Category: 723: Bootable Backups, Reader Feedback: Ejecting Stuck Disks, Tip of the Week: Do NOT Forget Your Master Password

FileVault is an encryption technology first included in Mac OS 10.4 that’s useful for anyone whose computer contains sensitive information. It can prevent unauthorized access to the items in your home folder by encrypting the entire folder with a current government-approved standard called Advanced Encryption Standard with 128-bit keys (AES-128). When you first turn on…

I was surprised at the number of responses to last week’s article on ejecting stuck disks, and thought this week would be a good time to talk about disk ejecting in more detail. Many of you suggested various utilities for ejecting disks. While each of these utilities is fine in itself, it’s important to realize…

Last week, I wrote an article about the importance of having a backup of your backup. The main scope of that article was to showcase Time Machine’s “archive” feature. I received several great responses from readers who create their secondary backups in a variety of ways and I realized there seems to be a real…

On Thursday at 7:30 PM, the Students of the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival are going to give a free performance at our “South Burlington Store.”:http://www.smalldog.com/burlington These very talented musicians will provide an hour of fine, beautiful music. It’s free to the public, and we will provide snacks. Hopefully we’ll see you there!

Happy Tuesday, It’s great to hear from Tech Tails readers. You can always just reply to the newsletter, and your message will land in a general mailbox that I monitor, or you can click on an author’s name next to an article’s title to contact an author directly. This week I decided to write more…