We futzed with this a lot, but have recently settled on a Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB USB-powered drive. We keep some hard-to-replace stuff on this machine, so it has a dedicated backup drive. The batteries in my unit needed replacing once, but fortunately are pretty standard and easily swapped. This has worked great but is presently hard to find, listed as out of stock in most places. We tried a couple of things, but I eventually found the Powercom E-Book EBK-500S, a battery backup system that can be mounted under a kitchen cabinet.
We get brownouts fairly often, so we still use an uninterruptible power supply, but with a machine floating on a swing arm, finding one that doesn’t take up the whole counter presented a challenge. (Note that there is a new version for dealing with Apple’s latest keyboard/trackpad, which we do not have.) It also lets you easily use it on your lap, if you want to. It also has the advantage of shielding them both from spills on the counter. One thing that helped way more than we expected was Henge Docks Clique, a simple plastic mount that holds the keyboard and trackpad together as a single unit. In a kitchen environment, typical mouse solutions get gummed up quickly, so the Magic Trackpad turned out to be a really good fit. We went wireless for the keyboard (the only computer in the house to do so). Note that iMacs keep getting bigger and bigger screens, so it’s not clear how long Apple will continue to sell models that fit under cabinets. follows the VESA standard, so you can tailor your mounting choice to your kitchen. Pretty much any wall mount, desk mount, articulating arm, etc. The remodel also allowed us to run CAT-6 ethernet cable into the kitchen, freeing the kitchen machine from the vagaries of wifi.Īpple doesn’t make them easy to find, but they sell a variant iMac with a built in VESA Mount instead of a stand. A swinging arm allows the iMac to be reoriented depending on use in various ways, and always keeps the computer floating off the table. Instead, part of the counter extends into something like a table/island. We have remodeled the kitchen, and the machine is no longer in a corner. With this particular model, however, we wanted to mount it on a wall mounted swinging arm. Our current model is several years old (late 2013, 21.5-inch, 3.1GHz i7).
The iMac design has refined down to now being a flat panel screen with a computer hidden inside, which works great for a kitchen, when you don’t want stray hardware and cables all over the place. We continue to use an iMac, though we’ve gone through a couple iterations since the previous post. For those who want to try something like this, hopefully you can avoid some of the trial and error we went through. A decade later, I can’t imagine not having a computer in the kitchen, but there have been some upgrades to the setup we use. If you run into problems restoring your backup file, here's how to fix them.A small discussion about my kitchen iMac on G+ a few months ago revealed that it has been over ten years since I first talked about putting a computer in the kitchen. Now you have a new company file you can work from. Don't overwrite anything unless you know you want to. If you see any messages about possibly overwriting your data, select the option that best fits your needs. Or you can save the backup in a completely separate folder. To avoid overwriting anything, you can rename your existing company file or the backup so the names are unique.
Note: If you open the backup in the same folder as your existing company file, you may overwrite your data.
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