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Moving to a new Mac: planned, or pushed

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Have you just got a new Mac, or have you just ordered one to replace an old, ailing, or dead one? Here is advice on making the move from old to new.

December 16, 2015 Macs, Technology

From disaster back to normal: rebuilding the RAID

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How I recovered my broken RAID backups, and got everything working again.

December 4, 2015 Macs, Technology

Drive failed, so what’s important?

Even the most disorganised adult has some system of discriminating what things are most important – but not computers.

November 30, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Spotlight indexing Time Machine backups

My external drive hosting Time Machine backups cannot be ejected, so I switch it off or pull the cable. How can I stop Spotlight from indexing it?

October 31, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Looking for an old phone number

How can I find an old phone number in my Time Machine backup?

October 24, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Files with strange names

I have found some files with odd names which occupy lots of space. Can I delete them?

October 4, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Time Machine out of control?

Backups have started to eat away at the free space on the backup drive very quickly. How can I control this?

September 23, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Drive failed to wake from sleep

When my external drive woke from sleep. it needed repair, but Disk Utility cannot help. What should I do?

September 10, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Time Machine and NAS

How well would Time Machine back up to a NAS?

September 7, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Time Machine or file server backup?

Our ten Macs back up work in progress to a server. Should they also run Time Machine?

September 3, 2015 Macs, Technology

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