Time Machine – anywhere, anytime!
One of the nice new features of OS X Lion is that you can access your Time Machine backups even when you are disconnected from the drive such as on the commute to work or even while on holiday. The...
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iCloud? Time Machine? Noooo……! We’re talking about the best way to backup your precious data, not the most convenient way… What’s wrong with using the cloud? The fact that you need an internet...
View Articlehow to remove a boot.efi file from Trash
Click on the Trash can on the Dock, hold down the ‘option’ key and click the ‘Empty’ button over there on the left side of the window. If this doesn’t do it, the file may be in the .Trash folder of...
View Articleeject all your disks at once
Here’s a simple AppleScript one-liner that can be useful if, like me, you have several disks connected to your laptop at home or the office and you need to get up and go quickly. 1. Open the...
View Articlehow to see what Time Machine has and will backup
If you find Time Machine’s taciturn silence on what it has and will do a bit frustrating at times, the command line utility tmutil can offer you a bit more insight. In particular, if you’d like to see...
View ArticleTime Machine – anywhere, anytime!
One of the nice new features of OS X Lion is that you can access your Time Machine backups even when you are disconnected from the drive such as on the commute to work or even while on holiday. The...
View Articlehow to back up your Mac – the best way!
iCloud? Time Machine? Noooo……! We’re talking about the best way to backup your precious data, not the most convenient way… What’s wrong with using the cloud? The fact that you need an internet...
View Articlehow to remove a boot.efi file from Trash
Click on the Trash can on the Dock, hold down the ‘option’ key and click the ‘Empty’ button over there on the left side of the window. If this doesn’t do it, the file may be in the .Trash folder of...
View Articleeject all your disks at once
Here’s a simple AppleScript one-liner that can be useful if, like me, you have several disks connected to your laptop at home or the office and you need to get up and go quickly. 1. Open the...
View Articlehow to see what Time Machine has and will backup
If you find Time Machine’s taciturn silence on what it has and will do a bit frustrating at times, the command line utility tmutil can offer you a bit more insight. In particular, if you’d like to see...
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