Maintenance
Cleaning, batteries, backups and keeping things working.
1,200 pages
Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen): How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen): How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen): How to Look After the Battery
Battery longevity is driven by heat and time spent at extremes of charge, not by how often you plug in.
Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen): How to Prepare It for Sale or Handover
Wiping a device properly is more than deleting your files, and skipping a step can leave it locked to your account and worthless to the buyer.
Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen): How to Protect Your Data on It
The default settings on a new device are tuned for convenience. A few deliberate changes close most of the practical risk.
Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen): How to Reduce Its Power Consumption
Most of the power a device uses is accounted for by three things: the display, the radios, and whatever is allowed to wake it.
Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen): How to Set Up a Second Device Without Duplicating Everything
Running two devices well is a matter of deciding what syncs and what deliberately does not.
Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen): How to Test It Properly Before the Return Window Closes
Most faults that matter show up in the first fortnight, but only if you deliberately look for them.
Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen): How to Transfer Everything to a New Device
Direct transfer beats restoring from a backup almost every time, provided you plan an hour for it.
Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen): How to Update Firmware Without Breaking Things
Updates are the single most effective security measure available, and the least popular. Both facts are worth taking seriously.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Back It Up Properly
A backup you have never restored from is a hypothesis, not a backup.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Check Whether It Is Still Getting Security Updates
A device that has stopped receiving patches is a liability regardless of how well it still works.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Choose the Right Case or Cover
A case is the cheapest insurance available, and the wrong one causes overheating and blocked charging.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Clean It Safely
Cleaning consumer electronics is mostly a matter of knowing what not to use. The wrong solvent removes an oleophobic coating permanently.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Diagnose a Problem Methodically
Changing several things at once is why most troubleshooting takes longer than it should.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Look After the Battery
Battery longevity is driven by heat and time spent at extremes of charge, not by how often you plug in.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Prepare It for Sale or Handover
Wiping a device properly is more than deleting your files, and skipping a step can leave it locked to your account and worthless to the buyer.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Protect Your Data on It
The default settings on a new device are tuned for convenience. A few deliberate changes close most of the practical risk.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Reduce Its Power Consumption
Most of the power a device uses is accounted for by three things: the display, the radios, and whatever is allowed to wake it.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Set Up a Second Device Without Duplicating Everything
Running two devices well is a matter of deciding what syncs and what deliberately does not.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Test It Properly Before the Return Window Closes
Most faults that matter show up in the first fortnight, but only if you deliberately look for them.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Transfer Everything to a New Device
Direct transfer beats restoring from a backup almost every time, provided you plan an hour for it.
Nikon Z6 III: How to Update Firmware Without Breaking Things
Updates are the single most effective security measure available, and the least popular. Both facts are worth taking seriously.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Back It Up Properly
A backup you have never restored from is a hypothesis, not a backup.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Check Whether It Is Still Getting Security Updates
A device that has stopped receiving patches is a liability regardless of how well it still works.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Choose the Right Case or Cover
A case is the cheapest insurance available, and the wrong one causes overheating and blocked charging.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Clean It Safely
Cleaning consumer electronics is mostly a matter of knowing what not to use. The wrong solvent removes an oleophobic coating permanently.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Diagnose a Problem Methodically
Changing several things at once is why most troubleshooting takes longer than it should.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Look After the Battery
Battery longevity is driven by heat and time spent at extremes of charge, not by how often you plug in.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Prepare It for Sale or Handover
Wiping a device properly is more than deleting your files, and skipping a step can leave it locked to your account and worthless to the buyer.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Protect Your Data on It
The default settings on a new device are tuned for convenience. A few deliberate changes close most of the practical risk.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Reduce Its Power Consumption
Most of the power a device uses is accounted for by three things: the display, the radios, and whatever is allowed to wake it.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Set Up a Second Device Without Duplicating Everything
Running two devices well is a matter of deciding what syncs and what deliberately does not.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Test It Properly Before the Return Window Closes
Most faults that matter show up in the first fortnight, but only if you deliberately look for them.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Transfer Everything to a New Device
Direct transfer beats restoring from a backup almost every time, provided you plan an hour for it.
Nothing Ear (3): How to Update Firmware Without Breaking Things
Updates are the single most effective security measure available, and the least popular. Both facts are worth taking seriously.