Tag: hard drive

Disk Utility vs Partition Manager Software

Segregating data according to its use enhances accessibility and helps you to increase the efficiency of your Mac; and therefore, it is recommended to partition your hard drive. The inbuilt utility of your Mac, i.e. ‘Disk Utility’ lets you manage partitions on it. With the help of this useful inbuilt tool of Mac, you can… Continue reading Disk Utility vs Partition Manager Software

Most Annoying IT Problems & How To Solve Them

Computers are one of the most inspiringly brilliant and yet absolutely infuriating developments of our modern age. Their breathtaking possibilities can illuminate lives whilst at the same time making simple tasks completely impossible. Image by hannaford So here for your consideration are the most annoying IT problems along with some suggestions on how to solve… Continue reading Most Annoying IT Problems & How To Solve Them

Top Recovery Applications for Windows

On Oct 26th, Microsoft unveiled its new operating system (Windows 8) and their first tablet (Surface) to the world. The Metro titles have been seen before on the Windows 7 phones and for those lucky folks that managed to get the beta of 8 up and running on their computers. Microsoft is taking a page… Continue reading Top Recovery Applications for Windows

Incorrect File Permissions on Mac OS X Startup Disk May Cause Issues Working With MS Office Applications

File system and media corruption are a fair occurrence when you do not perform routine maintenance of your Mac. Let’s consider a real-time example. Suppose, you have installed MS Office for Mac on your system running Mac OS X 10.7. You encounter an array of issues while using any of your Office applications and receive… Continue reading Incorrect File Permissions on Mac OS X Startup Disk May Cause Issues Working With MS Office Applications

Advantages of Fast Mac

If your Mac is slow and you are ignoring it, then you are cheating yourself because, a slow Mac is basically an unhealthy Mac, and just because of its health, it is unable to deliver peak performance. Just like your closet, you Mac too requires regular clean up otherwise it starts showing performance issues. Many… Continue reading Advantages of Fast Mac

Rugged Hard Disks

Data Storage and Data Protection has become the necessity in the today’s world. Many would definitely prefer storing on cloud but how about if you got some important files worth of hundreds of gigabytes? Security and cost to it is your major concern then how can you overcome with it? The only solution to it… Continue reading Rugged Hard Disks

Don't run in fear of SSD, embrace it!

We’re not talking about scary monsters or potentially fatal contagious diseases here, we’re talking about computers! And SSD is your friend, in more ways than you can ever imagine! You’ll be forgiven if you’re not completely familiar with the term, as it has entered the modern lexicon fairly recently. It stands for solid-state drive, and… Continue reading Don't run in fear of SSD, embrace it!

Computer Technology – Build Your Own Or Buy Prebuilt?

Computers have become central to pretty much all aspects of our lives. You use them for work, communicating with friends and family, for games and relaxation, for research and even for shopping. While there are still people who don’t have a computer in their homes, it’s become incredibly rare. Of course, at some point you’re… Continue reading Computer Technology – Build Your Own Or Buy Prebuilt?

Top Reasons Why Your Hard Drive is Creating Issues

Hard drive serves as the prime location on a computer where we store files, applications, folders and various types of other data. In fact, hard disk drive has the ability to store huge amount of data. For every application that we access, the data is extracted from hard drive to RAM (random access memory) for… Continue reading Top Reasons Why Your Hard Drive is Creating Issues