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A comment on Show HN: I made an app that tracks your devices' batteries from your Mac.

Re:Show HN: I made an app that tracks your devices' batterie... by captaincrowbar on Thursday December 16, 2021 @08:42PM (#29586697)
I like the idea, and I'd be happy to pay for it if it worked properly, but I can't get it to see my iPad. I followed the procedure at the bottom of your page but it still doesn't work. My iPhone shows up (didn't need to do anything for that) but I can't get the iPad to work.

A couple of other issues:

- The linking procedure is poorly explained. It took me a while to figure out what you wanted me to do. (Maybe I still got it wrong.) Showing devices in Finder is a feature most people have probably never heard about - who has any reason to physically plug a device into a Mac these days? I had never seen that screen before.

- I suspect you only tested this on laptops, because it tries to show the battery status of my desktop iMac and reports "Battery 0% Power Source: Unknown" :)

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Re:Show HN: I made an app that tracks your devices' batterie... by filchermcurr on Thursday December 16, 2021 @11:12PM (#29587647)
Vaguely off topic, but I plug my devices into my mac to charge and make local backups. I guess theoretically backing up locally works over wifi (it's an option, anyway), but I've not once had it succeed. I just tried it on two devices for the sake of this comment and both failed.
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Re:Show HN: I made an app that tracks your devices' batterie... by ronyfadel on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:20AM (#29590238)
Hey! Please email me (address in bio) and we’ll get this sorted out.

Mainly geared for MBP, yes, but Desktops will get some love too.

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Re:Show HN: I made an app that tracks your devices' batterie... by captaincrowbar on Monday December 20, 2021 @12:36AM (#29621863)
Tried to contact you but can't find your address.
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