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HORRIBLE LACKING FEATURES 
- Version: 1.3.4, 8/4/2008 06:05PM PST
sevance1
I've installed this software several times over the years and, today, fell for it once again after talking to an APC tech so I could change the sensitivity on my UPS. Lo and Behold, gee, you can't do squat on the Mac version. So, I loaded the software on my Windows Bootcamp and what a disgrace to APC for even attempting to give the MAC users a piece of "software". Compared to the Windows version, APC should even bother!! AND, neither should we. Just use the built-in OS X System Pref. It does a heckuva lot more!!
Who knows? - Version: 1.3.4, 2/10/2008 12:00AM PST
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NickCollingridge
APC certainly don't tell you. Here are the questions:
1. Why should you install this product when OS X has built-in support for UPSes which works with APC models. They keep on maintaining the product so they must think there's a reason, but they don't reveal what it is anywhere!
2. The About... dialog in the prefpane says: "PowerChute Personal edition protects your operating system by gracefully shutting down your system in the event of an extended power problem", but the Read me file says: "The OS shutdown performed by this application is an emergency shutdown. No applications are closed and no application data is saved." WTF? Which one is true???
Who knows? It would be great if someone from APC could comment, but I'm not holding my breath!
1. Why should you install this product when OS X has built-in support for UPSes which works with APC models. They keep on maintaining the product so they must think there's a reason, but they don't reveal what it is anywhere!
2. The About... dialog in the prefpane says: "PowerChute Personal edition protects your operating system by gracefully shutting down your system in the event of an extended power problem", but the Read me file says: "The OS shutdown performed by this application is an emergency shutdown. No applications are closed and no application data is saved." WTF? Which one is true???
Who knows? It would be great if someone from APC could comment, but I'm not holding my breath!
10.5.1 won't sleep wit UPS connected via USB - Version: 1.3.4, 12/28/2007 07:36AM PST
mspam
I have an APC Back-UPS LS 700 connected to a G4/933 via USB. The Mac is running an erase-install of 10.5, updated to 10.5.1. OS X sees the UPS just fine without any special software installed (e.g. PowerChute), and it displays a good power percentage in the menu bar. OS X also recognizes the exact model of my UPS. The problem: if UPS is connected via USB, the Mac will not go into sleep. As soon as everything gets quiet and the monitors go black, it wakes up again - nothing of note in the system.log as to why it woke up. However, if I disconnect the USB cable going to the UPS, the Mac will go to sleep just fine. Anyone else see this? Any ideas how to fix it?
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