YOUR APPLE DEVICES
Optimising an Apple device, any Apple device, is easier to do than you may expect despite the continual outspoken articles about the walled garden approach the company takes. This approach aids security, reliability and general usability and when you look you will see countless options that let you tweak your devices in ways that suit the way you use them. From increasing battery performance to speeding up your products to finding shortcuts for more efficient usage, you can make changes in seconds that will benefit you for the life of each of your devices. We will take you through the steps you may want to take to improve your overall experience and in almost every case no technical knowledge is needed at all. By the end of this piece each of your devices will likely be improved in at least one substantial way. It will be worth the effort.
Optimise your Mac battery
You can improve the performance of your MacBook’s battery by tweaking a few simple settings. Here’s what you can do to make it stretch that little bit further…
Two useful options
We would also suggest enabling the options to put hard disks to sleep when possible and to slightly dim the display when on battery power. Both will increase battery performance over extended periods of time.
Energy saving
You can schedule the Energy Saver feature so that it kicks in automatically every day. This will not only save battery power, but it will help you to be more rigid with the amount of time you are working each day.
Quick access
It makes sense to display the battery life as a percentage in the top bar so that you always know the current position. Simply click ‘Show battery status in menu bar’ to enable this and to always be informed.
The power nap?
The Power Nap option allows your Mac to continually be updated while it is asleep. Emails, calendar items, contacts and many other items will update, but we suggest to not enable this so as to ensure lesser battery drainage.
Manage your batteries
There are many ways in which you can manage the battery on your Apple device, but each device will need a different solution to make the
