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ziggyonice

macrumors 68020
Original poster
Mar 12, 2006
2,385
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Rural America
Working for a business that deals a lot with Mac notebooks, we're looking for a way to manage our MagSafe cords. We have a counter in which we set the computers on, and underneath the counter we keep all the cords.

We have some retractable Ethernet cords (which are wonderful), but does anyone know of a way to make MagSafe cords retractable? Or is there a DIY way to make your own retractable cords? I thought about getting a retractable box of some kind, gutting it, and putting in the MagSafe, but not sure where to start.
 

slapguts

macrumors 6502a
Jan 10, 2008
661
0
Seen these?

http://www.quirky.com/products/15-PowerCurl

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ziggyonice

macrumors 68020
Original poster
Mar 12, 2006
2,385
1
Rural America

Just saw that on TUAW. But... their website led me to something else. This.

The Sling Back is a universal wire retractor that, being universal and all, holds any type of cord that’s up to 1/8” in diameter. What does that cover? Oh, it’ll manage all your headphone cords, small power cables, USB cords, firewire cables, printer cords, etc. And when we say “manage” we mean it’ll suck up over 3 feet of cable in one fell swoop.

I'm ordering now! But it's on pre-sale... more people need to buy it! :(
 
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