How to revive your OS X Lion battery life

Most people who have upgraded to Apple's latest operating system of Mac OS X 10.7 must have been through the ugly uptimes of batteries running under it. Infact it brings us closer to Windows system uptimes. A lot of people have been on the prowl looking for solutions to it and it seems that finally we have a definite answer. Read on about how you can regain battery life after Lion upgrade. 


This fix uses the Graphics switching utility on Mac computers. Ideally the operating system should automatically switch between the discrete graphics card and the integrated solution seamlessly. But Lion seems unable to do so. You can read more about how to run the fix at Shaasthra.

Apple Stores prepped for OS X Lion Launch ?

Reports have started sprouting all over the web about an overnight being called at Apple Stores next week. 9 to 5 Mac posts that Apple has scheduled "overnights" next Wednesday, July 13th, where store layouts are changed and new promotional materials are installed while store management is briefed on new products. Though their source offers no exact information linking the Mac OS X Lion to next week's overnights, it is probable that OS X Lion will be a major focus of the changes. Macrumors also reported that Apple has required all Apple Stores to upgrade the RAM on all display computers by this Sunday hopefully prepping them up for the new OS X install.

Separate reports have said that Apple might offer updates at the Apple Store itself to help new customers with the new OS.

Mac OS X Lion Release July 14th!

MacTrast's prediction of Mac OS X Lion's release Wednesday turned out to be inaccurate. The next and more probable date of Lion's release is July 14. On the first day of July 2011, Apple released a "Gold Master" build of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion to developers, suggesting that the official release of the new operating system will be in the near future. "Gold Master" is the reference model before the final version software hits the store. Usually if all is well and there are no major show stopper bugs the Gold Master build is the Public Release. Historically, Apple moved from a Gold Master to a public release within two weeks.

The download will be $29.99 to upgrade from Mac OS X 10.6 to 10.7, at around 4GB in size. According to Apple, buyers are welcome to download the upgrade in any of its retail stores.

Before the upgrade, make sure you have already installed all of the Apple-specific updates released over the past month. Version 10.6.8 of the operating system contains tweaks that enable the digital download and upgrade process, a must-have in order for the upgrade to function correctly.