Maintenance
Cleaning, batteries, backups and keeping things working.
1,200 pages
DJI Pocket 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.
DJI Pocket 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.
DJI Pocket 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.
DJI Pocket 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.
DJI Pocket 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.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: How to Back It Up Properly
A backup you have never restored from is a hypothesis, not a backup.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: 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.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: How to Choose the Right Case or Cover
A case is the cheapest insurance available, and the wrong one causes overheating and blocked charging.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: 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.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: How to Diagnose a Problem Methodically
Changing several things at once is why most troubleshooting takes longer than it should.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: 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.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: 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.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: 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.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: 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.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: 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.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: 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.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: 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.
Ecobee Smart Thermostat: 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.
eero 6+: How to Back It Up Properly
A backup you have never restored from is a hypothesis, not a backup.
eero 6+: 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.
eero 6+: How to Choose the Right Case or Cover
A case is the cheapest insurance available, and the wrong one causes overheating and blocked charging.
eero 6+: 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.
eero 6+: How to Diagnose a Problem Methodically
Changing several things at once is why most troubleshooting takes longer than it should.
eero 6+: How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
eero 6+: How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
eero 6+: 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.
eero 6+: 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.
eero 6+: 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.
eero 6+: 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.
eero 6+: 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.
eero 6+: 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.
eero 6+: 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.
eero 6+: 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.
Eero Max 7: How to Back It Up Properly
A backup you have never restored from is a hypothesis, not a backup.
Eero Max 7: 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.
Eero Max 7: How to Choose the Right Case or Cover
A case is the cheapest insurance available, and the wrong one causes overheating and blocked charging.
Eero Max 7: 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.
Eero Max 7: How to Diagnose a Problem Methodically
Changing several things at once is why most troubleshooting takes longer than it should.