Tom Bender
02-11-2021, 12:08 PM
We have an I-Mac (desktop) which has been great for the 6 years we have had it. But since desktops have no batteries it was a little frustrating having to restart it. We have a whole house generator but the few seconds startup time caused the computer to shut down. So we added a UPS, all good till the UPS died. It is on the bench for 'investigation'. Since then the computer has been shutting down whenever it was left alone. Ok so some online research and a few experiments, including an update I had been putting off. No good. A call to Apple help lasted over 2 hours. Props to Apple, they have great support. Very knowledgeable, pleasant and patient. Left me with a cleaned up and virus scanned machine and instructions to upgrade the OS if it was still not fixed.
Today it was still shutting down, grrr. Time to do the OS swap. Started that long process and walked away, glanced back and it was off again. That was quick.
Doh!! When removing the UPS I had plugged it in to the top of the outlet. That was a switched socket. Directed wife to apply a firm head slap, which she did.
:o
Today it was still shutting down, grrr. Time to do the OS swap. Started that long process and walked away, glanced back and it was off again. That was quick.
Doh!! When removing the UPS I had plugged it in to the top of the outlet. That was a switched socket. Directed wife to apply a firm head slap, which she did.
:o