A word of warning on SMART diagnosticsI've just had a near-death experience with a RAID0 set of 4x3TB WD RE3s inside my speed-bumped 5,1 (booting off a separate SSD). They're just over 3 years old (Jan 2013), and have performed flawlessly til this morning...view more
Encrypt Files on Your MacLots of users save confidential information on their Macs. Private data needs to be protected and secured to prevent unwanted access and identity theft. Fortunately, Mac users have lot of possible encryption opt...view more
User Tip User Tip: Creating a lean, fast Boot Drive
User Tip: Creating a lean, fast Boot DriveOne of the best speedups for any Mac that can support multiple drives is to create a Boot Drive, with only System, Library, Applications, and the hidden Unix files including Paging/Swap. This improves overall performa...view more
Sleep indicator light behaviorSometimes the sleep indicator light/power indicator light may behave oddly. Apple wrote this support article to discuss the meaning behind those behaviors: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4167view more
Do not install MacKeeperMany users will see references to an application called MacKeeper on various web sites and via pop-ups on their browser. Not only is it expensive for what it purports to do (freeware applications that do the same or m...view more
What type of machine do I have?This is a Mac Pro: This is a PowerMac G5: Note the difference in the front in terms of the number of optical drive bays. Note they are both tower desktop machines. For PowerMac post here: ht...view more
..Step by Step to fix your MacHello and welcome to my User Tip If this User Tip appears to be quite involved, it's designed to very through and systematic process to achieve success. It's designed for those who already ...view more