Powering Off Accessories With a Smart Power Strip
For 15 years, I’ve used an auto-switching power strip in conjunction with my desktop computers. When the computer turns off, the power strip automatically turns off many other devices—powered speakers, USB hubs, you name it.
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The power strip in question was the APC Power-Saving SurgeArrest, which Amazon tells me I bought in April 2008, right after I read about it in a David Pogue New York Times column. APC doesn’t make it anymore, but they do make larger and smaller follow-on versions. Those new power strips have a feature mine did not: a switch to change the auto-switching threshold to a much lower level, “for Chromebooks.” But maybe it would work with the power-sipping Mac Studio?
Previously:
All auto-switching power strips I own have a little potentiometer-style knob that allows me to adjust exactly when they turn on and off. I've found in the past that I had to adjust this for different computers to properly detect their states, particularly with newer computers, some of which tend to use very little power when idle.