Battery Health Monitor 1.4 for Mac is a free utility for PowerBook, iBook, MacBook, and MacBook Pro owners that monitors virtually all battery health parameters and displays them in an easy-to-read format.What’s new in this version 1.4:
* Updated to improve compatibility with Aluminum PowerBook G4 models.
Original capacity is an indication of the battery's storage when it was new. Current capacity indicates how much that original capacity has changed with use. Current charge shows the battery's current charge state while Charge Cycles indicates how many complete charge/discharge cycles the battery has experienced. The percentage value indicates approximately what portion of the number of total recharge cycles the battery supports have been used.
The annunciators at the top of the window indicate the state of the computer's power manager circuit and the battery or batteries installed.
System requirements:
+ Macintosh: PowerBook G3 or later, or iBook
+ requires Mac OS X (10.2 or later).
Battery Health Monitor 1.4 for Mac
Disk Image (.dmg) file for Mac OS X (3.4 MB)
*Note: Some Aluminum PowerBook G4 computers will not display the "Original Capacity" value due to a compatibility problem. If this occurs on your PowerBook, you may want to use Battery Health Monitor version 1.2:
Battery Health Monitor 1.2 for MacBattery Health Monitor version 1.2, Disk Image (.dmg) file for Mac OS X (1.8 MB)