Simply having ECC enabled doesn’t mean that damaged files can be recovered. It appears promising, but needs careful real-world evaluation.
Category Archive: Macs
We assume what we know to be impossible, and pretend that just making ‘safe’ copies of important documents will preserve them for the future.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re still allowed to do. 1: Tap, tap […]
Don’t trust those bit.ly and tinyurl.com shortened links, as they could take you somewhere nasty. This utility lets you check them out in safety.
Apps don’t work like the Finder. Most use ‘safe saves’ designed to prevent a failed save losing the original document. Here’s how they work.
Apple has pushed one update today, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]
Do you want ECC for your important documents? It’s available now, free, without the complications of ZFS or cost of RAID 6.
A nimbler version of Dintch is designed to drag and drop files and smaller folders to tag then and check their integrity.
What happens when you copy a large file to the same volume, or duplicate it, on the same APFS volume? Here are the answers.
If there’s one thing you don’t want to happen with any Mac with a T2 chip it’s a […]
The Eclectic Light Company 