Re: Portable Battery Charger/Bank/Power Pack
Hi Bev, I use an myCharge powerhub which I bought several years ago. It comes with a built in USB C cable and a Lighting cable as well as a USB A port if you want to charge a 3rd device. I have used
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Jay Abraham
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Re: Portable Battery Charger/Bank/Power Pack
The router is the only thing plugged into the UPS. I originally bought the UPS for my Mac Pro quite a few years ago. The UPS had been unused since the demise of the Mac Pro, and I only started using
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Bev in TX
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Re: Portable Battery Charger/Bank/Power Pack
In an emergency, you might be surprised how many items you have in your home that can give you a charge. I think I counted at least 5 I found. The best one is probably my JBL speaker. I also have a
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Jackie Klinnert
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Re: Portable Battery Charger/Bank/Power Pack
I am surprised you got several hours of use out of your UPS. They are normally sized to only give you time to gracefully shut down your devices. And a laser printer, is the biggest hog, if you have
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Brent
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Re: Portable Battery Charger/Bank/Power Pack
[email protected]> wrote: I have used Anker portable power banks for about 10 years. We just replaced the original ones we were using as they no longer held a charge. I have two of these which only
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Gijzette
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Re: Portable Battery Charger/Bank/Power Pack
I think you should look for something like this <https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Ultra-Compact-High-Speed-VoltageBoost-Technology/dp/B07QXV6N1B/ref=sr_1_5?sr=8-5
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: Portable Battery Charger/Bank/Power Pack
I just want it for use at home when we have power outages. On Wednesday there was a city wide power outage. It lasted
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Bev in TX
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Re: Portable Battery Charger/Bank/Power Pack
Bev in TX wrote: Mophie generaly makes good quality, user-friendly products: <https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mophie+charger> Also Anker. -- Jim Saklad jimdoc@... ?
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Jim Saklad
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Re: Portable Battery Charger/Bank/Power Pack
I haven¡¯t received (so haven¡¯t used) it yet. but the NY Times WireCutter always gives positive reviews to stuff from OneWorld, who make (in China, of course) travel plug adapters. I bought one
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jimrobertson
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Portable Battery Charger/Bank/Power Pack
Does anyone have recommendations for a good portable battery charger for iPhone and iPads? ?Since I¡¯ve never used one, do you have any tips about using one of these? Thanks, -- Bev in TX
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Bev in TX
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Re: Safari windows exceed size of my screen
TidBits to the rescue! A kind user there realized that what was happening was that my entire logical s
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jimrobertson
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Budd T a MMS & Apple Messages question
Budd Turner, my favorite Ham Operator. The one I turn to for technical info on various radio and cellular communications. Either I don¡¯t understand something or had not noticed it before. I use
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Brent
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Re: Can Calendar be shared between iPad & Mac?
JR, you¡¯re preaching to the choir on running old hardware and software. In fact, I recall having a face to face conversation with someone running a commercial laser engraver with a Classic Macintosh
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Brent
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Can Calendar be shared between iPad & Mac?
Brent wrote: I hung on to my old MBP and 10.7.5 for as long as I could. The shut down if various services and access took a couple of years. Syncing went first, then various browsers failed to access
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JR
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Re: Safari windows exceed size of my screen
I was able to follow your suggestion, then minimize each window down into the Dock, but then I noticed that the horizontal extent of the Menu Bar itself is wider than the physical screen itself (which
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jimrobertson
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Re: Can Calendar be shared between iPad & Mac?
Budd, I understand your reluctance to let go, but I think this is still the case. I hung on to my old MBP and 10.7.5 for as long as I could. The shut down if various services and access took a couple
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Brent
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Re: Safari windows exceed size of my screen
Ahhh. Never mind. I was thinking the whole Desktop, not one app. Brent
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Brent
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Re: Can Calendar be shared between iPad & Mac?
JR, this will sound crazy, but the old OS cannot access iCloud. That is where the problem lies. As the OS ages, the browsers that will work aren¡¯t accepted at various web sites for security and
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Brent
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Re: Safari windows exceed size of my screen
Are you using the display on the MBP or an external monitor? If an external monitor, are you using an old HDMI connection. If the monitor has a version 1 HDMI port, Apple and the monitor/TV industry
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Brent
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Re: Can Calendar be shared between iPad & Mac?
The iPad 4G is used mainly for use of the last standalone ($35/month subscription free) version of 1Password. Many of its orphaned apps are compatible with current OSs in the newer hardware, and the
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Budd Turner
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