Maintenance
Cleaning, batteries, backups and keeping things working.
1,200 pages
ROG Ally X: How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
ROG Ally X: How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
ROG Ally X: 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.
ROG Ally X: 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.
ROG Ally X: 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.
ROG Ally X: 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.
ROG Ally X: 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.
ROG Ally X: 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.
ROG Ally X: 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.
ROG Ally X: 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.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: How to Back It Up Properly
A backup you have never restored from is a hypothesis, not a backup.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: 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.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: How to Choose the Right Case or Cover
A case is the cheapest insurance available, and the wrong one causes overheating and blocked charging.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: 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.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: How to Diagnose a Problem Methodically
Changing several things at once is why most troubleshooting takes longer than it should.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: 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.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: 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.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: 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.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: 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.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: 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.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: 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.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: 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.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G8: 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.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: How to Back It Up Properly
A backup you have never restored from is a hypothesis, not a backup.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: 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.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: How to Choose the Right Case or Cover
A case is the cheapest insurance available, and the wrong one causes overheating and blocked charging.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: 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.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: How to Diagnose a Problem Methodically
Changing several things at once is why most troubleshooting takes longer than it should.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: 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.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: 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.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: 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.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: 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.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: 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.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: 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.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: 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.
Sennheiser Momentum 4: 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.