Magnets. Powerful magnets.
You are using too much.
What would that do?
How should I know? That’s what the post I quoted is suggesting.
I’ll try using less. Is it based on the number of items to be washed, or is it a fixed amount per wash?
Per wash. It is also possible cheap powder will never all dissolve. You get what you pay for.
Also you can defrost meat in a dishwasher, and I’ve heard you can steam fish but I’ve never done it myself.
So…if all the other appliances in your kitchen go kaput you can still make dinner 
Something I haven’t seen mentioned yet and maybe you already know this, but you also need to turn on your sink faucet until the water runs hot, before turning on your dishwasher. At least that’s how mine works. Maybe some of the newer units operate differently. If you have tankless hot water, you wouldn’t need to do this.
I use Cascade Complete (powder) and Jet-Dry (the blue liquid) for a rinse agent. No problems with spotting, but don’t put your nice crystal glassware in the dishwasher – it’ll get cloudy.
You fool! You were supposed to encourage regular liquid soap and then laugh when he returns fuming!
Yeesh!
Seriously, get dishwasher soap. It’s essential, though I find store brand works equally fine to brand name.
Actually, AFAIK, most dishwashers have a heating element in the bottom to heat the water to whatever temp is necessary, so you probably don’t have to run your faucet before starting it up. The heating element is the reason why plastic items are supposed to go in the top rack only. If you’ve ever had a small plastic lid or other item fall down into the bottom of the dishwasher and get melted, you already know this.
I was always told to put handles down on the silverware basket, because the basket itself and the other silverware keep it from getting completely clean…with the working end up, the food and other debris get the full force of the water…and when you take them out, you can grab them just under the business portion, or just have clean hands! Oh, and when the business end is up, it makes it easier to sort out the individual types as you put them away…
And scrape off chunks, but don’t waste water and energy rinsing them…you may as well hand wash if you are going to prewash them.
I wash my hands before putting away clean dishes?
Handle down for spoons and forks! Otherwise all the spoons will spoon and the forks will too. Then they don’t get clean. That’s why the cutlery basket has all those slots, to hold the spoons, forks and knives the right way. Spoons and forks handle down, knives blade down. (And I wish my partner agreed with me!)
The two parts of the soap compartment are for normal loads and extra dirty loads. There may be lettering in there telling you how much it takes to fill each part. The lid will open automatically after the prewash rinse.
Rinse aid is dispensed from a separate reservoir, usually filled by untwisting its lid and filling till nearly overflowing. It takes a surprising amount in our washer, about half a bottle of rinse aid fluid. This stuff keeps your glassware from streaking.
We’ve cleaned crystal glasses in our washer without them becoming cloudy, but maybe they would if washed in there everyday.
Anything that can’t be washed in there doesn’t last long in our house. If it’s not dishwasher safe, then out it goes unless there are good reasons (sentimental or utility) for it to stay.
Examples of exceptions are champagne flutes with gold leaf decoration and a favourite grater which rusts if washed in the machine.