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: “Benchmarking results: Is Snow Leopard really any faster than Leopard?”

Posted: September 1st, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Benchmarking results: Is Snow Leopard really any faster than Leopard? on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: MacBook Pro, Intel Core 2, MacBook, Intel Core, Mac OS X, Time Machine

Filed under: OS, TUAW Labs, Snow LeopardBe sure to check all of our ongoing Snow Leopard coverage right here. One of the biggest features of Snow Leopard isn’t something apparent to the naked eye: software tweaks and refinements intended to make OS…


News: “Snow Leopard performance improvements are there, but small”

Posted: August 27th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Snow Leopard performance improvements are there, but small on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: MacBook Pro, Xeon, Intel Core 2, MacBook, Time Machine, Intel Core

Snow Leopard is purported to provide many small but much-needed tweaks to its predecessor, Leopard. One oft-touted tweak is a speed boost, but according to tests by Macworld the performance and speed of a few different computers improved only…


News: “Ask the Commenters Roundup”

Posted: May 3rd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

Ask the Commenters Roundup [Hive Mind] on Lifehacker
Topics: MacBook, Time Machine

What resources would you recommend to someone who wants to learn web development?How can I encrypt my USB drive?Should I buy a refurbished MacBook or spring for a new one?I’d like to set up an ultra simple and incremental backup system for my…