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Q&A: How to stop USB memory stick use

How can I stop our students plugging their USB memory sticks into classroom Macs?

August 17, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Sharing USB printer

What is the best way to share our USB printer so that we do not have to fight over the cable?

August 13, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Removable storage still in use

Whenever I try to eject removable storage media, I am warned that an application might still be using them. Why?

August 1, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Self-drive

My two USB drives have started to eject themselves, suddenly and without any warning. Why?

July 25, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: All in a day?

Estimated time to transfer 60 GB over Ethernet was around 24 hours. How can I speed that up?

July 23, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Down the hub

When I returned from lunch to wake the MacBook up, the printer was no longer recognised. Why?

July 23, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: FireWire draining power

When I connect an old FireWire drive to my FireWire-USB adaptor, my MacBook Air complains it is drawing too much power. How can I use this disk?

June 13, 2015 Macs, Technology

Computer Ebola

In computer security terms, BadUSB is pretty well the ultimate nightmare scenario.

June 4, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: USB drawing too much power

After I connected a Belkin USB hub to the front port of my Mac Pro, I saw a warning message that it was drawing too much power. Have I damaged that USB port?

May 27, 2015 Macs, Technology

Choosing and Using Peripheral Buses

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Out with USB 2 and in with USB 3; out with FireWire and in with Thunderbolt, then Thunderbolt 2. But which should you choose to use, and how?

April 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

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