Category: 729: TopTen.plist, Hybrid Hard Drive: A Few Weeks In, Meet Ditto, How to Clone a Hard Drive

I wrote about hybrid hard drives in the last article of this Tech Tails issue, and one critical step in any hard drive upgrade or replacement is to clone your data from the old drive to the new drive. There are several ways to accomplish this, but in my book the easiest way is to…

It’s very common for technicians to run into hard drives or files that are on the brink of failure or that contain corrupted files which can hang up traditional backup and transfer methods. Disk Utility can be used to create an image of a folder or drive, but tends to throw an input/output error at…

I wrote about hybrid articles in “two”:http://blog.smalldog.com/techtails/?c=tt716 Tech Tails “issues,”:http://blog.smalldog.com/techtails/?c=tt726 and installed one in my MacBook Pro late last month. Installation is a cinch in any unibody MacBook or MacBook Pro, and is completely doable for anyone. Of course, you should ensure that you’re properly grounded and ESD compliant, and we won’t be held responsible…

Last Thursday we launched a new feature called *TopTen.plist* on our blog, “Barkings.”:http://blog.smalldog.com TopTen.plist is a weekly list of the top ten items related to our favorite subjects. Our favorite subjects, of course, are basically Macs, software titles for Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod, apps, music, dogs, hot dogs, food, gadgets, food, the environment, food, Apple…

Happy Tuesday, Demolition is complete in our new Manchester, NH store, and construction is underway. We’ve been planning for many months now, and it’s very exciting to see this kind of progress. Katie, Will, and Michelle are living in New Hampshire full time, and the hiring engine is still at full steam. If you live…