News: “Snow Leopard, Time Machine, and Iomega ix4-200d”

Posted: December 9th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Snow Leopard, Time Machine, and Iomega ix4-200d on blog.scottlowe.org
Topics: Mac OS X, Mac OS X v10.5, MacBook Pro, Time Machine, Property list, Apple Terminal, Apple Filing Protocol, MacBook

Chad Sakac of EMC (visit his weblog here) recently sent me an Iomega ix4-200d storage unit. Considering that I didn’t need it for my VMware lab—which runs both EMC and NetApp storage arrays—I pressed it into service at home. I…


News: “Dev seed points to upcoming MacBook Pro updates”

Posted: October 26th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Dev seed points to upcoming MacBook Pro updates on Ars Technica – All Ars Technica Content
Topics: Mac OS X, MacBook Pro, MacBook, Intel Core, Property list

If you’re looking for evidence of new or updated hardware, developer seeds aren’t always the worst place to look. Applesfera (translated link), a Spanish language Apple site, has pointed out two .plist files inside of the most recent developer seed…


News: “Clean Up and Revive Your Bloated, Sluggish Mac”

Posted: May 13th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Clean Up and Revive Your Bloated, Sluggish Mac [Mac OS X] on Lifehacker
Topics: Mac OS X, MacBook Pro, ITunes, System Preferences, MacBook, Property list, Activity Monitor

A few years back you dropped significant cash to switch over from the virus-laden world of Windows to a shiny new Mac, but over time it’s gotten slow and crufty. Let’s clean it up. Before you get started uninstalling this and deleting that, do…