Mavericks allows you to look at power hungry apps, so you can keep track of what’s draining your batter. To do so, click no the battery icon in the menu bar and then look in the Apps Using Significant Energy section. If you’re concerned about an aggregate of apps using too much energy, hold down the option key when you click on the icon. When you do so, the Condition will be listed; hopefully as Normal.
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Encrypt Mavericks and Mavericks Server
Encrypting a volume in OS X Mavericks couldn’t be easier. In this article, we will look at three ways to encrypt OS X Mavericks volumes. The reason there are three ways is that booted volumes and non-booted volumes have different methods for enabling encryption. Encrypting Attached Storage For non-boot volumes, just control-click or right-click on them and then click on Encrypt “VOLUMENAME” where the name of the volume is in quotes. When prompted, provide an encryption password for the volume, verify that password and if you so choose, provide a hint. Once the encryption process has begun, the entry previously clicked on says Encrypting “VOLUMENAME” where the name of the…