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WD My Passport portable drives for Mac

September 22, 2011 5:10am PDT

Western Digital introduced two new portable drives for Mac, the My Passport Studio and My Passport for Mac. Both drives boast sleek-looking housing, portable design, and USB 2.0 connection. The...

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Blog Post

How to speed up a sluggish Mac

September 21, 2011 8:02am PDT

Wil Limoges shares his tips for speeding up a Mac that seems bogged down by performance problems.

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Q&A

Macs on Active Directory?

September 13, 2011 2:53pm PDT

Macs on Active Directory? Hey Sages, I was a little proud of myself for joining a Mac to my school's Windows Server 2003 network, until I logged in with my test student account and found that...

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TechRepublic's Mac Deployment Flowchart

September 12, 2011 12:00am PDT

Whether you're deploying Mac clients, servers, or both -- and whether you're deploying in a new or existing network with Windows servers present -- this flowchart will help you anticipate and...

Provided by: TechRepublic Pro

Discussion Threads

Clean up your Windows hard drive (screenshots)

September 9, 2011 6:32pm PDT

Clean up your Windows hard drive (screenshots) article root Mac version FYI - Disk Inventory X does the same drive visualization for Mac Mac, Does DIX... copy enable File/Folder transfer to a...

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How to upload videos, movies from iPhone to Mac computer

September 7, 2011 10:47pm PDT

How to upload videos, movies from iPhone to Mac computer Uploading videos, songs, photos, etc from iPhone to Mac PC with iTunes is difficult because Apple doesn't allow us to transfer iPhone to...

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Refurbished Macs a smart choice for smart businesses

September 7, 2011 2:16pm PDT

Refurbished Macs a smart choice for smart businesses article root Only $180? Most certified pre-owned or refurbished items come at deep discounts. This is near %15? How old are these units? Do...

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Refurbished Macs a smart choice for smart businesses

September 7, 2011 1:00pm PDT

Erik Eckel recommends refurbished Macs as a smart move when you need to replace a few systems and save money at the same time.

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Discussion Threads

Five tips for sharing data from your mobile device

August 29, 2011 2:57pm PDT

Five tips for sharing data from your mobile device article root Dropbox? Google cloud? You forgot the most obvious answer. Stick stuff in your favorite cloud and you'll have it from...

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Blog Post

Setting up and configuring FileVault 2

August 24, 2011 9:00am PDT

Wil Limoges tells you how to enable FileVault 2 in Mac Lion and points out a few gotchas to look out for along the way.

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Q&A

How do I maintain investment tracking with Quicken Essentials for Mac?

August 23, 2011 5:46am PDT

How do I maintain investment tracking with Quicken Essentials for Mac? Can downloading Apple's Rosetta onto Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) permit Quicken for Mac to track investment transactions as it...

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Discussion Threads

Macs are as secure as ever

August 15, 2011 1:40pm PDT

Macs are as secure as ever article root Sounds a little odd I think that "In that same period, I estimate we???ve removed thousands of virus and malware infections from hundreds of Windows...

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Macs are as secure as ever

August 15, 2011 1:03pm PDT

Erik Eckel responds to the Mac Defender hoopla and other claims that OS X is less secure than it used to be. Here is his perspective on why Macs are as safe as ever.

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White Papers

Adaptive Scalable Layer Filtering Process for Video Scheduling Over Wireless Networks Based on Mac Buffer Management

August 12, 2011 12:00am PDT

In this paper, the problem of scalable video delivery over a time-varying wireless channel is considered. Packet scheduling and buffer management in both Application and Medium Access Control...

Provided by: University of Paris-Sud

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Apple updates to MacBook Air and Mac minis: What changed

August 10, 2011 1:44pm PDT

But neither of these are work horse computers They are internet browsers and word processors... Apple updates to MacBook Air and Mac minis: What changed article root Why are they all so light on...

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Apple updates to MacBook Air and Mac minis: What changed

August 10, 2011 11:42am PDT

Erik Eckel notes the changed specs for the new models of MacBook Air and Mac mini's and what it might mean for business user decisions.

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Blog Post

Eight utilities and apps to get you back to school in style

August 10, 2011 6:00am PDT

Wil Limoges suggests eight apps that will help back-to-school students of any age study, stay organized, and succeed in class (or at work). Here are his favorites for Macs and iOS devices.

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Black Hat 2011 update: Macs in the crosshairs, Kaminsky on BitCoin

August 4, 2011 11:00am PDT

Black Hat 2011 update: Macs in the crosshairs, Kaminsky on BitCoin article root talks available for download Anyone know if video or audio of talks will be made available for download by the...

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Black Hat 2011 update: Macs in the crosshairs, Kaminsky on BitCoin

August 4, 2011 8:05am PDT

Deb Shinder reports on two of the sessions from Black Hat 2011 -- insecure default settings in Mac OS X and Dan Kaminsky on online payment systems, including BitCoin.

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