Hi Scott, So with your APC units, you have a cable from APC UPS to USB of your pc and then the UPS gets it's power from a power cable coming from a wall outlet PowerPoint? If that is the case, how does the battery power the pc when the actual ac power goes off? Does it do this through the USB port? Thanks in advance,
David Truong EMail and Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: blindboxer1967 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Friday, 14 November 2008 10:30 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind Subject: Re: UPS with the Mac 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. > > > ****************************** > Dane Trethowan > From Melton Victoria Australia > mailto:Dane Trethowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > phone +61 3 9005 8589 > Fax/TTY +61 3 9743 7954 > mobile/sms: +614 418 773 532 > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype: callto:grtdane12 > ****************************** > > > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
