{"id":6235,"date":"2016-09-26T14:24:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T14:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6235"},"modified":"2016-09-26T19:13:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T19:13:42","slug":"technology-automatic-pro-aka-v3-unboxing-and-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/09\/26\/technology-automatic-pro-aka-v3-unboxing-and-install\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology: Automatic Pro (aka V3) Unboxing and Install"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='application\/json' class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links'>[{\"id\":4013,\"href\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.automatic.com\",\"archived_href\":\"http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20200619170546\\\/https:\\\/\\\/automatic.com\\\/\",\"redirect_href\":\"https:\\\/\\\/automatic.com\\\/\",\"checks\":[{\"date\":\"2025-11-05 18:34:56\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2025-11-17 04:42:33\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2025-11-29 03:37:35\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2025-12-02 06:06:10\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2025-12-08 02:13:15\",\"http_code\":503},{\"date\":\"2025-12-20 05:26:25\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2025-12-26 11:30:05\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-01-03 20:37:22\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-01-15 12:44:29\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-01-20 15:00:06\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-01-27 07:48:09\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-02-01 04:52:39\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-02-19 12:18:32\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-02-25 06:21:24\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-03-10 15:52:02\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-03-16 22:36:01\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-03-20 18:20:06\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-03-24 13:01:33\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-03-28 09:11:47\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-04-06 00:47:30\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-04-09 02:03:01\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-04-20 15:28:29\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-04-24 06:37:11\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-04-28 04:15:35\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-05-01 16:48:24\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-05-06 00:10:40\",\"http_code\":200}],\"broken\":false,\"last_checked\":{\"date\":\"2026-05-06 00:10:40\",\"http_code\":200},\"process\":\"done\"},{\"id\":4014,\"href\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/28885107773\",\"archived_href\":\"http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190118023226\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/28885107773\\\/\",\"redirect_href\":\"\",\"checks\":[{\"date\":\"2025-11-04 06:57:59\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-02-19 12:18:35\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-03-12 10:47:17\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-05-04 03:38:35\",\"http_code\":200}],\"broken\":false,\"last_checked\":{\"date\":\"2026-05-04 03:38:35\",\"http_code\":200},\"process\":\"done\"},{\"id\":4015,\"href\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/28885100253\",\"archived_href\":\"http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104065912\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/28885100253\",\"redirect_href\":\"\",\"checks\":[{\"date\":\"2026-02-19 12:18:35\",\"http_code\":200},{\"date\":\"2026-03-12 10:47:20\",\"http_code\":503},{\"date\":\"2026-05-04 03:38:34\",\"http_code\":200}],\"broken\":false,\"last_checked\":{\"date\":\"2026-05-04 03:38:34\",\"http_code\":200},\"process\":\"done\"}]<\/script>Eventually, I\u2019ll get around to a complete review of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.automatic.com\">Automatic<\/a>. Initial negative of this is that it occasionally doesn\u2019t send date up to the cloud as fast as the old unit because the dongle doesn\u2019t have cell-service at my house. It still will send data eventually but it\u2019s mostly because I live in the woods. The UI is nice. 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