tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33415990458108807782024-03-05T17:51:16.641-08:00Mac Data Recovery Software & SolutionsHave you ever got troubled by accidentally deleting some valuable files from your Mac? Don't Panic.. We are here with the Best Recovery Solutions, Optimization tools and timely Updates.Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-33430122368529517162013-04-25T00:10:00.001-07:002013-04-25T00:13:12.441-07:00Issues with Mac: Fix them Step-By-Step<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A running Mac machine may suffer from a number of issues degrading its performance and giving unexpected outcomes. Such issues can be due to some internal as well as external factors (such as PSU (Power Supply Unit) failure, any software or hardware error, file system corruption, permissions or disk error, abrupt system shutdown, network errors, etc.), which sometimes result in system failure and hence data loss. </div>
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If your operating system often throws exceptions, spinning beach ball, startup issues etc., it is indicative of any hardware or software issue, such as<br />
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<li>If you hear grinding, clicking, or any similar noise emitting from the hard drive, then go to Disk Utility to look on S.M.A.R.T status of the hard drive and click repair if bad. A hard drive may suffer from a physical failure more likely when it is 5 or more years older.</li>
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<li>Similarly, bleeping sound issues might be the indication of faults in RAM or a damaged logic board. Replace it with a new one.</li>
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<li>Videos distortion or zigzag lines on the screen indicate faults in the video card. Alternatively, “stuck pixels”or “thin straight lines from top to bottom” symbolize issues with the display.</li>
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Apart from these above mentioned symptoms of hardware issues, there can be some issues with the operating system or a few at application level interrupting normal startup, such as gray or blue screen during startup, a folder indicating flashing question mark, and more. Start step-by-step process of eliminating these issues:<br />
<b><br />Resetting PRAM</b><br />
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PRAM carries certain device and system settings on a hot location that Mac OS X can access quickly. This set of settings varies depending on the types of devices as well as the type of computer and drives attached to the computer. <br />
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Turn on the Mac while pressing and holding the Command, Option, P and R keys. Make sure you press these keys together and before the gray screen appears. Do not release the keys until you hear Mac startup tune twice. <br />
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After resetting PRAM, you need to reset the System Preferences for each user account; however, whether the problem is solved or not is hardware dependent.<br />
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<b>Testing Hardware</b><br />
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Hardware test inspects the overall embedded Apple hardware in the Mac machine, and thus requires Internet connectivity. <br />
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Press and hold D key during boot (before gray screen appears) and run Apple Hardware Test included in the DVD shipped with the Mac. Those who are running an Intel-based Mac machine v10.5.4 or earlier should run this test from the install Disc 1; while for Mac machine v10.5.5 to v10.6.7, run this test from the install Disc 2.<br />
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Disk Utility verifies Mac startup volume without starting up from another volume, which is termed as “Live Verification." If Disk Utility meets any issue that needs a repair, start up from your Mac OS X Install disc and run Disk Utility to make repairs.</div>
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<li>Insert the installer disc, hold C key down, and press the power button to boot from it.</li>
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<li>Run Disk Utility from the Installer Utilities menu</li>
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<li>Select the volume and repair the associated permissions in the corresponding First Aid tab.</li>
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Live Verification supports only Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) volumes. Alternatively, Disk Utility displays "ERROR: could not freeze volume (Operation not supported)" message. Once you start the process, you may not be able to abort it, depending on the process status.<br />
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Safe Mode (boot in safe mode) auto-checks the system files and probably resolves the raised exceptions.<br />
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Restart the Mac and immediately press and hold the Shift key after you hear startup tone. Make sure you do not release the Shift key until you see Apples icon and a progress bar. Mac OS X v10.4 to v10.6.8 display Safe Boot option on the login screen (even in the normal mode), while OS X v10.2 to v10.3.9 display it on the startup screen.<br />
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If a program creates the problem in one user account on the machine, create a new admin account to check whether the issue persists. If you find the issue has been resolved, delete the previous user account, or else get into the machine to perform data backup. Erase and reinstall Mac OS X.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-36599871565222405182013-04-22T23:33:00.000-07:002013-04-24T23:34:59.720-07:00Fix Empty Blue Screen in Mac OS X 10.8.2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A blank blue screen or blue screen with a spinning beach ball on startup in Mac OS X is a frequently- observed issue that does not let it boot to desktop, but makes it freeze. The issue might have been observed due to incompatible or corrupt startup items and applications. You neither can guess the cause(s) of the inaccessibility nor can fix them until you boot into the machine. The situation can probably be fixed, if you are carrying the OS X install disc; however, make sure the disc must be same that came with your Mac machine or OS X retail package, as other than that was provided by the manufacturer may not work. Follow step-by-step procedure to fix the issue:</div>
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<br />Safe mode, the problem diagnostic mode of a computer operating system, provides access to utility and diagnostic programs so that the user can troubleshoot the issues affecting the normal startup of the operating system. <br /><br />Safe mode is intended for maintenance not functionality and provides minimal access to features. Follow the below mentioned steps to enter into the safe mode on a Mac machine:</div>
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<li>Shutdown the Mac machine and restart after a gap of 10 sec (at least)</li>
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<li>Release Shift key after the gray Apple logo and startup progress bar appears.</li>
<li>After the Mac successfully boots into Safe Mode, restart it normally (do not press any key while Mac is booting) and see whether the problem persists.</li>
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<br />There might be a situation when your Mac machine boots up to the login window, but does not progress after logging in. The issue could be denoting that there are incompatible startup items and applications that run automatically on boot. Refer to below mentioned steps to remove incompatible login items:</div>
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<li>Shutdown the Mac machine and restart after a gap of 30 sec (at least) while pressing the Shift key.</li>
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<li>Type your password, if prompted, and then press and hold the Shift key while clicking “Log in” button.</li>
<li>Choose Apple icon in the task bar-> select System Preferences, and click Users & Groups.</li>
<li>Click your account name, and then select Log in items tab (Note down all login items shown here)</li>
<li>Check all the check boxes in front of the items and click minus (-) button to delete them</li>
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<br />If you find the problem is resolved, add required items again and restart after adding each one. Remove the one that is found incompatible after restart.<br />Repair, Backup and Reinstall OS X<br /><br />If the issue does not resolve, insert startup disk, repair disks and associated permissions using Disk Utility. Backup your important data and reinstall Mac OS X.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-23180939429154125772013-04-15T23:15:00.000-07:002013-04-24T23:17:07.991-07:005 Tips for Quick and Safe Mac Partitioning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a name='more'></a><br />Before we start partitioning, launch Disk Utility (found in <i>Applications-> Utility</i> folder) and select the source hard drive (not a volume) in the left pane. Generally, hard drives are named as the manufacturer’s name, such as Seagate, Hitachi etc.<br /><br /><b>Tip 1</b>: Please make sure that you have selected the right hard drive in case multiple drives are attached. <br /><br />Now, click Partition tab in the right pane that displays the graphical orientation of the selected hard drive in the Partition Layout field. As you can see, it shows complete hard drive as a single partition that is partially colored blue (Blue colored area denotes the hard drive portion containing data, but not its exact location.)<br /><br /><b>Tip 2</b>: Drag this partition up by clicking and holding the bottom-right corner (where three gray lines are shown) of the graphical structure in order to resize it. Do not click plus (+) button given below to start Mac partitioning before resizing.<br />
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<br />After you resize the hard drive, click plus (+) button to create a new partition. This newly created partition acquires overall free space available.<br /><b><br />Tip 3</b>: Make sure you have resized (set dimensions) every newly created partition before creating another.<br /><br />You can resize a partition by clicking it and specify a ‘Name’, choose a ‘Format’, and type the required ‘Size’ in the Partition Information field. <br /><br /><b>Tip 4</b>: Choose a format i.e. Mac OS Extended (Journaled) if you want to use it with Mac Time Machine or as a boot volume or Select Mac OS Extended (No Journaling) if it is for Mac media or for data storage.<br /><br />Once you are done, before you click Apply to save the changes, click Options button below the graphical structure of the hard drive and choose a Partition Map Scheme out of three i.e. ‘Apple Partition Map’, ‘Master Boot Record’, and ‘GUID Partition Table’.<br /><br /><b>Tip 5</b>: Choose “GUID Partition Table” from the opening window for every individual partition in order to make it resizable.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-8930002567954267152013-04-04T22:59:00.000-07:002013-04-24T23:00:56.743-07:00Reclaiming Files Removed from the Trash Bin in Mac<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Emptying Trash removes all the files it stores permanently from the system just like when you delete a file pressing ‘Shift+Del’. Here, permanent deletion directs that you will not be able to restore these files afterward. People are often seen deleting the files and folders by pressing ‘Shift+Del’ instead of only ‘Del’ that makes them suffer from unintentional data loss situations. Alternatively, even if it was a simple deletion (Del), they go for emptying trash instantly.</div>
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Emptying trash displays a warning message, “<i>Are you sure you want to permanently erase the items in the Trash?</i>” You can’t undo this action. <br />After losing some important files, they might think of a tool that can help them recover Mac files. <br /><b><br />Deleting a File</b><br /><br />Deleting a file or folder that is no longer of use should be a simple deletion i.e. right click the file or folder and select ‘Move to Trash’ from the options so that it can be restored later if required. On the contrary, you go for ‘Shift+Del’ that does not move it to Trash, but permanently deletes it. <br /><br />When you delete a file, or format a volume or a hard drive using Disk Utility, it performs a Quick Erase of data. Erasing a single file or folder simply removes the entry of that particular file from the disk directory and marks the memory it was allocated as Available. However, the whole disk directory is replaced with a new one, if you go for a complete volumes or hard drive formatting. The file structure of the concerned disk is not affected at all, which means the overall data remains intact. You can <a href="http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/" target="_blank">Recover Mac files</a> using commercial data recovery software for Mac operating system.<br /><br /><b>What after Deletion</b><br /><br />Do not reuse the memory vacated after accidental deletion of any file or after formatting a volume/hard drive, if possible. Reusing this memory overwrites the emptied memory blocks and the chances of data recovery diminish.<br />Recovering Deleted Files<br /><br />There are several data recovery software available on the Internet that are able to undelete all files from the Mac volume/hard drive lost either by emptying Trash or after formatting a volumes/hard drive. An efficient Mac data recovery software performs a thorough scan on the source drive in order to undelete the data. Though recovered data from a volume or USB flash drive can be restored to another Mac volume, restoring a hard drive requires another hard drive greater in size as compared to the source drive to save all of your data. <br /><br /><i><b>Note</b></i>: - Always keep a latest backup of your data.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-52183466063410867842013-03-20T03:47:00.000-07:002013-03-26T03:48:29.223-07:00Time Machine Volume got Locked Due to Corrupt Disk Permissions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>Time Machine volume is locked, what should I do? I am not able to access my Time Machine volume on my Mac machine after upgrade. How to fix Time Machine backup when it is locked?</i></div>
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<br />Time Machine associates backup to the Mac Machine based on MAC address, which is unique for every machine and is associated with its Ethernet card. This information i.e. Machine’s name and MAC address is saved in an invisible file that is saved in the root of the Time Machine, which makes the drive to be connected with multiple Mac machines. The latest OS X versions might have altered the way these permissions within this file are accessed or the file itself. Therefore, to avoid such an issue, the user should be given the rights to change and reset these permissions with the terminal. Moreover, various internal and external Mac machine errors, such as power failure, improper or sudden system shutdown etc. in the permissions may lead to their corruption.</div>
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<br />Before manually changing the permissions on the file using Terminal application (built-in in Mac OS X), figure out what the file is called, and then change the permission using the following steps:<br /><br />1. Launch Terminal.app, type <i>cd</i> and press space bar on the keyboard.<br />2. Drag and drop the Time Machine drive on the running Terminal.app window.<br />3. Watch the command, which should look like:<i> cd /Volumes/Backup</i> and hit Enter key to execute this command <br />4. Type: <i>ls –la</i><br />5. Execute commands i.e.<br />sudo chown `id -un` FILENAME<br />sudo chmod 400 FILENAME</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-46907793126267965802013-03-13T23:25:00.000-07:002013-03-20T23:46:35.924-07:00Have you Cluttered your own Mac- Speed up Mac now!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Many of us are obsessed to regularly download applications, games, and other stuff from the Apple Store on our Mac, but hardly ever bother to check them again. Likewise, some of the music freaks do tend to fill up a decent portion of the OS X drive only with their favorite collection of music files. These actions that seem to cause no trouble earlier become the major reasons for bogging down your Mac after a certain period of time. <br />
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There are some applications that keep adding bloat on your Mac hard drive and thus need to be checked almost periodically. Some of these are listed below:<br />
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Your iTunes library is possibly a collection of songs, movies, and podcasts. All of them consume considerable amount of disk space, which causes your Mac to slow down dramatically. You can reclaim space on the OS X drive by deleting songs and videos that you do not need to listen or view again. You can also configure iTunes to hold a limited number of podcasts by applying the preferred settings. <br />
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<b>GarageBand</b><br />
If you are fond of playing instruments, then GarageBand is one music software by Apple that enables you to experiment with highly expressive Touch and Smart Instruments. If this is not the case, then it would only add to the clutter on your Mac hard drive. This is due to tens of hundreds of music samples known as Apple loops stored in its library. You can free up space by navigating to <i>Library > Audio > Apple Loops</i> and then deleting them all at once. </div>
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This is one of the most likely offenders that can fill up your drive in no time. The bulky mail attachments, unwanted messages in your Inbox or Junk folders, and heavy Mail Downloads folder are known to waste a huge amount of disk space. You should regularly empty the Mail Downloads folder of your user account stored within the Library folder. Additionally, keep a check on your Trash and Junk folders on a routine basis. <br />
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Many users are oblivious to the fact that files kept in the Trash bin do consume space on the OS X drive. If you have a habit of trashing files almost frequently, then you should also bother to empty the Trash every time you delete something. It is recommended that you to do it at least once in a day.<br />
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<b>Downloads and Documents</b><br />
The Documents folder may host files created by applications or by users. Likewise, the Downloads folder stores files downloaded through browsers. These folders can become extremely large-sized in due course of time and can easily drag down your Mac. To avoid OS X slowdowns, you should empty them periodically. <br />
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In case your Mac has started behaving like a time-sucking machine, you should take the help of any professional Clean My Mac software on the market. These advanced tools will allow you to clear out unnecessary applications, logs, trashes, leftovers, junk files, and more from your Mac. Further, these tools help you automate these cleanup tasks for a smooth and hassle-free experience. </div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-52870871774307956802013-03-08T02:27:00.000-08:002013-03-18T02:41:31.236-07:00Mac OS X: Diagnose and Fix Disk Issues<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Macintosh, better known as Mac, is the world’s best operating system and of course, is the desire of every computer user today. It carries the title of being the best because of its high-level security, faster processing, and built-in fault-repairing mechanism, which makes it a robust operating system. However, Mac users are often observed complaining regarding file system errors, disk read errors, and partition failed errors. Since being the best is the achievement that nobody wants to condone, Apple Inc. also releases frequent resolutions for such frequently met bugs.</div>
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Mac OS X has a built-in tool called Disk Utility (found in <i>Applications-> Utilities folder</i>) that diagnoses and repairs some common disk as well as file system errors. It allows you to verify the individual Mac volume as well as the set of permissions associated with it. There a number of error-diagnosing mechanisms to fix an issue with the Mac disk; however, you can try these below mentioned steps to diagnose the problems observed in order to fix it:<br />
<b><br />Restart Your Mac</b><br />
When you observe any issue with the your Mac (such as disk not responding, unable to access any volume, disk read error etc.), you should restart your Mac in order to try fixing it by rebooting. Rebooting a Mac machine probably resolves the issue, as it performs a thorough scan of all system files while booting. <br />
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Disk Utility facilitates you to verify and repair the set of permissions associated with every individual Mac volume. The verification of a particular volume includes scanning complete file system, as the corrupt file system prohibits access to that particular volume. Run Disk Utility to verify permissions and repair them simultaneously, if corrupt.<br />
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<b><br />Check for Memory Consumption</b><br />
The issue you encounter while accessing a particular volume of your Mac could be due to an overfilled memory. An overfilled disk may suffer from file system corruption, and even partition map errors. Therefore, every disk must have at least 10 percent of its total capacity free to improve Mac drive performance and allow working uninterruptedly.<br />
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<b>Verify and Repair Disk</b><br />
A particular Mac volume may throw error, and even prohibit the user access due to some partition map issue or volume header corruption. In such situation, you need to launch Disk Utility to verify and repair disk. However, you can use your Mac OS X installation disc to repair a disk, if Disk Utility is unable to repair it.<br />
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<b>Safe Boot</b><br />
Safe boot performs a thorough checkup of all system files and repairs them if it meets any issue. To run your Mac in safe mode, press and hold shift key immediately after you hear startup tone and release it as you see the Apple icon.<br />
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When you get such file system and disk read errors with your boot volume, it affects the Mac boot process and may display a gray screen. Therefore, you need to go for a complete repair using your Mac OS X installation disc.</div>
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In case the issues persist even after disk repair, you need to do a fresh OS installation.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-65595385806550727122013-02-28T19:58:00.001-08:002013-02-28T19:58:48.028-08:00How to Erase and Reinstall Mac OS X Mountain Lion <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You may anytime come across a situation that calls for erasing the startup disk on your Mac and reinstalling OS X. Further, if you are planning for an upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion, then following instructions will suggest you the recommended course of action to follow for a safe and convenient OS X upgrade:<br /><br /><i><b>NOTE</b></i>: Before erasing and reinstalling Mac OS X, you should back up all your important data to an external media device. If something interrupts the process, you can rest assured that your data will not be affected. </div>
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<li>Navigate to the Apple menu and click '<i>Restart</i>'. As your Mac restarts, continuously press the '<i>Command</i>' and '<i>R</i>' keys on your keyboard. </li>
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<li>Choose your Startup Disk from the left panel of the Disk Utility window, and then select the '<i>Erase</i>' tab in the top-right corner of the screen.</li>
<li>On the format pop-up menu, select '<i>Mac OS Extended (Journaled)</i>' and specify a desired name for the startup disk. Next, click '<i>Erase</i>'. </li>
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<br />You can use the Recovery Disk Assistant (a feature exclusive to OS X Lion and Mountain Lion) to create a '<i>Recovery HD</i>' partition on any external Mac hard drive. It will provide you the same set of capabilities as the 'Recovery' built into your Mac OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion. <br /><br />All the data on your external drive will be wiped out after running the Recovery Disk Assistant. Before doing this, you should back up all essential files to another drive. You can also choose to create a new partition and then run the Recovery Disk Assistant to install 'Recovery HD'. You will not be able to see this partition either in the Finder or in Disk Utility. In order to use 'Recovery HD' installed on an external drive, you should attach the drive to your Mac, reboot the system, and keep pressing the 'Options' key. When the Startup Manager launches, choose 'Recovery HD'. </div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-31447550105622843902013-02-21T02:52:00.000-08:002013-02-28T03:30:54.555-08:00Alternatives to Disk Utility in Mac OS X<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mac OS X provides a slew of built-in functionalities that are bound together in Disk Utility in order to monitor and troubleshoot certain arising issues in the volumes of the machine. Being a Mac user, you might be familiar with the Disk Utility, as meeting some common issues is obvious in Mac. <br />
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Disk Utility is found in <i>Applications-> Utilities,</i> and allows you to Check and Repair the issues you observe with the help of this monitoring and repair mechanism. However, people are often seen complaining that Disk Utility is unable to resolve the issue, does not allow resizing an existing Mac volume is throwing Partition Failed error etc. and demand for an alternative that can resolve such issues. The reason why it cannot resolve some issues is that it is built to monitor and troubleshoot a set of certain issues; however, it cannot repair anything for which it is not built.</div>
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Safe Mode is a reduced functionality and auto diagnostic mode in a computer operating system that performs automatic disk checkup to fix most (if not all) of the minor issues in it. When you boot your Mac in Safe Mode i.e. by pressing and holding Shift key during Startup, It performs an auto consistency checkup of all system files via “<i>fsck_hfs</i>” tool and most probably resolves the issues arising in any such system file.<br />
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To run your Mac is Single-user mode, which is a command-line utility, you need to press and hold “Command” and “S” keys during Startup. Mostly, people try this mode to run a command “<i>fsck -fy</i>”; however, they can directly run <i>fsck</i> tool that launches “<i>fsck_hfs</i>” tool on a HFS or HFS+ Mac volumes.<br />
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Choosing an efficient way to get rid of worries is smartness while in case, when you are running Mac OS X, the difference between these three tools seems “nothing”. If we peek inside the mechanism these three utilities follow, we do not see any difference, as method of checking a HFS disk is same. However, the only difference you can find is while using Disk Utility or Single-user mode, you can perform disk checking and repairing multiple times to get the fair result. Alternatively, if you go for Safe Mode, you can perform the same only once i.e. while the machine boots.<br />
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People may get confuse thinking what is the need of these fsck variants is. The reason is that the primary fsck command works on common Linux and Unix file systems. Therefore, other operating systems with additional file systems use fsck-like tools and commands i.e. fsck_hfs, fsck_msdos (for Windows FAT file system) etc., which prevent modifying the current fsck program.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-12130447561824640492013-02-13T02:34:00.000-08:002013-03-13T22:04:10.723-07:00Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Upgrade Crashes Causing Data Loss<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Being a Mac OS X user, you might have thought to upgrade to its latest OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. If yes, this article may enlighten you about a bug that Mac throws while upgrading. </div>
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Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is reported as causing installation error while upgrading to it. Additionally, it reports your existing and running hard drive as faulty and needs replacement, as suggested by Apple Technicians. This, sternly causes worry lines on your forehead thinking about replacing it, as all your data that is stored on it seems like gone! </div>
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<i>Incorrect number of file hard links <br /><br />Bad hard link creation date<br /><br />(It should be 3273005659 instead of 3314922810)<br /> </i></div>
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<i>Hard link record has data extents (id = 33147751)<br /><br />Error: Disk Utility can't repair this disk…disk, and restore your backed-up files.</i><br />
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In some cases, it is repaired by resetting PRAM. Therefore, restart your Mac holding ‘<i>Cmd + option + p + r</i>’. It beeps normally once at startup, now it should beep twice and reboot. This probably fixes the bug. If you have an updated backup of your Time Machine, restore your computer using this backup. However, if you do not have any backup, you can try below mentioned procedure to Recover Mac Data.</div>
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Run your 4.x GB Mountain Lion installer and install it on an external hard drive. Plug-in this external hard drive to your dead-Mac and restart holding option key. Pick this drive from the shown drive list and boot from it. It will configure the last phase of installation i.e. selecting OS X language and other devices. Once it finishes, migrate all your data to any other internal volume to prevent data loss and run Disk Utility to format this internal OS X volume. Now, you can run the installer again to boot on this clean Mac volume. Verify and repair this volume using Disk Utility.</div>
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Still, if you are unable to regain your data, you can go for <a href="http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/" target="_blank">Mountain Lion Data Recovery</a> software. These tools are able to recover data even from formatted/deleted/lost volumes.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-91473720329070629852013-02-06T01:26:00.000-08:002013-03-13T22:24:48.788-07:00Data Recovery from LaCie Hard Drive<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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LaCie is the manufacturer of external hard drives and deals in personal storage devices to RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) devices and NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices. Their build such hard drive configurations for Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems are not much susceptible to failure and corruption. LaCie provide an integrated solution for consumer utilized hard drives that may include SATA and IDE devices, and even RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 5) devices.<b> </b></div>
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A LaCie hard drive crashes just like a normal hard drive; however, chances of data recovery are higher in its case. <br />
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Hard drives are more termed as mechanical devices than any electromagnetic computer component. The components attached inside a hard drive are a continuously rotating disk (platter) and a read/write head. A number of logical faults are notified that are comprised of internal errors and other non-mechanical errors. These errors are collectively fall under four broad categories i.e. electronic, firmware, and mechanical. </div>
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When a LaCie or any other hard drive is about to crash, it often notifies the criticality by making clicking or whining noises in case of a mechanical or electronic failure. However, it is not possible to notify a logical or a firmware failure as at a user level, no one can judge the failure situation while one can prevent data loss by creating a backup of the data. </div>
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To create a backup of the data, one needs to have good data backup software that can do it efficiently. Creating a backup of the data ensures that you are not going to lose it; however, it should be kept at a secure place i.e. a network drive, a data traveler device, or an external hard drive. If the point comes to a recovery tool, one certainly wishes for such software that can recover the data in its original form. </div>
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In case, if you are a Mac user and suffer hard drive crash, you need <a href="http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/" target="_blank">drive recovery software for Mac</a> that can thoroughly scan your Mac hard drive and recover your data intact and maintains overall data integrity.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-3003778199938799452013-01-16T01:15:00.000-08:002013-03-13T04:14:31.230-07:00How to Create Recovery HD on External Drives<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A hidden 'Recovery HD' partition is formed on the boot volume of your Mac hard drive whenever you perform the OS X Lion installation. This 'Recovery HD' partition comes to your rescue when your Mac faces boot failure. You get a range of options with this new feature of OS X Lion, such as reinstallation of OS X, disk verification and repair, and more. </div>
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Apple provides another tool 'Lion Recovery Disk Assistant' for those users who need to have 'Recovery HD' partition on their external drives as well. This feature, however, cannot be used for internal hard drives as those in Mac Pro, iMac, and Mac mini. <br />
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The process involves creating a clone of the original 'Recovery HD' partition on your startup disk. The 'Recovery HD' is a hidden partition that does not get displayed on your Mac desktop. You need to first make it visible in order for creating its clone on an external hard drive. You can use the hidden debug menu of Disk Utility to make sure all hidden partitions on the hard drive show up in Disk Utility. In order to form a clone of the 'Recovery HD' volume, you need to do the following two things:</div>
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<li>Open Disk Utility by navigating to the '<i>/Applications/Utilities</i>' folder. </li>
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You can clone 'Recovery HD' to any volume that shows up in Disk Utility. The process will completely erase all data stored on the destination volume. To prevent data loss, you should resize the destination volume and create another partition that will store the 'Recovery HD' clone. You should reserve at least 650 MB of disk space for the clone. <br />
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Once you are finished preparing the destination volume, follow the given procedure to <i>clone</i> your 'Recovery HD' volume:</div>
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<li>Select the original Recovery HD partition in the left pane of Disk Utility window, and then click the '<i>Restore</i>' tab.</li>
<li><i>Drag and drop</i> the Recovery HD partition in the Source field. </li>
<li>Drag the volume to which you need to clone Recovery HD to the Destination field in the right pane of the window. </li>
<li>After selecting the '<i>Source'</i> and '<i>Destination</i>', click the '<i>Restore</i>' button at the bottom. </li>
<li>When Disk Utility prompts you to erase the drive, click <i>'Erase</i>'. </li>
<li>Provide your administrator account password and click '<i>OK</i>'.</li>
<li>When the process is completed, you can use the clone as if it were the original Recovery HD volume. </li>
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The Lion Recovery feature is a good way to get your Mac up and running in no time when a failure strikes. As an alternative to Lion Recovery, you can use professional Mac data <a href="http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/" target="_blank">recovery software</a> to recoup all your lost data in the event of a crash. These software are bundled with a Bootable DVD, which can be used to boot your Mac in times of disaster and perform data recovery. </div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-15786179178540031562013-01-07T03:13:00.000-08:002013-03-13T04:20:59.482-07:00Mac Stopped at Gray Apple Logo Screen? Fix it Now<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You may have got accustomed to seeing an Apple logo every time you restart your Mac. But, this happens only momentarily. After the Apple logo, you are directed to the desktop or account login screen. If the gray screen displaying Apple logo seems to remain there forever, then it is very likely that your hard drive is corrupt. A range of other things can cause your Mac to get stuck on this startup gray screen, such as issues with peripheral devices and incorrect system software settings. You need to do a little troubleshooting to get past this issue and regain access to your data. <br />
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If there are external devices connected to your Mac (such as printers, USB hubs, and hard drives), you must test these devices immediately. To do so, you can plug out each device one by one, shut down your Mac, and then try to restart. If your Mac boots without any issues, then the culprit was the last device that you removed from your system. You might have some luck with this trial and error procedure. <br />
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Booting your Mac in Safe Mode will automatically resolve a range of issues. Safe boot does a good job of running system checks and repairs while not allowing the OS X to load any startup or log-in items. If the Mac starts without any issues, shut it down again and attempt to restart. If the system freezes on gray screen again, you should try to reset the PRAM and NVRAM. These two sections of RAM deal with power settings and internal systems settings.<br />
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To do this, you need to shut down your Mac. Restart your computer while continuously pressing these four keys- Command, Option, P, and R. You need to ensure that they are help down before the gray screen is displayed. Keep pressing these keys until the startup chime is heard twice. After the two chimes, release these keys. If your Mac starts this time, then the problem is resolved. <br />
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<i><b>Repair Startup Disk with Disk Utility</b></i><br />
If the directory of your Mac OS X startup disk is corrupt, you may experience boot issues. Apple's Disk Utility performs directory repair on Mac. To do this, you need to boot from your OS X Install disc and run Disk Utility to repair your startup volume. <br />
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If your problem persists, take help of professional Mac data recovery <a href="http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/" target="_blank">software</a> to reclaim all the lost files. These software come with a Bootable DVD that can be used to boot your Mac and perform data recovery. Furthermore, they support the latest Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. </div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-35471129431268123642012-12-23T22:10:00.001-08:002012-12-23T22:10:40.620-08:00In What Respects Mac is a Better Platform than Windows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It is no surprise that everyone loves the world of Windows. However, when you peek into the latest Mac OS X platform, you will probably do a double take. Listed below are some of the reasons which will make you consider Mac as a better option and put it ahead of Windows. </div>
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<br /><i><b>Doing Away with Drivers</b></i><br />With Macs, you do not require searching for the correct set of drivers for your system because Apple's hardware has been designed to work with the software and thus supported officially. This saves you a number of productive hours required for seeking the correct drivers to make your Mac function normally. <br /><br /><i><b>Affordable Price</b></i><br />There's a myth in the minds of most of you that Macs cost much more than what a Dell or HP Pavilion machine would. In reality, Macs are cheap when it comes to their resale value. The first Intel MacBook Pro is still £300 worth on eBay. <br /><br /><i><b>Boot Windows on Mac</b></i><br />If some Mac geek want to have hands-on with other platforms, it is certainly a good news as Apple now allows you run Windows with OS X. You can use Boot Camp to install Windows alongside Mac on the same drive and play your favourite PC games.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-90420009416033540642012-12-19T01:55:00.000-08:002012-12-19T02:02:49.234-08:00How to Create Image of Your Mac OS X Startup Disk Using Apple's Disk Utility<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8MqlPOuBGU8DoQOJXd9kvsfN6M63iz5RWEUhPssqYHg1KZOoyp-M7QxEbTbimPSKG0XeQGJbXhdnQeJJKP-hMUcWT6EENcXEdxmrAb8fBubJqp_2xmx6Ns-PfOqE20oDVuo4afIr4MA/s1600/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Backups are undoubtedly the best way to keep your data loss woes at bay. They help you keep your data safe and sound on another media that is less vulnerable to failures. The backup media can be used to safely restore all of your mission-critical data that has been lost to a serious disaster. Apple's Disk Utility, which is built into OS X, is a good backup option for Mac users. It works by creating a disk image and then allowing you to restore the entire contents of the disk from the image file. The disk image should be saved on an external hard disk, either FireWire or USB. The image completely replicates the source disk keeping the file attributes (permissions, ACLs, UUIDs) intact. </div>
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<li>First off, attach an external hard drive to your Mac. This drive should be greater in size than your startup disk.</li>
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<li>When the Installer window appears, click '<i>Utilities</i>' and select '<i>Disk Utility</i>'.</li>
<li>From the left pane, choose your startup disk.</li>
<li>In the right pane, click '<i>Verify Disk</i>' button to verify the hard drive for errors. If the Disk Utility finds issues with the drive, click '<i>Repair Disk</i>' to fix these errors.</li>
<li>Click on the '<i>New Image</i>' button in the Disk Utility window.</li>
<li>Specify a name for the image to be created. You can also encrypt this image via the 128-bit or 256-bit AES encryption method. </li>
<li>Specify a destination to save the disk image. You should save the image on your external hard disk. </li>
<li>When asked, specify the admin name and password. This will start the imaging process. The overall time consumed by the process will depend on the size of the drive being imaged, performance of your Mac, and the like. </li>
<li>After completion of the process, choose the disk image you recently created from the device pane. </li>
<li>On the menu bar, click '<i>Images</i>', and then select '<i>Scan Image for Restore</i>'.</li>
<li>Once the scan is finished, close Disk Utility window and quit the OS X Installer. </li>
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You can easily restore this image to your OS X volume using Disk Utility by booting from the OS X Install disc. In case you encounter a hard drive failure prior to performing any backups, use professional software to <a href="http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/" target="_blank">Recover Mac data</a> from the troubled drive. These utilities come as a bootable DVD to enable you to boot into your Mac in case your startup disk fails. </div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-11850841735399446412012-12-10T00:46:00.000-08:002012-12-19T00:47:52.278-08:005 Steps to Speed up Your Mac<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The free space on the OS X startup disk is critical to the performance of your Mac. OS X utilises the available space on your boot volume to perform paging. If the startup disk is almost full, you may experience frequent performance hits. To avoid getting into this sort of trouble, you can do plenty of things to free up disk space. Some of them are discussed here in detail:</div>
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<br /><i><b>Clean Out the Trash</b></i><br />The Trash bin may fill up quickly if you are accustomed to move files to this folder on a regular basis. A bulky Trash folder may consume significant amount of drive space, which will eventually cause your Mac to slow down. You can empty your Trash by starting Finder and then choosing <i>'Finder' > 'Empty Trash'</i>. <br /><i><b><br />Archive Old Files</b></i><br />Undoubtedly, the best way to reclaim disk space is to archive old and infrequently-used files. Archiving can be done by either backing up these files to another disk or copying them to a new place and then deleting the original copies on your disk. A feature to create compressed archives of files and folders is built into Mac OS X 10.3 and later. <br /><br /><i><b>Delete Temporary Files and System Logs</b></i><br />You should do this as a part of your routine maintenance. Applications create temporary files periodically in normal use. In addition, system logs keep increasing in size over time. You should clean up these logs and temporary files regularly in order to create free space on your startup disk.<br /><i><b><br />Remove Previous Systems folder from an Earlier 'Archive and Install'</b></i><br />In case you did an 'Archive and Install' installation before, your hard drive must be storing the prior Mac OS X System folder in a new folder named 'Previous Systems'. You should move this folder to the Trash and then empty your Trash.<br /><br /><i><b>Get Rid of File Backups Created by iTunes Library</b></i><br />Every time there is an iTunes update, the application itself backs up its current Library file. Once the update is finished and the application is working fine, you do not require this backup. Hence, you should remove this backup by navigating to <i>Home → Music → Previous iTunes Library</i> and moving all the contained files to the Trash. Not to mention you need to empty your Trash bin.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-60836704750754717862012-12-05T11:00:00.000-08:002012-12-19T00:23:26.048-08:00Four Basic Reasons of Data Loss in Mac<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mac OS X has its roots in UNIX with a different code-base from the one seen in the original Mac OS. It comprises FreeBSD-based services and a Mach 3.0 microkernel. It uses HFS+ as the default file system since inception. Because of the underlying UNIX architecture and ‘Apple-like’ interface, it has been a personal favourite platform of many Mac geek and home users. With OS X, Apple has provided an additional level of usability by going past its ‘proprietary machine’ image in the marketplace. Macs are now compatible with a majority of applications and can even run Windows on the same machine. <br />
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<a name='more'></a>With that said, Mac OS X is known to be the most reliable platform. However, in reality, there is a little truth to this fact. Mac OS X, built on a rock-solid UNIX foundation, is still prone to kernel panics, OS X crashes, applications conflicts, and similar problems. As a consequence, Mac users face episodes of data loss quite frequently than expected. There are several situations that end up causing severe data loss on Mac OS X. Some of the common scenarios are discussed below:<br />
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Catalog files play a major role in Mac OS X. File Manager uses these files to order or sort files and folders containing your data. The nodes of catalog files contain pointers to specific files or folders. When the catalog files get corrupt, these files and folders become inaccessible. <br />
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Accidental formatting can make you lose every bit and byte of data on your OS X volume. Sometimes, formatting becomes necessary to get viruses or malware out of your system. Before performing a volume or disk format, you should always back up your data to a different media, such as external drive, USB, or CD/DVD.</div>
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In all the above cases, your data becomes inaccessible or practically unusable. In such situations, you should take help of professional <a href="http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/">Mac file recovery software</a>. Using these utilities, you can fix disk corruption and get access to all your lost files and folders. Further, these tools are compatible with Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. </div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-87731989737396669402012-11-24T00:44:00.000-08:002012-12-04T00:50:19.106-08:00Do I Really Need to Backup my Mac?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This question generally comes into the mind of every Mac users. Do I really need to backup?? Yes guys, its the most important part that we usually avoid. If you won't take backup, one day you will surely face the worst possible situation that will be impossible to avoid. Backup ensures you that your data is safe even if your Mac gets corrupt, hard drive failure, you accidentally delete some data, power failure, or any other severe problem.<br /><br />Why Apple is providing a free utility “Time Machine”. It saves users from critical conditions of data loss. I found Time Machine the best feature provided by Apple, and the easiest way to take backup. Then why not to take advantage of free utility provided by Apple.</div>
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<li>Click on the <i>main hard drive icon</i>, then click <i>Restore</i>.</li>
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This process can be used to create the clone of any drive except the one you are using to boot your Mac. In order to make clone of your whole Mac including boot drive, you need to take the help of cloning software like <a href="http://www.macintosh-software.net/tools/clone-drive.php">Stellar Drive Clone</a>. The software can create clone as well as image of your hard drive. The best part of this software is that you can use the clone created by software to boot your Mac as well in case your boot drive fail. </div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-23866355119318065242012-11-05T14:00:00.000-08:002012-11-22T01:08:30.089-08:00Mac OS X Directory Corruption: The Main Culprit for Data Loss <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Every item on the OS X drive is represented by catalog records. These records are organized in a B-Tree structure called catalog B-Tree. The information in the directory is built by scanning and searching the catalog B-Tree. If this B-Tree structure gets damaged or the catalog records become corrupt, you will be unable to locate and access files stored on your hard drive. </div>
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Directory corruption can be a pain in the neck, especially when it leads to data loss (cases of overlapped files and extents). This implies not all instances of directory corruption will make you lose your precious files. File system journaling is a technological advancement that has reduced the risk of directory corruption in modern Macs. However, it is not always effective or infallible. As a consequence, you need to follow some strategies for avoiding directory corruption on your Mac:</div>
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<li>Maintenance is necessary for optimising Mac and correcting a range of drive-related issues. Maintenance tasks include cache cleaning, defragmenting hard drives, repairing permissions, installing software updates, and more. </li>
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Above mentioned are some of the preventative measures to drive away all your directory corruption woes. If you still come across a corrupt OS X directory, use Disk Utility to fix directory errors. In case the problem persists, you should take help of professional Mac data recovery software. These utilities comprehensively scan your OS X drive to recover all the lost or formatted data absolutely intact. </div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-80740565516352481382012-10-03T00:07:00.000-07:002012-11-22T00:51:47.807-08:00Boost Up Mac Performance | Speed Up Mac<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mac machine are one of the most used and popular machines in this world. However, at times, Mac machines also go slow with the passage of time. The reasons for slow performance of your Mac computer can be many. To deal with such issue, you can use a third-party software to increase slow Mac PC.<br />
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After using a machine for long time, it starts working slower. I also experienced the same situation when I was working on my Mac computer. To explain this, I will discuss about the reasons that slow down the performance of a Mac computer and ways to fix this issue.<br />
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In Mac computer, running too many applications at the same time may slow down your computer. This usually happens if your hard drive is low on memory. To avoid this problem, you should delete unwanted data or applications from your system hard drive.</div>
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Another reason for slow performance of your Mac PC can be too many cache files. Cache files or temporary Internet files are those which are taken when you surf the Internet. If your computer has too many cache files, it will work slowly. Thus you should regularly delete cache files from your computer.</div>
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Widgets are applications that allow you to easily perform a specific function or access a service. Installing too many widgets on your Mac computer can also slow down its performance. Thus, you should uninstall or remove unwanted widgets.<br />
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The above given tips are effective to increase the speed of your Mac computer but these tips can not be followed easily because a Mac beginner may not be able to find out the options to perform these measures. In such situations, you need to <a href="http://www.macintosh-software.net/tools/speedup-mac.php">Speedup Mac</a> computer using a third-party software.<br />
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You can find a number of software from Internet that claim on how to increase the speed of your Mac PC. This becomes a little bit difficult for Mac beginner to choose the best software. Thus, it is always recommended that you should try the software before actually purchasing it. To do this, you can search for software that are available with demo version.<br />
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Stellar Speedup Mac is one of such software that is available with a free demo version. The software helps you to increase the speed of your Mac computer by removing unwanted files, caches, logs, system junks etc. Moreover, the software has a scheduler option that can be used to perform tasks automatically at a specific time period.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-14819064064318174252012-09-14T23:05:00.000-07:002012-10-08T02:08:31.663-07:00How to Recover Deleted Data on Mountain Lion | Mountain Lion Data Recovery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Data loss is the most horrible reality of every Mac user. We delete our data accidentally or intentionally realising later that it is important. With every new release the problem increases. New interface make users to commit more mistakes, resulting in data loss. Newly release OS X Mountain Lion is also giving birth to same problem. Mostly users loss data due to following reasons:<br /><br />
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As soon as you get to know that your data is lost, stop using your system. The more you use it, lesser the chances of recovery. After that download a good data recovery software like <i>Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery</i> to restore your lost data. The software fully supports <a href="http://www.macintosh-software.net/">Mountain Lion Data Recovery</a> from any condition of data loss. <br /><br /><b>The software have 4 recovery options:</b></div>
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<br /><b>Quick Recover:</b> This is the fastest scanning option, used in the case of a volume corruption.<br /><br /><b>Deleted Recovery:</b> Deeply scans your volume sector-by-sector and recover every possible piece of document, text, pictures, videos, multimedia, etc. Deleted Recovery takes more time than Quick Recovery but shows better scanning results.<br /><br /><b>Formatted Media/Lost File Recovery:</b> The scanning option is especially for the drive/media that get formatted. Recover formatted data using this scanning option.<br /><br /><b>Search Lost/Deleted Volume:</b> Use this scanning option if you delete whole volume/drive.</div>
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<br />Above that, the software gives flexibility to select among the various files types, the one you are looking for. There are 107 file types available, that covers almost all the file types. Still if you come across the problem where you don't find the type you are looking for, there is an extra option of '<i>Add Header</i>'. Where you can add the required file type, and recover your data.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-49942396742834583842012-09-07T04:14:00.000-07:002012-10-01T04:19:57.390-07:00Mac Does Not Need a Disk Defragmenter - Why?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The ‘Disk Utility’ of Mac can serve various purposes, like managing hard drive partitions of the machine, creating clone or image of the hard drive data, and actively solve various hard drive related issues. This makes the ‘Disk Utility’ a very handy application of Mac aimed to manage hard drives. But, have you ever noticed that this advanced Mac application (Disk Utility) does not have any tool for hard drive defragmentation. Does this make you think why your Mac do not need a defragmenter?<br />
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<li>OS X gathers all small files and groups them at one place into the larger areas on the hard disk. In this way the copying of files to new larger locations automatically removes all fragments.</li>
<li>Whenever, you access a file, the OS X checks whether this file is fragmented or not. If, it finds this file to be highly fragmented (more than 8 fragments), then OS X automatically defrags this file.</li>
<li>Moreover, the OS X has a ‘Hot File Adaptive Clustering’, which keeps an eye on frequently used files that do not get changed. The OS X then moves the files those are often used to this special hot zone of the hard drive. Therefore, in this process of moving these files, the OS X defrags them, and then stores them on the area of the fastest access.</li>
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In such scenarios, Mac OS X fails to safeguard your hard drive against fragmentation, and you need an efficient third-party tool for <b>Mac Defragmentation</b>. These tools defrag your Mac hard drive, and hence improve the data access speed.<br />
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<a href="http://www.macintosh-software.net/tools/defrag-drive.php"><i>Stellar Drive Defrag</i></a> is one such professional software that efficiently defrags Mac hard drives and volumes, including the boot volume of your machine. In addition to these, this software uses effective algorithms to organize free space of your hard drive. </div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-67594251473544549002012-08-30T15:00:00.000-07:002012-10-01T04:18:10.164-07:00New Features in OS X Mountain Lion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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OS X Mountain Lion came in the market with a bang. It boosts up every Mac user with a stream of energy with its new and enhanced features. There are number of features that are new and a few with their new and improved version. Let’s have at look at such great features:</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRrZcOnqZNDi0WLBtS7B0YMB_GlFDczMgFBSccI9tRMDg6QFmgHIv8FeUO1pW0COGMYoobFzV8FpDBDLfrNEJy7xgTq6461e66xm6h4AxlG1v1TElRApcEmUWouNzdPj4cblSMT_FrEE/s1600/icloud_icon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRrZcOnqZNDi0WLBtS7B0YMB_GlFDczMgFBSccI9tRMDg6QFmgHIv8FeUO1pW0COGMYoobFzV8FpDBDLfrNEJy7xgTq6461e66xm6h4AxlG1v1TElRApcEmUWouNzdPj4cblSMT_FrEE/s1600/icloud_icon.jpg" /></a><b>iCloud</b> - It is now more powerful with its enhanced version. Now it works together on a Mac, iPhone, iPod, and iPad. If you made a change on one, it will automatically update on ones. We uses iCloud to keep our mails, contacts, documents, calendars, notes, etc. All you need to do is use your Apple ID to sign in once and iCloud will be enable in all the applications that use it.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUVGW3zoqNR3PHlnfC7QgPpMvYp79UA0SglqQ20_SUsKwUv1DklNrJe0RxVSeeKKK3pDtimxJWQ1J7-ofLdSt43MhwTVl4g6O_GfbYuWbPBdjdW2QC1ujvOS_57yp8r4YfambKWb2v5Y/s1600/notificationcenter_icon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUVGW3zoqNR3PHlnfC7QgPpMvYp79UA0SglqQ20_SUsKwUv1DklNrJe0RxVSeeKKK3pDtimxJWQ1J7-ofLdSt43MhwTVl4g6O_GfbYuWbPBdjdW2QC1ujvOS_57yp8r4YfambKWb2v5Y/s1600/notificationcenter_icon.jpg" /></a><b>Notification Center</b> - Are you fed up with the pop ups here and there on you screen whether an email, a software update, a message, or anything. Mountain Lion came with the solution as Notification Center. It always appear at the same place on your desktop and quickly disappears, so it don't litter up your screen.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqnA1VbL6EJw5Igm79hufjHFNX9bpvntsMGPR-QOFHcUd-_-6XfWdhoAqkRO7lA7J6uAPTXlvZaHmILi_5KGTYrui1Ugn_7vKFn51y5dH4bUeutBA5erkFQC3SiWFHFT2-ZzYMXhA5D4/s1600/powernap_icon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqnA1VbL6EJw5Igm79hufjHFNX9bpvntsMGPR-QOFHcUd-_-6XfWdhoAqkRO7lA7J6uAPTXlvZaHmILi_5KGTYrui1Ugn_7vKFn51y5dH4bUeutBA5erkFQC3SiWFHFT2-ZzYMXhA5D4/s1600/powernap_icon.jpg" /></a><b>Power Nap</b> – Opposite to us, Mac gets the things done even when it goes to sleep. Updates your Mail, Reminders, Notes, Calendar, Contacts, Find My Mac, Photo Stream, and Documents in the iCloud. And when the Mac is connected to a source of power, it makes backup with the Time Machine and download software updates.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4kWi61u_3m_JTNl7ZoncPX7pZm7LTOHOMil5SZepo9lzXUW5Rdw6h3cAzvTl4vLBkwjZtYh4I28KfNP2w-MrYnLVNsk5jgY3Q_UCIYXE_bnM9FEw_xbwmde_Fh9e0OwAus8-dR8peMg/s1600/dication_icon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4kWi61u_3m_JTNl7ZoncPX7pZm7LTOHOMil5SZepo9lzXUW5Rdw6h3cAzvTl4vLBkwjZtYh4I28KfNP2w-MrYnLVNsk5jgY3Q_UCIYXE_bnM9FEw_xbwmde_Fh9e0OwAus8-dR8peMg/s1600/dication_icon.jpg" /></a><b>Dictation</b> – Tired of typing everytime. Now Mountain lion assures you that speaking is now typing. Dictation converts whatever you speak into text, even it understands punctuation. Say 'comma' or 'full stop', it punctuates for you. Dictation supports French, Japanese, German, and English(US, UK, and Australia).</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZHLcECm2mJiajTEm8K0YnpmzXFhpNMlLMBEYMUUKRB1Hns8Law7gUd0cNk9tijT5LNYqjC6VfmKD-l4H4Zq5pmxp8r0cz0U7j2i89-IDhr7TEiurUjSbdnM-wN4Bd9HE9HATXYVl7zc/s1600/sharing_icon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZHLcECm2mJiajTEm8K0YnpmzXFhpNMlLMBEYMUUKRB1Hns8Law7gUd0cNk9tijT5LNYqjC6VfmKD-l4H4Zq5pmxp8r0cz0U7j2i89-IDhr7TEiurUjSbdnM-wN4Bd9HE9HATXYVl7zc/s1600/sharing_icon.jpg" /></a><b>Sharing</b> – Share photos, videos, text and other files with Messages, Mail, and AirDrop right from the application you are using. There is a share button all over the Mountain Lion. Send links from Safari, and within few moments your post is on Facebook, Ficker, or Twitter.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-24508152902474320972012-08-22T23:27:00.000-07:002012-08-22T23:31:53.598-07:00How to Recover Data with Original File Name<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There are many softwares available in the market to recover lost Mac data. But do these softwares recover files with their original names?? No. They just create a pile of recovered data giving machine generated names, making it difficult for the user to recognize the file they are looking for. Sometimes there are thousands of files in the recovered bundle and the one you are looking is lost in the way you never find it. Ultimately even after spending thousands of bucks, result is zero.<br />
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The new version of <a href="http://www.macintosh-software.net/"><i>Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery</i></a> is embedded with the <span id="goog_2039720364"></span><span id="goog_2039720365"></span>advance features including “<i>Recovery with Original File Names</i>”. Robust and secure data recovery tool, is the world's one and only software that is capable of recovering files with their original names. <br />
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<b>If your Mac is working</b>- Buy software online and install it on your Mac.<br />
<b>If your Mac is not working</b>- Order a boot DVD of the software. Boot you Mac with the help of DVD. And install the software.<br />
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After launching Stellar Phoenix, follow the below steps to recover your data:<br />
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<li>Click the 'Deleted Recovery' icon under Drive Recovery tab.</li>
<li>Here appears a list of volumes. Select the one from which you want to recover the deleted files and click the 'Start' button.</li>
<li>The software starts scanning the selected volume and list all the recoverable files in a tree view with preview.</li>
<li>Here the files are listed with their original names. Check the preview and select the ones you want to recover. Now click the 'Recover' button located at the bottom right corner.</li>
<li>At the end choose the destination location and all the recovered fill will be saved at the specified location with their original names.</li>
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Now you are having only the files you are looking for, No bundle of unnecessary crap. The software incorporates powerful scanning algorithms, to scan every bit of drive and recover files even from unmounted volumes.</div>
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Shriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947050573712580880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341599045810880778.post-51688147384075004822012-08-09T15:32:00.000-07:002012-08-30T04:33:28.172-07:00How to Clean Your Mac | Speed Up Mac | Improve Mac Performance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I work as a manager in a private bank and use a Mac-based PC at my office. Every time I use my Mac computer, I tend to run 8 to 10 applications on it and at times, it works very slowly that I have to forcibly shutdown the system. Then I realized that I should restart the computer once but the performance of the system was same even after restarting. When this did not help me, I performed a search on the Internet to speed up my Mac PC. Here are some of tips to optimize Mac system:<br />
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In Mac, some of the applications automatically set themselves as startup application. This causes them to load at every start. To avoid this, you should regularly remove startup items from ‘Login Items’. <br />
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Apple has incorporated its operating system with a number of useful features as system preferences. However, all of these features may not be useful for you such as Universal Access or Bluetooth. These features take some of the resources in RAM and processor which in turn decrease the speed of your computer. Thus, make sure that these features are turned off if you are not using them. </div>
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In the System Preferences window, look for a pane named ‘Others’ which contains items that you don’t use or use occasionally. Disable these items from the Preferences Pane itself or remove them from the folder: ‘<i>~/Library/PreferencePanes</i>’.</div>
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Activity Monitor allows you to check CPU usage, virtual memory usage, RAM requirements. Check Activity Monitor regularly to keep an eye on all the activities and if there are any red flags.<br />
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You can follow above given measures to avoid slow performance issues on your Mac computer but these measures can only be performed by a person who is perfect is using Mac operating system. If you are a beginner to Mac OS X then it might be difficult for you to find out and perform these activities. In such cases, you can use a third-party software to <i><a href="http://www.macintosh-software.net/tools/speedup-mac.php">Speed up Mac</a></i>. These software are easily available on the Internet and can be used by a novice to remove unwanted files from the system. <br />
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To select the best software for your Mac computer, you can give a trial to some of them and check the features. You can also try Stellar Speedup Mac that comes with a free demo version. This software allows you to remove unwanted files, caches, logs, system junks etc. Moreover, this tool allows you to preview the data such as photos, music and video files before cleaning them from your system. </div>
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