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UnPlugged - 1.8

notifies you when the power cord gets unplugged

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All Time:	(3.7)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	1.8
Release Date:	2007-01-05
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	3,735
Downloads (all versions):	718

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Product Description:

UnPlugged is an application to notify when the power cord of the Mac is unplugged or plugged in. Notifications are done using Growl, or with a Alertwindow, when Growl is not installed.

This App is done with Cocoa and doesn't use as much RAM and CPU usage as the other tools available.

Usage Hint:

to quit UnPlugged option click on the notification or hit the quit button in the alert panel when Growl is not installed
unplugged will show the battery status every couple of percents that the battery looses capacity, you can change this in the prefpane.
you can also specify applications where you don't want to see this kind of notifications (e.g. keynote, when doing a presentation)

Installation

Stop UnPlugged if it is allready installed!!
download the .dmg and doubleclick the contained UnPlugged.prefPane. this will ask you to install the new version.
click Start

What's new in this version:

Version 1.8:

finally added different icons for ppc and intel based macs (sorry for the delay)

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher

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Growl issue - Version: 1.8, 6/25/2009 12:49AM PST

shaun Bellis

Hi guys,

I have just installed this app and on first glance, it looks great and is useful. However, I use Growl (as does this app) but for some reason, the notification stays on until physically closed by clicking the cross at the top.

I use growl for other apps without this issue. I would hate to loose the functionality of this app because of this - can anyone help?

UnPlugged has saved me from myself any number of times - Version: 1.8, 9/2/2007 09:47AM PST

BobHarris

I've been using UnPlugged since I found I was out of power not having noticed I had become unplugged (the MagSafe plug is easy to come out when sitting in the living room and watching TV). UnPlugged has worked great both telling me when I've become unplugged as well as reporting battery charge when I am unplugged.

I also like that it can use Growl. I never really Groked Growl until UnPlugged started using it and now I've found other personal uses for Growl.

I've not installed it on my Wife's MacBook Pro.

Useful little utility - Version: 1.4.2, 4/21/2006 04:13PM PST

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Aardy

This is a useful little utility for those using portable Macs. version 1.4 and 1.4.1 had installation problems but these seem to have been fixed in 1.4.2.

Growl support is very useful, as Growl itself has configurable alerts. The sensing of plugging/unplugging is very swift and this new version van even give you alerts as your battery charge drops (user configurable) so it'll let you k ow how things are going battery-wise.

It's free, does what it says on the tin and uses almost nothing in the way of CPU cycles. I've tried a few of the other utils that do what UnPlugged does but they don't seem to do it as well.

I've put in a feature request for optional audible alerts on unplugging and apparently it may be in the next major release. Responsive developer, which is good.