Apple Addresses Battery Life Issues on New Wireless Keyboards With Firmware Update

Awesome all i need to do now is buy that keyboard....not :rolleyes:

Anyone know, does this get downloaded via Software Update?

-Kevin

Anyone know, does this get downloaded via Software Update?

-Kevin

Yep, downloaded via software update and then it runs a firmware update utility serperately.

Duracell have thanked Apple for its increased sale of AA's.

Duracell have thanked Apple for its increased sale of AA's.

Rechargeable batteries?
I use these, both in the old wireless aluminium keyboard as well as in the mighty mouse, and I can't recall last time I had to recharge keyboard ones... though mouse ones probably once a month or a month and a half (but I never turn off none)

Thankfull for this: my Apple Wireless Keyboard (less than one month old) is already down to 70% battery.

Didn't they just do something like this a few weeks ago? Or was that for a different keyboard...?

Didn't they just do something like this a few weeks ago? Or was that for a different keyboard...?

Yeah I used that one, i've got mine with a 2009 mac pro on release in march.

Did I use the wrong update as I think I got it off the apple site?

Previous update was for the older version of the keyboard, the stupid 3-battery one. I recently bought a bunch of rechargeable batteries to cover the older keyboard and mighty mouse, and the newer keyboard and magic mouse - the 3-battery thing really throws the numbers out, and I need to find something that takes only 1xAA somewhere!

As for the 'works better with bluetooth headsets' thing, I did previously have trouble with that with the older keyboard, and the update did fix it ... but only for one day. Now once again it keeps losing the keyboard connection if keyboard, mouse and bluetooth headphones are active :(.

Beginning to wonder if Apple even tests things out anymore. I hope this fixes my battery problem, because I have been chewing through batteries for months now.