I have a ups on every machine in the house. Reason being is I'd rather
spend the little bit of money for piece of mind. They offer the
ability to shut the machine down which might just save you data loss
and I know from experience what a drag that can be. Now, I use APC and
most all APC models I'm aware of will work fine without the optional
software. Just plug them into the usb port and the Mac will quietly
recognize and work with it. you'll know it's detected as you'lll get
some other options in Energy preferences as well as if you pull the
plug on the ups, you'll get a message from the Mac about the loss of
ac power.
On Nov 13, 2008, at 7:20 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Hi everyone!
I've heard of people using these devices with Mac's and it makes
sense so here's the question, will the Mac automatically detect the
UPS when its plugged in? If anyone is using one of these with your
Mac then what experience have you had with the device, did you get a
particular model because of your Mac and software compatibility
issues, assuming of course that software of some description is used
with these things.
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