I couldn’t make Dr. Prius see the OBDLink CX (to be fair, I couldn’t find any evidence that Dr. Prius supports it), so I tried the free version of Car Scanner instead. It worked perfectly, and if I’m interpreting its results correctly, the hybrid battery in the Prius is in good shape (all 14 cells have nearly the same voltage and very low internal resistance (0.03 ohms)).

I was so impressed by Car Scanner that I splurged $6.99 for the pro version. 😄

We stayed out of stores and malls today, but I took advantage of early Black Friday pricing all week.

On Wednesday, I bought a pair of 2nd Generation AirPods Pro at Best Buy to replace my old ones (I even got a $45 trade-in for the old ones!) and the Samsung T7 I mentioned yesterday; I gave them both a workout today.

I’d also ordered a few things from Amazon which arrived today (affliate links follow). The first two will be useful for travel:

• Nekteck 360° Rotating Flat Extension Cord
• Anker 2-in-1 Hybrid Charger 10,000mAh/30W

I hope never to need this one:

• Luxtude Car Window Breaker

Thanks to Mac Power Users‘s Gift Guide episode for suggesting those three items.

I also picked up a OBDLink CX OBD2 adapter to use with A Better Route Planner in the EV-6; I’m also hoping to use it to find out the state of the hybrid battery in our Prius, but the first app I tried (Dr. Prius) doesn’t work with this adapter, so I’ll keep trying.

And I bought a bunch of software, too (no affiliate links):

• TurboTax 2023 (from Costco; it’s cheaper there than any of the stores featured in the email that TurboTax sent me today)
• Secure Shellfish (terminal emulation for iPhone and iPad)
• SuperDuper (disk duplication for Mac; I upgraded to the Apple Silicon-native version)

I also upgraded one of my Macs to Sonoma (after making a full backup of the computer onto the new T7 using the new version of SuperDuper, of course), and so far, it’s been completely uneventful. Hooray!