Category: 795: Lion and FileVault 2, Lion’s Recovery Partition, AirPlay Mirroring, TotW: Cold Weather Care, Garage Sale

Our famous Garage Sale–Winter 2011 edition–kicks off today starting at 10 a.m. EST. We’ve been combing the Small Dog warehouse for deals to include in the sale and think you’ll be excited about some of the fun things we discovered in there! The full list of garage sale items is available at “*www.smalldog.com/garagesale*”:http://www.smalldog.com/garagesale. Orders will…

During the colder months, it’s important keep in mind that cold objects entering a warm, moist environment (like your home or workplace) will become damp with condensation. As liquid exposure of any type can void your warranty and result in costly repair, and as Apple now installs liquid exposure indicators inside each of its products,…

With the release of iOS 5, Apple has raised the bar in digital entertainment once again. iOS 5 supports a feature called AirPlay Mirroring. AirPlay Mirroring allows you to wirelessly mirror your iOS device onto your television via Apple TV. This is an amazing new way to interact with the iPad, iPhone or iPod touch,…

We’ve seen some issues with Lion installations, particularly regarding the creation of the recovery partition. If you use a non-standard disk format (such as case-sensitive HFS+), have multiple partitions, or even Boot Camp, you’ll have issues installing Lion. In most cases, you’ll have to delete the Boot Camp partition from your machine so that Lion…

With the release of Lion, Apple made significant changes to FileVault. From its debut in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, FileVault encrypted only users’ home folders. This was adequate for many, but it left the rest of a hard drive unencrypted. In Lion, the whole drive is encrypted instead of individual user accounts. FileVault and…

Happy Tuesday, Our “*three retail stores*”:http://www.smalldog.com/retail saw record traffic last Friday and through the weekend, just as expected. “*Smalldog.com*”:http://www.smalldog.com saw heavy traffic as well, and many of you took advantage of some pretty excellent specials. The iPad, Hammerhead cases and Chill Pill Mobile Speakers were customer favorites, and MacBook Air continues to sell quickly as…