Please treat your Mac to a UPS

WE LIKE TO think that utilities such as electricity are reliable, but know they’re not. If your Mac is any variety of MacBook, that’s no problem because it’s designed to switch to its internal battery in the event of wall power failure, and can’t take advantage of an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) anyway.

But Mac minis, iMacs and especially Mac Pros die when the power stops. Good design now makes them less vulnerable to electronic damage, but some will only come back to life after expensive surgery, and all will lose unsaved data.

Your UPS doesn’t need to run your Mac for long, but it’s far better to have sufficient endurance on battery power for just a few minutes to shut everything down properly. A UPS is an extra expense but it could save you from data loss.