Category: 763: Hybrid HD Firmware Update, Hybrid Hard Drive Initial Experience, Apple Launches New Support Communities

If you sought support from Apple’s user discussion forums over the weekend, you may have noticed the service was down for an extended period of time on Saturday. This was due to Apple’s rollout of its completely redesigned forum platform. Rebranded “*Apple Support Communities,*”:https://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa the service, and its encompassing pages, have undergone a complete redesign…

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…

I republished my initial impressions of the Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Hard drive below. It’s a significant advance in mass storage, with a 500GB traditional spinning platter system and 4GB of SSD cache to speed up everyday operations. I did notice that mine was operating a little warmer than I’d like it to, but then…

Happy Tuesday, It’s looking more and more like Spring every day. The giant icebergs out in the field are mostly melted, and while there is a thin crust of ice on the pond many mornings, the ice floating in it is nearly gone as well. Owen and I try to take a walk along the…