With Windows, I have this whole ritual for keeping things clean that include these free utilities * Spybot. Keep immunizations up for adware, spyware and use its Tools to fix the registry of bad entries, cleanup startup groups of shovelware * Antivir. Freeware antivirus package. Just need to keep it scanning and take the regular […]
Tag: Hard Drive
Four ways to make Mac simpler
Mac 101: Four simple ways to make your Mac more efficient – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) 1. Easy access from the dock I always drag my hard drive and Applications folder into the dock. No need to minimize windows, invoke Expose or, worst of all, shuffle windows around manually to reach the folder or […]
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Mac OS X 10.5.4 problems
Well there is a bug fix release for OS X. Here are the things to watch out for: Mac OS X 10.5.4 (#4): Spotlight problems; random shutdowns; poor performance; more – MacFixIt Spotlight problems Some users have reported Spotlight problems after updating to Mac OS X 10.5.4, a relatively common occurrence with major system updates. […]
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Windows Boot Drive Crash
Even when on vacation, you find computers everywhere. Someone asked me, “what do I do? when I try to start my computer, I get a boot drive not found”. “Microsoft”:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321626 has a good discussion about what happens if you get Operating System Not Found or Missing operating system. The long and short of it is […]
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DVD Backup
Well the world is moving on to Blu-ray and I’ll have to get one of these bad boys at some point (and replace my whole television too, the lovely 250kg monster that it is). In the meantime, backing up DVDs and so forth goes on. Here’s the workflow I use. Its a little old these […]
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iPod photo dies with sad ipod icon
Yikes, I’ve never seen this icon before and it sounds like the hard drive died on our trusty Color iPod. How sad! !iPod iconology or what does this picture on my iPod mean? Sad iPod icon with exclamation point This also relates to the diagnostic software noted above. The icon means that the disk scan […]
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Terabyte Backup Drives
I never thought I’d see the day when I’d be shopping for four terabyte drives just for backups. Amazing how things have changed. Even more amazing is that it is so easy to fill a terabyte server these days with music, videos and home movies. In any case, if you need a backup for these, […]
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Time Machine Slow Initial Backup
We’ve found Time Machine incredibly, incredibly slow on the initial backup. Even with gigabit ethernet, it would backup may 3GB after 2 hours. With the way we use machines at work, it would just start over all the time. “Macrumors.com”:http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=379066 has some advice about what to do: * Turn off Time Machine * If you […]
