Just don’t trip over that extension cord. Don’t cover it either, as it might heat up and cause an electrical fire. Then you’d REALLY need an electrician — not to mention an urgent visit from the fire department!
-russ preston > On Oct 21, 2017, at 5:55 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > I took the mac in to Tech Restore (thought I would give them a try) and after > 3 days of running the machine with lots of apps going they could not find > anything wrong. Since they didn’t have to open up the iMac, they didn’t > charge me anything. I brought the computer home and plugged it in and it > started shutting itself off or rebooting again. So I turned it off and > plugged it in to another outlet and lo and behold, the problem went away. > John was right. > > I’ve called my electrician but he’s out of town. He’s going to be upgrading > my service in a couple of weeks so I’m going to wait to do anything about the > outlet/circuit breaker. > > In the meantime I’ve run an extension cord across the room, plugged it in to > a surge protector and have my mac and peripherals plugged into the surge > protector. > > Everything seems to be working well. > > Thanks John. > > Harry > > > >> On Oct 13, 2017, at 11:01 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks. I’ll give it a shot. >> >> >>> On Oct 13, 2017, at 10:51 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Harry, >>> >>> One final thing I forgot at 12:30 this morning is to run TechTools Pro over >>> your Mac…I understand Tech Tools also has Directory Rebuilding but I’ve >>> never used that portion of their program since DiskWarrior has done so well. >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>>> On Oct 12, 2017, at 11:57 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> John, >>>> >>>> The computer is plugged into a surge protector / power strip. >>>> >>>> Any clue on how I would determine if it is the power strip or the >>>> computer?? I can rule out the power strip by plugging it directly into an >>>> outlet, a different one than the powerstrip is currently plugged into. >>>> >>>> I’ll give that a try. >>>> >>>> BTW the computer restarted sometime in the last couple of hours. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Oct 12, 2017, at 10:07 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Harry, could you have a flaky outlet, or if in a power strip that is >>>>> going bad….possibly the power supply inside the Mac is going bad…don’t >>>>> know if the computer backup internal battery going bad could be causing >>>>> this.. >>>>> >>>>> You may well have a hardware problem. >>>>> >>>>> John >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 12, 2017, at 9:54 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> John, >>>>>> >>>>>> I update everytime an update becomes available. >>>>>> >>>>>> My iPhone was upgraded to 11 on its own last week when I was in Europe. >>>>>> I was going to make the upgrade this week when I got home, but I didn’t >>>>>> have a choice. >>>>>> >>>>>> I was at a meeting this evening and when I came home the computer had >>>>>> shut it self off. This afternoon it just restarted on its own and this >>>>>> evening it shut itself off. What’s going on???? >>>>>> >>>>>> Harry >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Oct 12, 2017, at 7:52 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Some critical upgrades Apple will force installation which can lead to >>>>>>> a restart????? There was a large vulnerability not long ago where >>>>>>> they did my upgrade without asking.....Here is a headline: >>>>>>> Apple updates Macs for first time without asking -- to foil hackers >>>>>>> Apple is pushing out its first automatic security update to protect >>>>>>> your computer from being taken over. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> John >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Oct 12, 2017, at 5:56 PM, Ed Wiser <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Something is not right. Have you upgraded to high Sierra? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Oct 12, 2017, at 5:10 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> My iMac just restarted itself with no prompting from me. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Should I be worried???? >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> MacGroup mailing list >>>>>>>>> Posting address: [email protected] >>>>>>>>> Archive: >>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwICAg&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=27fBtfws6gYKHVVl1BlEaJG32M7IyMaT-S5Z2a5g-8k&s=pShVulYZFzEKAutDXJ0fckuY809Vnt3ptfqTd_mI-WA&e=> >>>>>>>>> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> MacGroup mailing list >>>>>>>> Posting address: 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