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Don’t die in the bath: mains power and mortality

It’s too easy to get blasé and careless with electricity. Don’t die in your bath: please follow these basic precautions.

March 24, 2017 General, Life, Macs, Technology

All About This Mac: where to find that UUID, MAC address, etc.

How can you tell whether your Mac supports Continuity, whether you bought an app from the App Store, and diagnose extension problems?

January 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

Power Management in detail: using pmset

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A command line tool with extensive abilities. It is not actually that hard to use.

January 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

Macs, mains power, and mortality

It is easy to forget what mains power does to humans. Here are some reminders about how to stay alive despite electricity.

January 14, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Is this the right UPS?

Would an APC Back-Ups UPS be suitable for my Mac mini?

September 30, 2015 Macs, Technology

Snow Lessons

How many days are there to Christmas? And to the first winter storm? Now is the time to plan for both.

August 31, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Power you can trust

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Sudden interruption to a Mac’s power supply can lose data, corrupt disks and can even damage hardware. Uninterruptible Power Supplies are inexpensive protection.

July 25, 2015 Macs, Technology

Asleep on the job

I wonder whether the most important requirement in power management is to obtain an Energy Saver rating, rather than function in the way that we expect.

July 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Keyboard outage

My employer bought new iMacs with extended wired keyboards. Last night one keyboard stopped working after a 15 minute power outage, and cannot be revived.

May 15, 2015 Macs, Technology

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