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#1 2009-04-15 11:31 am
- jkahless
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Is there any way to have folding tied to the power source on a laptop?
I really want to get back into folding, but my main computer is a macbook right now, and I have a feeling that running folding on battery power will render my computer little more than a brick in a short while. Is there anything I can do short of manually disabling folding when I'm on battery power?
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#2 2009-04-15 1:10 pm
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Re: Is there any way to have folding tied to the power source on a laptop?
jkahless wrote:
Is there anything I can do short of manually disabling folding when I'm on battery power?
Even that can get tricky ... I never could get it to turn all the way off so I could render stuff. 100%
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#3 2009-04-15 1:23 pm
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Re: Is there any way to have folding tied to the power source on a laptop?
which version are you running? (ppc? intel?)
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#4 2009-04-15 1:43 pm
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Re: Is there any way to have folding tied to the power source on a laptop?
The Mac OS X 10.4+ Intel/PPC Universal 6.24.1 on an intel machine. When I have some time I'll install the command line version.
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#5 2009-04-15 1:56 pm
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Re: Is there any way to have folding tied to the power source on a laptop?
haven't run that mix. my 10.4 was ppc on ppc and current is 10.5 on intel.
nice cause there is a stop start in preferences.
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#6 2009-04-15 2:31 pm
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Re: Is there any way to have folding tied to the power source on a laptop?
There is InCrease but it hasn't been updated in a while. It will automatically pause Folding when on battery or when specified apps are running. I'm still using it on my Power Mac G4 and it works fine but I stopped using it on my Mac Pro and Intel Mini in favour of the command-line client. It may be worth a try but will probably require some tweaking to get it working the way you want.
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#7 2009-07-22 8:01 pm
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Re: Is there any way to have folding tied to the power source on a laptop?
TheMouthOfSauron wrote:
There is InCrease but it hasn't been updated in a while. It will automatically pause Folding when on battery or when specified apps are running. I'm still using it on my Power Mac G4 and it works fine but I stopped using it on my Mac Pro and Intel Mini in favour of the command-line client. It may be worth a try but will probably require some tweaking to get it working the way you want.
I tried it, and it works fantastically! No need for tinkering at all. Thank you ever so much!
I didn't know that either -- Nef
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