Whether you use Time Machine or not, you will probably have been irritated by the constant questioning of whether you wish to use an external drive to backup with Time Machine to it. If this is the case then there is a simple way of disabling this via the command line Open Terminal & type …
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Format an external hard drive to use with Macs & PCs
Now occasionally Mac users are forced to share files with Windows users, and if using an external hard drive you will need to make sure it is readable/writable in both OS’s To do this, you will need to format the drive as FAT, this can be done with Disk Utility as follows 1. Plug your …
How do you wipe an old MacBook Air?
So, I was asked this the other day, and it can be quite tricky, basically, you need to boot from an installation disk and run Disk Utility to erase the disk. Now as the MacBook Air doesn’t have FireWire then Target Disk Mode is pretty much out of the question (although this is now an …
Dealing with Directory Corruption
If your Mac is running slow, there is a chance that you could be suffering from Directory Corruption, to find out if you are the you will need to do the following Open Disk Utility and click on your system volume, then choose Verify Disk If all is well then it will tell you with …
Repair Permissions
This is the most simple of maintenance tasks and one of the most overlooked, many people will take their machines to shops as they believe their machine has a serious problem, which can usually be fixed by this one task. To do a permissions repair you have 2 options, using the Disk Utility app (recommended …
Tips for speeding up your Mac
1. Hard Drive Space You should keep a minimum of 10% of your Hard Drive free to ensure smooth running of your machine, I normally aim for 15-20% free, so I still have a bit of space to play with If you are unsure of whats exactly is taking up your hard drive then you …
Create a bootable Lion USB key
To make a bootable Lion USB key, you will need the following 1. A USB Key, minimum 8GB, I use these 2. The Install Mac OS X Lion App Ok, so first, you need to start up your Mac Now plug the USB key into your Mac Next you will need to open Disk Utility, …