Apple iBook G4 manual Calibrating Your New Battery, What’s Next?

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If you plan to store your iBook G4 for an extended period of time, see “Storing Your iBook G4” on page 69 for information on how to prevent your battery from draining completely.

Calibrating Your New Battery

To get the longest running time from your battery, complete the following steps sometime during the first week you have your iBook G4.

To initially calibrate your battery, follow these steps:

1Plug in the power adapter and fully charge your iBook G4 battery until the light on the power adapter plug changes to green and the onscreen meter in the menu bar indicates that the battery is fully charged.

2Disconnect the power adapter and use your iBook G4.

When your battery gets low, you will see the first low-battery warning dialog on the screen. Continue to use your iBook G4 until it automatically goes to sleep; at that point the battery has been sufficiently drained for calibration.

3Connect the power adapter and leave it connected until the battery is fully charged again.

Important: You only have to fully discharge and then charge your battery once to calibrate it. After that, you can connect and disconnect the power adapter when the battery is at any charge level.

If you purchased additional batteries, repeat the calibration procedure with the additional batteries as well. For more information about your power adapter and battery, see “Using Your Power Adapter” on page 21 and “Battery” on page 45.

What’s Next?

•Learn the important basics about your iBook G4. Check out Chapter 2, “The Basics,” on page 19.

•Have fun trying out your computer’s applications and Internet features. Browse the Welcome to Panther booklet that came with your computer.

•If you’re unfamiliar with Mac OS X, open Mac OS Help and browse the information.

•Switching from another computer? Open Mac OS Help and see the “New to

Mac OS X” section. It will help you use your previous computer knowledge to get started on a Mac.

Chapter 1 Getting Started