How do I alter my laptops notifications for low battery?
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s crucial to keep an eye on your laptop’s battery life to ensure that you’re never caught off guard. However, the default notifications for low battery on many laptops can be quite intrusive or not informative enough. If you’re looking to customize these notifications to better suit your needs, here’s a step-by-step guide on how to alter your laptop’s low battery notifications.
Step 1: Accessing the Power Options
The first step to altering your laptop’s low battery notifications is to access the power options. On Windows laptops, you can do this by following these steps:
1. Click on the Start button and type “Control Panel” in the search bar.
2. Open the Control Panel and navigate to “Hardware and Sound.”
3. Click on “Power Options.”
On macOS laptops, you can access the power options by following these steps:
1. Click on the Apple menu in the top-left corner of your screen.
2. Select “System Preferences.”
3. Click on “Energy Saver.”
Step 2: Customizing Power Plan Settings
Once you have accessed the power options, you’ll need to customize the power plan settings to alter the low battery notifications.
For Windows laptops:
1. In the Power Options window, you’ll see a list of available power plans. Select the power plan you want to modify (e.g., Balanced, Power Saver, etc.).
2. Click on “Change plan settings” next to the selected power plan.
3. Click on “Change advanced power settings.”
For macOS laptops:
1. In the Energy Saver window, click on the “Power Adapter” tab.
2. Expand the “Critical Battery Level” option.
3. Click on the dropdown menu next to “Put the computer to sleep” and select the desired action when the battery reaches a critical level.
Step 3: Adjusting Low Battery Notifications
Now that you have accessed the advanced power settings, you can adjust the low battery notifications.
For Windows laptops:
1. In the “Advanced settings” window, scroll down and expand the “Battery” category.
2. Click on “Low battery level” and set the desired percentage at which you want to receive notifications.
3. Under “Critical battery level,” set the percentage at which you want your laptop to take specific actions, such as turning off the display or entering sleep mode.
For macOS laptops:
1. In the “Energy Saver” window, click on the “Critical Battery Level” option.
2. Set the desired percentage at which you want to receive notifications.
3. Under “When critical battery is low,” select the actions you want your laptop to take, such as “Sleep” or “Hibernate.”
Step 4: Saving Your Changes
After making the necessary adjustments to your low battery notifications, don’t forget to save your changes.
For Windows laptops:
1. Click “OK” to save the changes to the advanced power settings.
2. Click “OK” again to save the changes to the power plan settings.
3. Click “OK” one last time to close the Control Panel.
For macOS laptops:
1. Click “OK” to save the changes to the Energy Saver settings.
2. Click “Close” to close the System Preferences window.
Now you have successfully altered your laptop’s low battery notifications to better suit your needs. You can now receive timely alerts and take appropriate actions to ensure your laptop’s battery life is optimized.
