Use your Apple power adapter duck with other adapters
macosxhints brings us another juicy tid-bit of information, this time pertaining to a sneaky way to save space when packing all your electronics for a trip. When I travel for more than a few days, I pack 3 power-bricks that all use the same standard two pronged power interface that is so common with consumer electronics. Rogue Monk figured out that the Apple power duck (no, I'm not sure if thats the technical term, but it works for me), that little adapter head with the flip out metal tabs that you find on your iPod adapter, 'Book adapter, and Airport Express will fit in this standard plug. Now, I'm not sure what one does if they want to use more than one of the adapters they packed at a time, but it's a cool idea none-the-less.
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This is a picture of my Cobalt Qube 2 powered with an Apple Duck adapter. Taken on June 9th (my bday :o).
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/xsmurf_photosster/a3c3b76e.jpg
I have to weigh in with the folks who appreciate this kind of post. For those of you who are smarter, or already in the know, congratulations and please share some more of these ideas with the rest of us. We like learning from you.
July 07 2006 at 3:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply#17 you're right about the tingling! I noticed it on a brand new macbook pro!
Once you plug it in with the supplied earthed cable everything's cool.
Sweet, the photo isn't very good illustration, but now my camera battery has a wall charger instead of being snaked across the floor.
I've been using the heads with my PSP charger. makes it far more portable than to have a long cord to lug around.
July 07 2006 at 1:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAnybody else get that weird tingling sensation in the powerbook when you don't use the 3 prong duck (grounded) or am I just nutty?
July 07 2006 at 1:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAlright, thats something that slipped my mind, good work posting this, one less cable to tangle up the rats nest that already is.
July 07 2006 at 10:43 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNot exactly new information. My post is over a year old.
http://themacjedi.com/files/efc69f64159d4f40ff3833cc3d575cb5-156.html
@pedant - actually, 'adaptor' and 'adapter' are both correct, although 'adaptor' is the lesser-used version. Apple use 'adapter' in the store.
July 07 2006 at 10:19 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt has been known as the PowerDuck but will be re-branded as just Mac Duck
July 07 2006 at 9:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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