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Adding an SSD to a hackintosh HD installation 3 Nov 2012 | 08:46 pm
There is much interest in Apple’s new Fusion Drive for Macs, where an SSD and conventional Hard Drive are paired into one drive. Files are automatically moved between the SSD and HD depending on usage...
Switching from BIOS to UEFI 3 Nov 2012 | 04:33 pm
For the past few generations of OSX on generic Intel hardware there has been a choice between using a DSDT matched to your motherboard and BIOS, or a selection of additional files to provide full hard...
OS X Mountain Lion Update v10.8.1 released 23 Aug 2012 | 08:48 pm
The first Mac OS X 10.8 update is now available through the app store, weighing in at a surprisingly trim 24.2 Mb. It’s just installed on my Macbook Air while my main Hackintosh starts the ritual back...
Hackintosh upgrade from 10.7 to 10.8 26 Jul 2012 | 11:52 pm
There are plenty of excellent reviews of Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion, so this post will focus on the steps taken to upgrade my fully working 10.7.4 system to 10.8. This is not intended as a complete ins...
iPad WiFi 3rd generation review 30 Mar 2012 | 11:05 pm
The launch of The New iPad is following a similar pattern to some previous Apple device launches. The initial reviews are a mix of “it’s amazing“, “it’s a great device with frustrating Apple limitatio...
iPad 3rd Generation unboxing and screenshots 17 Mar 2012 | 01:07 am
My new iPad arrived at around 11am, so here are my first thoughts and some unboxing photo’s. More to follow as I compare it to my 1st Generation iPad, with some screengrabs from both to get an idea of...
Thoughts on the new iPad 12 Mar 2012 | 01:50 am
The image above sums up my thoughts, I ordered a 64Gb WiFi only iPad 3rd generation as soon as they were available for pre-order in the UK. As the owner of a 32Gb first generation iPad that I use eve...
Moving to Crashplan online backup 11 Mar 2012 | 05:09 am
I recently detailed my problems with Backzup and LiveDrive, and have since found Carbonite’s throttling of backup speeds has made the service unusable. I had to contact Carbonite after upgrading my se...
What’s up with Backzup? 10 Jan 2012 | 12:26 am
On 14th December 2011 I signed up for a free 512Gb online backup account at Backzup. I was initially doubtful that the service could provide that amount of free backup, but it worked well. Backzup is ...
Lion SMB problems and using a WDTV media streamer 3 Jan 2012 | 06:20 am
Shortly after setting up a new Lion server I found my WDTV Live media streamer was no longer able to connect to its SMB shares. A search showed major incompatibilities for Windows and Linux Samba clie...
