Just an anecdote, to tuck away in case you ever need it. I have a 256GB SSD on my internal SATA bus, which I use for my (Parallels) virtual machines. Today I decided to update Windows 10, and away we went, on a long download because I foolishly opted for developer builds a year or so […]

I was using a sparsebundle to backup my OSX drive on an always-mounted external drive. I did that because I (mistakenly) thought that would prevent the OS from seeing the extra OS.) Well, I just learned that if the drive the sparsebundle is on is a mounted drive, then the OS sees the sparsebundle as […]

Having just gone thru a bunch of USB issues in the last 48 hours, I’m prompted to share my experiences. I have 5 hubs hooked up to one machine. They are all 7 port hubs, and all of them have a power supply. 3 are USB 3.0 and two are USB 2.0. Yes, I have a lot […]

I run a few blogs, and as anyone with a blog can tell you, spam postings are more than a little annoying. For years I have tried various different WordPress plugins, some more successful than others, but most lacking, unfortunately. I’ve now been running a paid service (although the fees are very modest) that has […]

TRIM is not a simple subject, and many people do not understand it. It is NOT voodoo, and NO SSD has TRIM all by itself, simply because TRIM runs on the computer, not on the drive. ALL SSDs have garbage collection routines. What TRIM does is make those routines more efficient, by telling the SSD […]

Just thought I share what I use so that I can keep copies of important stuff (log-ins, passwords, bank accounts, credit card numbers) in “the cloud” (I hate that euphemism), and be able to have them on all my devices (Macs, phones, etc) without worry: https://www.boxcryptor.com/en/boxcryptor Yes, I pay $48 a year to have access […]

This may or may not apply to you, but if it does, there’s a quick way to filter out a bucketload of spam. Spam can be sent to an address that looks like this: dlsi.biz@proxy.dreamhost.com or valleau.gallery@proxy.dreamhost.com instead of yourname@address.com (ie myname@dlsi.biz) That is something in the form of  “address.com@proxy.yourISP.net” What’s happened here is that […]

My mini report: So: I uninstalled Intego (Virus Barrier / VB) because its RTS was so slow when copying files. [It was fine, otherwise, and didn’t seem to generally slow my Mac, but I do make a lot of clones….] to try BitDefender. BD was faster while copying files, but would slow my machine (50% of […]

 (Without wishing to revisit the whole AV discussion on Macs, but because I have decided to use it for myself, I’ll submit this note:) For reasons I don’t recall, yesterday I found myself investigating the latest reviews of AV (anti-virus) software. Based on the info found at URLs below, I ended up downloading and installing […]

I never expected to find myself saying this, but the time has finally come: I can actually recommend Windows 10. Not over OS X, mind you, but I’ve been a charter member of the “Windows sucks” club since day one. However, I’ve been playing with W10, and honestly it’s not bad. When it comes out […]