MagSafe power supply remedy

 One of the few weaknesses of the MacBook seems to be the clever power supply cable. It looks very neat with its tiny magnetic connector that you sort of stick on the side of the MacBook, and the wires all coil up and clip together to make it a very neat package to carry around. However, the thin cable that connects the computer to the brick has a tendency to fail. I have friends who have got through several of these during their MacBook's life.

So here's a handy - and cheap - way to extend the life of a MagSafe adapter, courtesy of MacWorld.com and the unfortunate Jeff Porten who was almost left powerless at last week's CES show in Las Vegas - http://www.macworld.com/article/145669/magsafe_fix.html