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Drive safely: testing hard drives the hard way

Few users can report the results of testing over 61,000 hard drives for three months. Backblaze just has.

May 20, 2016 Macs, Technology

My network connection is not unplugged: a KEXT, a MAC, and an almost dead Mac

Sunday morning nightmare: how a missing component of OS X brought my iMac to its knees.

February 29, 2016 Macs, Technology

From a broken Promise to an even bigger Promise

A second hard drive failure in my Promise Pegasus RAID system forces some choices.

February 10, 2016 Macs, Technology

BT and the largest UK Internet failure?

With “hundreds of thousands” of customers left without Internet connections for several hours, BT’s massive outage is too unimportant for its own News site.

February 3, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Lead-free graphics cards: a problem?

How a well-intended ban to limit lead pollution could end up making other toxicity worse.

December 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: That hard disk is no more

The old drive in my Mac Pro has a S.M.A.R.T. status of ‘failed’. Should I move it to a different drive slot?

November 17, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Failed new hard disk?

The new 4 TB hard disk I have just installed in my Mac Pro has become uncooperative. Has it died already?

September 26, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Lights on, no disk mounting

The drive light is green, the disk can be heard spinning, but it does not mount. Is it dead?

August 9, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Can I trust modern external hard drives?

What should I use as an archive if I cannot trust modern external hard drives?

August 6, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: New Broadband, no connection

I have been unable to get my Mac to connect to our new broadband service. How can I get it online?

August 1, 2015 Macs, Technology

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