Simple question. However, not exactly one that has a simple answer to it. Whenever you try to find that answer in the tech specs when buying an iMac (as an example) you will not be able to locate the actual manufacturer of the drive. Here is what I mean. I happen to have seen Macs […]
Reading and Writing to Windows Hard Drives in macOS
Interacting with Windows from macOS has always been a pain. It’s much easier now than it use to be, of course. There was a time when there was virtually no cross-compatibility between the operating systems, and files edited in Windows basically could not be transferred to the Mac. Thankfully, those days are past. But working […]
Use macOS Sierra’s Purgeable Space to Optimize Storage
Bigger might be better, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at Mac hard drives. Thanks to expensive SSDs, the base storage for a new Mac is now only 128 GB, and expanded internal storage can be ludicrously expensive. To help you deal with this reality, macOS Sierra includes features to help save disk space. As part […]
5 Tips For Reclaiming Hard Drive Space on Your Mac
Is the hard drive on your Mac constantly telling you that it is getting full? Are you running out of space to save your photos, music, videos, and other important files? Having to constantly manage your drive to make room for new items can be a time consuming and frustrating affair. But if you’re like […]
5 Ways to Reclaim Disk Space in OS X
Even though MacBook and Mac Pros have been getting larger and larger internal drives, those of us with SSD drives are still fighting the storage wars, trying to keep the clutter off of drives that while extremely fast, aren’t always the largest when it comes to capacity. The longer you have your Mac the more […]
How To Move an iTunes Library to an External Drive
Is your iTunes library getting a little too big for your internal hard drive? Do you wish you had those gigs of space back without deleting that music library you’ve curated over the years? Well, it’s actually fairly easy to get your entire iTunes library off of your Mac and onto an external drive or […]
