QuickBooks update shreds Mac hard drives
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Do not install a QuickBooks update seeded over the weekend if you're a Mac user, as multiple users are reporting that the update erases files from the Desktop folder.
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At one point, Apple had promoted a feature of Time Machine that let you back up multiple Macs over a wireless network to an external hard drive, but the final version of Leopard doesn't have that capability.
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The easy use drives provide automatic file backup and synchronization capabilities for Macs and PCs.
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Max capacity or max data security Western Digital has beefed up its My Book Pro line of external hard drives with a RAID-equipped model that packs in two HDDs to yield a whopping terabyte of unformatted storage capacity.â¦
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Amazing, but ... Comment This week I attended an event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View that celebrated the golden anniversary of the IBM RAMAC 305, the first hard disk drive storage system.â¦
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Cures for an update gone bad, a trashed Registry, and a shutdown failure.
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Shake it, baby CES on Video Vigorously shake a hard drive and you'll kill it. Lexar Crucial reckons that's just not a problem with Flash-based solid-state drives, and it set out to prove it...â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Apple Inc.'s update to Mac OS X 10.4.10 last week is driving some users crazy from a new popping sound.  Dubbed "Snap Crackle Pop" on Apple's support forum by the first to note the problem, the noise was irritating enough for one to call it "maddening," while another claimed it "would slowly drive me insane."  On the original thread, users narrowed the issue to Intel-based Macs connected to external speakers, and theorized that the pop stemmed from the audio system powering on or off, a feature designed to reduce battery drain. Non-notebook owners, however -- including several with Mac minis and at least one with an iMac -- reported the problem, as did MacBook and MacBook Pro users running their computers on AC power.  Some defended Apple. "It is incredibly implausible that Apple would somehow miss such an obvious issue that affected so many of its current products," wrote someone identified as "R C-R." Others, however, declared that bunk, even going so far as to take their Macs back to 10.4.9 to report that the "pop" disappeared; it returned when they updated again to 10.4.10.  On another thread, a user tagged as "Tony Piper" offered a workaround, which involved installing a "silent" audio file that continuously played in the background. "The audio subsystem doesn't have a chance to go to sleep, and therefore the pops disappear," said Piper. Several users reported that the workaround, which Piper tweaked until it was available as a download, did the trick.  Apple was not available for comment.
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My black MacBook, purchased in May of last year, a day after the product was announced and a day after the computer it replaced, a white G4 iBook, died -- died itself earlier today. There was an evil clicking sound coming from the back. The spinning rainbow cursor. Reboot it to see a disk with a flashing question mark.  The death of the black MacBook can only mean that there's a new sexy Apple laptop coming soon. Somewhere between a fat version of the iPhone and a Sony Vaio. Hope it has a real keyboard, not a virtual one.
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Of all the comments on the hard drive, and there have been hundreds, this one explains it best. I'm sorry to hear about your experience at the Apple Store. I was a "genius" for a year and can assure you that the policy regarding HDs was frustrating to us as well. In warranty it wasn't so hard to justify, but out of warranty customers often had a problem with it. My recommendation to them (and to you) is the same. AASPs often do not have the same contractual obligations with HD manufacturers that Apple does, so they may very well let you keep it. If you still wanted to have it done through an Apple store, take a magnet to it before you hand it over. The techs have better things to do than trawl through your personal data (there are exceptions, of course), but if it sets your mind at ease- go for it. Honestly, I would do this in your position because I have read of people getting reman drives with other people's data still on them. But that would have nothing to do with Apple and everything to do with the companies contracted to remanufacture the HDs.Not much more to say after that. I will probably write a summary tomorrow.
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Intuit Inc. said that a patch for a bug in QuickBooks on the Mac that erased files from users' hard drives did not completely fix the flaw.
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Computer Associates on Monday announced it is upgrading and consolidating its storage management software line. The computer software giant is offering 13 new versions of its BrightStor storage management line and also announced a new product in a move to better compete with rivals EMC and Veritas Software.
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Tired of the clutter on your desktop? The latest Mac OS X killer tip shows you how you can use Expos&#233;, one of the coolest features of Mac OS X, to clean it up &#151; instantly. [Nov 17]
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Fixes for Time Machine and Finder accompany the latest version of Mac OS X Leopard, released Monday afternoon through Software Update.
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Apple has posted a software update specifically for MacBook Pro laptops running at 2.2GHz and 2.4GHz.
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Current versions of FileMaker aren't compatible with the new Mac OS, even though Apple owns the company.
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Electronic storage will kill high-definition discs, says hard drive king's Bill Watkins. He's got other opinions, too.