Back Up Your Data & Save A Squirrel
A couple of months ago, OWC Stephen wrote an article that dealt with RAID units not being a “true” backup for your data. This caused confusion for some people; after all, RAID has built-in redundancy (it’s the first letter, for goodness’ sake!)...
Hear Your iDevices’ Full Potential
Little known and less often written about is the sound quality that the iPhone 4, iPad, and the latest iPod touch are capable of outputting. Apple must’ve upgraded something in the hardware or software design because these iDevices can output near la...
Teach your Mac New Things – Keep Your Software Up-To-Date.
Not everybody is running the “latest and greatest” versions of software. This is extra true when it’s something like Adobe Creative Suite, which can easily top a grand each time a new version comes out. While the extra features may be worth it to...
Take It from a Tech: RAID ≠ Proper Backup
I thought that today I would try to clear up a misconception that I encounter fairly often on the topic of data storage. I’ll start with a couple of examples: Say a customer is looking for a RAID solution like the NewerTech Guardian MAXimus to st...
AirPort Apparently Not The Best Place For Time Machine
We’ve gotten a couple of emails from readers wondering how to get Time Machine to work with an AirPort. Well… theoretically, getting the DeLorean up to 88 miles per hour on a long stretch of tarmac would probably be fairly straightforward. Take...
OWC Options Address Hard Drive Shortage
Over the last week or so, we’ve talked about the flooding situation in Thailand and how it will likely result in a widespread shortage of platter-based drives. In the wake of all this, a question has arisen: if you’re running out of room, what does...
Sometimes, “Recommendations” Are Actually “Requirements”
About a month ago, we talked about how MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.2 “secretly” resolved problems that 2011 MacBook Pros were having with 6.0Gb/s SATA performance. Since we posted about the fix, we’ve been hearing from customers...
Upgrade Your 06-08 Mac Pro’s Internal Bays to SATA 3.0
Most of the time, your average Mac has a longer useful life than its PC counterpart. Unfortunately, the fast evolution of technology means that, after a while, that older Mac may seem a little slow and may not be able to take full advantage of current ...
When Slower Is Actually Faster
With all the talk on new Solid State Drives and the drive transfer speeds they offer, it’s easy to overlook the time-honored, platter-based hard drive. The fact remains that there is still no better price per gigabyte when it comes to storage t...
2011 MacBook Pro SATA Problems Resolved!
If you’ve been reading the OWC Blog for the past few months, you’re probably well aware of the problems that 2011 MacBook Pros were having with 6.0Gb/s SATA performance. If you’re not familiar with it, the short form is that in many 17″...
More on the OWC SSD Updater
We’ve had a number of questions here on the blog and elsewhere regarding our updater. We figured it would be best to simply put it all in one post, to address their concerns, as well as provide a resource for those looking for this information in the...
