I love my MacBook but I need to make some changes, help please?

[-dirty-]

Alright, i've been using my MacBook the entire Christmas break and I've been chatting on AIM alot while playing video games, etc. So if i'm playing a game and decide to go back to the Book the computer has went to sleep and I have to put my password and all that good stuff in.

Well, I got the password off, but I want the screen to stay on longer than 2 minutes and i've been in system preferences and changed it to 15 minutes before it sleeps but after about 3 minutes the screen is black.

Also, I used to be able to charge my computer and use it for about an hour and a half to two hours before it would need charging again. Now i'm lucky to get an hour, what can I do to improve my battery life?

[Heelfan71]

Re: I love my MacBook but I need to make some changes, help please?

Alright, i've been using my MacBook the entire Christmas break and I've been chatting on AIM alot while playing video games, etc. So if i'm playing a game and decide to go back to the Book the computer has went to sleep and I have to put my password and all that good stuff in.

Well, I got the password off, but I want the screen to stay on longer than 2 minutes and i've been in system preferences and changed it to 15 minutes before it sleeps but after about 3 minutes the screen is black.

Also, I used to be able to charge my computer and use it for about an hour and a half to two hours before it would need charging again. Now i'm lucky to get an hour, what can I do to improve my battery life?

Check to make sure the screen saver isn't coming on. ALso check your battery / power savings settings (forgot the actual name in preferences) to make sure the hard drives / screen isn't set to go into sleep mode. For the battery, don't leave it plugged up once it is charged. If you leave it plugged in all the time it will decrease the battery life.

[dagger55]

Re: I love my MacBook but I need to make some changes, help please?

Click the battery on the top bar, and choose "Open Energy Saver."

Make sure you have "Battery" selected.

You should be able to play with the settings there.


oh and war eagle

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Re: I love my MacBook but I need to make some changes, help please?

oh and war eagle

Right back at ya

Another thing, with iTunes i've been trying to organize my iTunes and add artwork so my iPhone will be all pretty and organized and stuff. Well, the coverflow thing anything I get artwork for from iTunes it will have one cover for the entire album, but if I add the artwork myself it will have that cover for every song as if the song was a complete album, how can I change it to where one cover will cover the entire album?

[Bruins]

Re: I love my MacBook but I need to make some changes, help please?

Another thing, with iTunes i've been trying to organize my iTunes and add artwork so my iPhone will be all pretty and organized and stuff. Well, the coverflow thing anything I get artwork for from iTunes it will have one cover for the entire album, but if I add the artwork myself it will have that cover for every song as if the song was a complete album, how can I change it to where one cover will cover the entire album?

Select all of the songs in an album (either shift-click the first and last songs of it, or control-click each song), then control-click -> "Get Info", double-click on the "Artwork" box on the right, and select the cover art for your album. Then hit ok on the Get Info box and it will process that for you and you should be all set.