Apple announced today that, after working with Consumer Reports, the company has identified a bug in Safari that caused CR to have inconsistent battery life when testing the new MacBook Pros. The news comes after Consumer Reports made waves around the internet several weeks ago when it chose not to recommend Apple’s new laptops after experiencing wildly variable battery life on the updated models, making them the first MacBook computers to not receive a Consumer Reports recommendation.

Apple is still standing by its advertised battery claims and said that the low battery results were due to a software bug in Safari’s developer mode that specifically affected Consumer Reports’ test methodology. The test apparently “uses a hidden Safari…

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