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Six years old and it didn't die long ago? That's... 51 Views / 4 Replies  
Six years old and it didn't die long ago? That's far longer than any slot-loading optical drive I've used has lasted. Count your blessings and get a new optical drive.

I recommend an external,...
Posted by CharlesS, on Today at 12:36 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Getting a newer libcurl shoudn't be that tricky;... 206 Views / 12 Replies  
Getting a newer libcurl shoudn't be that tricky; all you'd probably need to do would be to install it from MacPorts, and then use install_name_tool to point the app at /opt/local/lib/libcurl.4.dylib...
Posted by CharlesS, on May 16, 2013 at 10:48 PM, in Mac OS X
Samsung 840 Pro, yes; Samsung 840, no. The... 595 Views / 24 Replies  
Samsung 840 Pro, yes; Samsung 840, no. The regular 840 model is a TLC drive, as opposed to most SSDs on the market which are MLC. TLC drives pack the data more tightly than MLC drives, allowing...
Posted by CharlesS, on May 7, 2013 at 05:00 PM, in Mac OS X
I agree. Apple should switch to their old-school... 1,254 Views / 16 Replies  
I agree. Apple should switch to their old-school naming system. They could have the iPad Performa 475, 476, and 477, all of which would differ slightly in the amount of memory and storage they...
Posted by CharlesS, on Apr 6, 2013 at 11:14 PM, in Mac News
That's an interesting problem. There used to be... 1,020 Views / 16 Replies  
That's an interesting problem. There used to be quite a few USB/FireWire to SCSI adapters on the market, including these:

FireWire(IEEE1394) to Ultra SCSI Converter FR1SX...
Posted by CharlesS, on Apr 1, 2013 at 03:46 PM, in Mac Desktops
He already did pretty much the equivalent of... 391 Views / 4 Replies  
He already did pretty much the equivalent of that; dd'ing a drive with the noerror option will cause it to write all the blocks on the disk, skipping bad sectors and writing zeros in their place, and...
Posted by CharlesS, on Mar 11, 2013 at 10:39 PM, in Mac Desktops
I've made a quick-and-dirty Perl script which... 301 Views / 5 Replies  
I've made a quick-and-dirty Perl script which will scan your hard drive, and make you a list of hard links which are linked to the same inode. However, because of points #2 and #3 in my post above,...
Posted by CharlesS, on Mar 1, 2013 at 04:10 AM, in Mac OS X
P: Not really, since the hack works, IIRC, by... 301 Views / 5 Replies  
P: Not really, since the hack works, IIRC, by using the HFS+ Private Data directory to represent the inodes. Hard links are implemented as aliases to those inodes, but there's no way that I know of...
Posted by CharlesS, on Feb 28, 2013 at 12:50 PM, in Mac OS X
It can't be done. Not practically, anyway. ... 301 Views / 5 Replies  
It can't be done. Not practically, anyway.

Hard links are fundamentally different from aliases and symlinks. Symlinks and aliases point to another catalog entry — i.e. an object which shows up...
Posted by CharlesS, on Feb 28, 2013 at 03:42 AM, in Mac OS X
Performance might actually get worse, out of the... 772 Views / 11 Replies  
Performance might actually get worse, out of the box, since the SSD that came with your Mac is probably TRIM-enabled, whereas Apple still disables TRIM support for third party SSDs unless you run...
Posted by CharlesS, on Feb 17, 2013 at 01:44 PM, in Mac Desktops
The Finder sidebar just uses aliases to keep... 1,149 Views / 76 Replies  
The Finder sidebar just uses aliases to keep track of its file and folder references. The trouble is, aliases are used all over the system. So, if the aliases in the Finder sidebar are getting...
Posted by CharlesS, on Feb 5, 2013 at 08:41 PM, in Mac OS X
They're not as fast, but they're very reliable... 1,016 Views / 22 Replies  
They're not as fast, but they're very reliable and have fantastic support.
Posted by CharlesS, on Jan 26, 2013 at 04:55 PM, in Mac Notebooks
You're joking, right? Those OWC drives are just... 1,016 Views / 22 Replies  
You're joking, right? Those OWC drives are just using a stock SandForce controller. They're no different from OCZ or any of the other generic SandForce drives on the market. They're certainly not...
Posted by CharlesS, on Dec 30, 2012 at 11:02 AM, in Mac Notebooks
WD may be using a shoddy FireWire bridge. With... 78 Views / 2 Replies  
WD may be using a shoddy FireWire bridge. With FireWire, I always liked to get a good Oxford-powered enclosure, although these days, with FireWire being phased out, it probably doesn't matter anymore.
Posted by CharlesS, on Nov 14, 2012 at 04:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Your MBP is the same as mine, so I can safely... 660 Views / 34 Replies  
Your MBP is the same as mine, so I can safely tell you that it has a 3 Gb/s SATA port. Normally, I'd say to go with a 6 GB/s capable SSD, since you might end up migrating it into your next machine....
Posted by CharlesS, on Nov 14, 2012 at 04:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Go with Crucial. Not only do they make a... 230 Views / 20 Replies  
Go with Crucial. Not only do they make a high-quality product, but their support is phenomenal. Seriously the best support I've received from a company that I can remember.
Posted by CharlesS, on Oct 25, 2012 at 02:51 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
The iPad mini isn't the only thing that's crazy... 2,766 Views / 188 Replies  
The iPad mini isn't the only thing that's crazy expensive. Have you looked at what they want to upgrade the SSD on the 13" Retina to 512 GB? It's a jaw-dropping $800. The price for this machine looks...
Posted by CharlesS, on Oct 24, 2012 at 09:54 AM, in MacNN Lounge
LaCie used to be infamous for having terrible... 220 Views / 9 Replies  
LaCie used to be infamous for having terrible reliability. I don't know if this is still the case, but shifuimam is correct in any case that they are overpriced and not that special, so I'd generally...
Posted by CharlesS, on Sep 22, 2012 at 10:17 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Verbatim has been known for good-quality... 2,756 Views / 26 Replies  
Verbatim has been known for good-quality removable media (i.e. DVD-R, CD-R, floppies) since time immemorial. I have no idea about their SSDs, though. I'd probably go with Crucial, which is a known...
Posted by CharlesS, on Sep 15, 2012 at 08:38 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I've had a Crucial C300 (predecessor to the M4)... 2,756 Views / 26 Replies  
I've had a Crucial C300 (predecessor to the M4) for a little over two years now, and it's been great so far.
Posted by CharlesS, on Sep 5, 2012 at 04:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Redownload the 10.8 installer from the App Store... 513 Views / 5 Replies  
Redownload the 10.8 installer from the App Store (click on "Purchases" while holding down the Option key if it won't let you), then once the installer is finished downloading, don't install it....
Posted by CharlesS, on Sep 3, 2012 at 03:54 PM, in Mac OS X
There are actually quite a lot of CD/DVD burning... 225 Views / 14 Replies  
There are actually quite a lot of CD/DVD burning apps on MacUpdate. If you do a search, you'll find some of them.

Here's one that I've been using now and again when I need to work with optical...
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 19, 2012 at 10:01 AM, in Applications
I think everybody is. 161 Views / 13 Replies  
I think everybody is.
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 19, 2012 at 09:57 AM, in Tech News
I'd try narrowing down the culprit. 1. Try... 225 Views / 14 Replies  
I'd try narrowing down the culprit.

1. Try using a different type of media. I always use Taiyo Yudens (which are now sold under the JVC brand name, but generally anything that says "Made in Japan"...
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 18, 2012 at 05:30 PM, in Applications
What did you expect after being continually... 161 Views / 13 Replies  
What did you expect after being continually bombarded with patent lawsuits for the last several years? Apple's hardly been innocent of this.

If I were Google, I'd probably have eventually snapped...
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 18, 2012 at 02:48 PM, in Tech News
Is there a practical reason for that, or is it... 4,323 Views / 244 Replies  
Is there a practical reason for that, or is it just that way because hard drives are so large that there's no way they could all fit near the motherboard?

Mini-PCIe / mSATA cards like Apple's SSDs...
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 17, 2012 at 11:07 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Thunderbolt is just external PCIe + DisplayPort,... 4,323 Views / 244 Replies  
Thunderbolt is just external PCIe + DisplayPort, so I don't really see the point. A PCIe or mini-PCIe slot basically is internal Thunderbolt.
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 15, 2012 at 12:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Yeah, but that OWC drive is just a regular... 4,323 Views / 244 Replies  
Yeah, but that OWC drive is just a regular SandForce, the same kind you can get on Newegg for $350 (normally, I'd name names and offer a link, but I'm terrified to do so given the derail that...
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 15, 2012 at 10:00 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Does Apple offer aftermarket ones though? 4,323 Views / 244 Replies  
Does Apple offer aftermarket ones though?
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 14, 2012 at 05:21 PM, in Mac Notebooks
If you keep on computing this sequence forever,... 400 Views / 12 Replies  
If you keep on computing this sequence forever, you'll keep getting closer and closer to π:

4 - 4/3 + 4/5 - 4/7 + 4/9 - 4/11 + 4/13 - 4/15 ...
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 9, 2012 at 04:09 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Whoops, you're right. Sorry about that. ... 5,896 Views / 330 Replies  
Whoops, you're right. Sorry about that.

However, if Full Keyboard Access is on, the Revert button seems to be the button that's initially selected, so you can hit Space to revert quickly.
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 5, 2012 at 04:36 PM, in Mac OS X
It's Command-Delete now. 5,896 Views / 330 Replies  
It's Command-Delete now.
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 5, 2012 at 06:34 AM, in Mac OS X
Samsung was making smartphones long before Apple... 708 Views / 38 Replies  
Samsung was making smartphones long before Apple was. What were they supposed to do, drop an entire product line just because Apple entered the market?
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 4, 2012 at 09:12 PM, in Mac News
How so? The iPod didn't have a touchscreen, its... 708 Views / 38 Replies  
How so? The iPod didn't have a touchscreen, its screen didn't cover most of the front of the device, it didn't have glass in front, it had other stuff adorning the front of the device — it didn't...
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 4, 2012 at 04:32 PM, in Mac News
Turn on "Ask to keep changes when closing... 5,896 Views / 330 Replies  
Turn on "Ask to keep changes when closing documents" in the General preference pane.
Posted by CharlesS, on Aug 4, 2012 at 04:13 PM, in Mac OS X
Hey, Mountain Lion got released! Now I can talk... 5,896 Views / 330 Replies  
Hey, Mountain Lion got released! Now I can talk about it.

Here are some useful options added to Mountain Lion for people who hated many of Lion's "improvements":

1. Save As is back. Hold down...
Posted by CharlesS, on Jul 29, 2012 at 07:54 PM, in Mac OS X
I was lamenting the loss of the ability to... 2,128 Views / 129 Replies  
I was lamenting the loss of the ability to inexpensively upgrade the SSD in a machine. Your response was that a SSD can only be found at a price accessible to mere mortals if it sucks, and therefore...
Posted by CharlesS, on Jul 4, 2012 at 04:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Ah! So the Crucial SSDs, which are nearly as... 2,128 Views / 129 Replies  
Ah! So the Crucial SSDs, which are nearly as cheap per GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148444) as the OCZ SSDs, are the best in town. Well, that really bolsters your...
Posted by CharlesS, on Jul 4, 2012 at 03:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks
All that stuff is stored in your home folder, not... 247 Views / 3 Replies  
All that stuff is stored in your home folder, not with the application. The physical location of the application is unimportant.


It'll just work, because it's a Mac. The one thing is that with...
Posted by CharlesS, on Jun 29, 2012 at 10:58 PM, in Mac OS X
It's a Mac. Applications can be wherever you want... 247 Views / 3 Replies  
It's a Mac. Applications can be wherever you want them.
Posted by CharlesS, on Jun 29, 2012 at 07:02 PM, in Mac OS X
The FireWire dongle isn't available yet, is it?... 4,323 Views / 244 Replies  
The FireWire dongle isn't available yet, is it? Anyway, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work, since a Mac booted into Target Mode just looks like a normal FireWire hard drive to other devices.
Posted by CharlesS, on Jun 25, 2012 at 03:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Yeah, I don't really have a problem with OWC,... 2,128 Views / 129 Replies  
Yeah, I don't really have a problem with OWC, although I wouldn't really buy their RAM or their SSDs (both strike me as being generic stuff with the price jacked up). I love their FireWire hard drive...
Posted by CharlesS, on Jun 25, 2012 at 10:34 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Yes, as an example of what an entry-level... 2,128 Views / 129 Replies  
Yes, as an example of what an entry-level SandForce drive (i.e. what that OWC stick is) usually costs.


Exactly.

And being stuck with that sort of option was my point. It was a fairly simple...
Posted by CharlesS, on Jun 25, 2012 at 09:54 AM, in Mac Notebooks
And can you buy an Intel for the Retina MBP? ... 2,128 Views / 129 Replies  
And can you buy an Intel for the Retina MBP?


Honestly, I feel like we're not having the same conversation.

The thread is about how the Retina MBP is unserviceable. The upshot of this is that...
Posted by CharlesS, on Jun 25, 2012 at 09:30 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Their prices are about in line with Crucial and... 2,128 Views / 129 Replies  
Their prices are about in line with Crucial and others. It's just that OCZ is SandForce-based, which made it a better direct comparison to the OWC.


It would only be false advertising if they...
Posted by CharlesS, on Jun 25, 2012 at 03:29 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Just curious; what's your opinion of Hynix RAM? ... 2,128 Views / 129 Replies  
Just curious; what's your opinion of Hynix RAM?


Why? Not everyone needs the very fastest (or would even be able to tell the difference). As long as it's reliable, that's good enough for the...
Posted by CharlesS, on Jun 24, 2012 at 04:22 PM, in Mac Notebooks
They sure do, usually for twice, or more, of what... 2,128 Views / 129 Replies  
They sure do, usually for twice, or more, of what the same size SSDs cost in standard 2.5" form on Newegg, using the same controller (SandForce) and everything.

Standard 2.5" 240 GB SandForce SSD:...
Posted by CharlesS, on Jun 24, 2012 at 12:50 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I dunno about that — they have a history of... 2,128 Views / 129 Replies  
I dunno about that — they have a history of going back on these things if enough people complain about them. Look at the original unibody MacBook that lacked FireWire.

The retina MacBook was...
Posted by CharlesS, on Jun 22, 2012 at 11:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Whereas other brands that people put in their... 2,128 Views / 129 Replies  
Whereas other brands that people put in their Macs are actually the same brands used by Apple. And these brands usually aren't even that much more expensive.

RAM that is every bit as good as...
Posted by CharlesS, on Jun 21, 2012 at 09:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Apple just uses Micron, Samsung, etc. for their... 2,128 Views / 129 Replies  
Apple just uses Micron, Samsung, etc. for their RAM, as you can easily see if you take a stick out of a Mac that has user-accessible RAM and look at the brand name. It's the same stuff that you can...
Posted by CharlesS, on Jun 21, 2012 at 11:28 AM, in Mac Notebooks
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