Maintenance
Cleaning, batteries, backups and keeping things working.
1,200 pages
Sonos Ace: How to Back It Up Properly
A backup you have never restored from is a hypothesis, not a backup.
Sonos Ace: 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.
Sonos Ace: How to Choose the Right Case or Cover
A case is the cheapest insurance available, and the wrong one causes overheating and blocked charging.
Sonos Ace: 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.
Sonos Ace: How to Diagnose a Problem Methodically
Changing several things at once is why most troubleshooting takes longer than it should.
Sonos Ace: How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
Sonos Ace: How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
Sonos Ace: 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.
Sonos Ace: 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.
Sonos Ace: 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.
Sonos Ace: 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.
Sonos Ace: 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.
Sonos Ace: 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.
Sonos Ace: 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.
Sonos Ace: 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.
Sonos Era 300: How to Back It Up Properly
A backup you have never restored from is a hypothesis, not a backup.
Sonos Era 300: 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.
Sonos Era 300: How to Choose the Right Case or Cover
A case is the cheapest insurance available, and the wrong one causes overheating and blocked charging.
Sonos Era 300: 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.
Sonos Era 300: How to Diagnose a Problem Methodically
Changing several things at once is why most troubleshooting takes longer than it should.
Sonos Era 300: How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
Sonos Era 300: How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
Sonos Era 300: 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.
Sonos Era 300: 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.
Sonos Era 300: 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.
Sonos Era 300: 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.
Sonos Era 300: 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.
Sonos Era 300: 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.
Sonos Era 300: 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.
Sonos Era 300: 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.
Sony A7 V: How to Back It Up Properly
A backup you have never restored from is a hypothesis, not a backup.
Sony A7 V: 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.
Sony A7 V: How to Choose the Right Case or Cover
A case is the cheapest insurance available, and the wrong one causes overheating and blocked charging.
Sony A7 V: 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.
Sony A7 V: How to Diagnose a Problem Methodically
Changing several things at once is why most troubleshooting takes longer than it should.
Sony A7 V: How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
Sony A7 V: How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
Sony A7 V: 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.
Sony A7 V: 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.
Sony A7 V: 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.