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Additional Gigabit Ethernet ports for your Mac
If you need additional Gigabit Ethernet ports for your Mac, there are several options depending on what accessory ports you have on your Mac. If you have one of the latest models with Thunderbolt...
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The hunt for the fastest SSD: Winter 2013 edition
In the market for a SSD replacement of your mechanical hard drive? Are you tired of synthetic benchmarks and holy wars in SSD forums? I’ve got some pure numbers here for the most popular models:...
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LaCie 5big Thunderbolt 20Tb Blackmagic Disk Speed Tests
LaCie 5big Thunderbolt 10Tb and 20Tb models are the latest storage solutions available for video production professionals. The Thunderbolt interface virtually unlocks the bandwidth limitation for the...
View ArticleUpdated fix for “Still waiting for root device” on OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion
Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion update to 10.8.3 has yet again modified the IOAHCIFamily.kext, resulting in a failed boot with the “Still waiting for root device” for only a small fraction of users compared...
View ArticleLocating Photo Stream files in Finder on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
If you ever wanted to access your Photo Stream files directly on your Mac, this one is for you, the files are located in: ~/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/assets/sub/ Just hit command...
View ArticleEnable dual screen support on AMD Radeon 6870 under OS X 10.8
To enable the dual screen support on a multi-monitor Hackintosh equipped with an AMD Radeon HD 6870 under OS X Mountain Lion (this works with the current 10.8.4 too), enter the following shell code...
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Samsung 840 Pro performance in Mac Mini i7 Late 2012
I’ve just installed the 256Gb version of Samsung 840 Pro into my Mac Mini 2.3Ghz i7 (Macmini6,2) running OS X 10.8.4 Mountain Lion and am drooling all over its performance: 520MB/s read and 499MB/s...
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How to create a bootable Mavericks USB installer disk
If you need to do a clear install of OS X 10.9 Mavericks without resorting to the Internet Recovery or Recovery HD partition, here is how. You will need the “Install OS X Mavericks App” from the Mac...
View ArticleEnable TRIM support on OS X 10.9.4 for 3rd-party SSDs
To enable the TRIM support on OS X 10.9.4 for a 3rd-party SSD drive, enter the following commands into your Terminal session: sudo perl -pi -e...
View ArticleEnable TRIM support on OS X 10.9.5 for 3rd-party SSDs
To enable the TRIM support on OS X 10.9.5 for a 3rd-party SSD drive, enter the following commands into your Terminal session: sudo perl -pi -e...
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