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“Every Mac comes with a long, bulky power cord and a small 2-prong
nub. You can interchange them, but both are far from optimal for travel
and field work (i.e. conference/convention blogging).
Here’s my fix: use a power cord from a Sony PlayStation. There are
other cords that will also fit into the Mac power brick, but the
PlayStation cord is easy to find. Where the Mac power cord is too thick
to easily coil or toss in a bag — and has a ground prong so it’s
limited to those types of AC outlets — the PlayStation cord is
ostensibly perfect. It fits into the Mac power brick, coils up nice and
small and has two prongs. Plus, you can leave your giant Mac cord at
your desk back home and don’t have to deal with dust bunnies every time
you get ready to go out the door. I always keep one PlayStation cable
stashed in my bag, so I only have to transfer the brick to the bag.
This trick’s good for any Mac laptop from the last 4-5 years, I’d
guess, if not longer. In the last four years, I’ve used it on a 12 inch
PowerBook, 13 inch MacBook, MacBook air and 2 MacBook pros. There used
to be a video game where you had to fit shapes into brackets before an
entire rig blows up. Can’t remember what it’s called, but that mindset
is kind of how I first recognized the shape on the Mac plug.”
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