Category: 937: Backup Options, Advanced Backup, Flash Drives

One of the most handy tools for anyone in the IT field is the USB flash drive. My absolute favorite USB drives to use are the MIMOBOTS (pronounced MEE-mo-bots). Launched in 2005 by Mimoco, MIMOBOTS are designer “toy” USB Flash Drives designed to look like famous people, cartoons and movie characters. The company provides a…

If data loss is a concern of yours (and it should be) backing up your Mac to hard drive (HDD) is one of the most important things you can do. Although any HDD can fail at anytime, having a clone of your internal HDD to an external HDD lowers the chances by half. The more…

We talk a lot about the importance of backup, but we don’t always go into detail about how we back up. I will make an effort of detailing most of what I do. I make the conditional statement of “most of” because I dabble and experiment a lot and frequently forget about that cloud service…

_Hello Fellow Tech Enthusiasts,_ Here in the Service Department at Small Dog, we often have to deliver bad news about what has gone wrong with your computer and how much it will cost to fix. Hopefully, all of you out there have purchased AppleCare as it is the best extended warranty out there and will…