Thanks for the suggest Peter. I purchased iStat Menu tonight and agree it shows lots of interesting info.
A cheap external enclosure arrived tonight also and I'm pleased to say the Mac Mini is starting up from the external SSD and feels snappy and faster than from the internal drive. Not sure what the problem was with the internal caddy replacing the DVD drive, but it's working to my satisfaction now. Thanks Tim Sent from Tim's Retina iPad 2 > On 1 Nov. 2016, at 7:42 am, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> On 31 Oct. 2016, at 6:12 pm, Tim Law <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Question: >> Is there a way of determining internal device power usage? >> Could this be a power supply problem? > > > I have been using iStat Menus for longer than I can remember > > https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/ > > This powerful system gives you a snapshot of your entire system at any point > in time, from a simple menu item. Among many other things, it tells you the > voltage, amperage and wattage of pretty much any component drawing power. > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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