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OS X Lion Battery Life Reduction

There seems to be some kind of conflict between the Wacom Tablet Driver and OSX Lion (10.7) – The Wacom Tablet Driver (listed as pentabletdriver in activity monitor) seems to be using up CPU cycles (or something). I was being estimated 3:40 hours on a full charge with no apps running – after “killing”, or ending the process for pentabletdriver, I am now being estimated 6:40 hours with a few applications open… back in business!

 

So, if you’re suffering from reduced battery life after having upgraded to Lion – try killing the pentabletdriver process!

Resetting album rating in iTunes

I like to keep a fairly organized iTunes library… so when I had a few albums with the incorrect ratings, I found myself wanting to get rid of the rating all together. The Album List view allows you to change the rating of an album, but it does not seem to let you get rid of the rating all together.

If you want to get rid of the rating of an album, click View, and then “as Grid”. Then, right click on the album who’s rating you wish to reset, go to the “Rating” option, and then click “None”.