Given a Mac OS X computer: Will this unit support automatic restart after power failure?
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I have this hooked up to a server and when the power goes out, this unit doesn't. There is no time lost (so far).
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I am uncertain...I purchased it solely for the hardware features such as ease of swapping hard-drives and the manual power switch. I did not investigate if software exists to perform an automatic power mode toggle and backup.
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I just contacted Capstone and they say YES power failure feature will work if unit set to night light low or high setting.
781725
If you have a power failure, it must be turned on again when re-powerig-up your computer. For a simple shut-down or restart, you needn't do a thing.
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Yes, mine has been running for a year or two now with several power outages; restarts automatically.
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As of now, not officially supported although it will "work" but may create problems with sleep/hibernation while plugged in
577094
The short answer is yes. The new IMac draws between 80-101 Watts (according to apple lit). The apple power cord smooths the power so the modified sine wave power isn't an issue either. At max computer cpu usage with no other equipment on the APC during a power service outage you should have enough APC power for about 35 minutes.Hope this helps...
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This unit shuts off, I mean loses power and restarts. Look elsewhere for something you can count on
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I do not recall if we've tried that.. but would guess it does since it needs to keep a lot of config stuff saved - particularly if you get the WIFI dongle thingie..Actually, now that I think about it, I think we've had some power failures since we installed ours and I don't recall having to do anything after the power came back.. Perhaps someone else can chime in too to ensure I'm not wrong..
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Possible, but if your computer is working well otherwise to be honest your power is probably fine. It's cheap enough to try.
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Turns off with the computer. That said, if it is connected to a Mac it will will still work when it is in sleep state as Macs do charge external devices while in that state.
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This model will not have an issue with power failures. Once you have the dial set . It will turn back on and keep running. The models wiith power buttons would not work
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It should be 'ok' to try. If you start getting random 'freezes' or the system just randomly 'reboots' on its own, that tells you the power supply is probably old and needs to be replaced.
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Hi, David, We have six Macintosh laptops in our household, ranging from 2 500 MHz ice ibooks bought back in 2000 to a new Macbook and a new Macbook pro. All of them are still working really well, given their ages and what we've put them through. There have been some flaws, yes, but no more flaws than friends who have PC laptops have endured (and they're in worse shape than we are sometimes). We have gotten two lemons; my partner's Ti Powerbook had a manufacturing flaw that showed up causing the motherboard to short circuit, and my first Macbook had a literally warped case, which meant it cracked. However, those can happen to anyone and it was just bad luck as far as I'm concerned -- he bought his through the apple online store, I got mine in person at the apple store. Buy Applecare. ALWAYS. And never go to the Genius bar if you can avoid it -- it's named ironically. Applecare and the applecare 800 number are your best bet. The bigger test I think is the powerbooks and ibooks that are now 4 and 8 years old, respectively. They're all going strong. One's our file server, one's a music server for the house, one runs a linux test environment, and one's in my kitchen, serving as my recipe library and media etc center. They all get a lot of work, and other than all being restarted every sunday night at 8, they pretty much run continually. Of course they're out of battery, but that's to be expected. Batteries don't last forever. Good luck, and I hope this helped!
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It has its own power supply. One weird thing about it is that it only turns off when you turn your computer off. And since my Mac is never shut off, this thing has been on since the day I bought it. Doesn't seem to be a problem though.
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Evidently the CP free software "Power Panel Personal Edition" enables the shutting off of the alarm. I say "evidently" because I'm running this UPS as backup for my NAS (a Synology DS-213) and router, not a computer....and I couldn't do it anyhow, because all our computers are Macs, with which this software isn't compatible. The NAS has limited software showing the basic functioning of the CP685AVR, but not really much in the way of controls. The few times the power's gone down, I haven't heard the alarm, but all that stuff is in a closet, so it may not even be audible when this happens. I'll have to yank the plug sometime just to see what it does.
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Using it with my MacPro, power to the outlets remains on while the computer is sleeping.