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Five reasons to partition a disk
Apple's Disk Utility makes it easy to split a hard drive up into multiple parts called partitions. But why would you ever bother? Joe Kissell shows you five things partitioning a disk allows you to do.
Review: iStoragePro Pocket portable hard drive
Ci Design's iStoragePro Pocket is one of the fastest portable hard drives we’ve ever looked at.
Review: Raidon Stardom DeckRAID DR4
The DeckRAID DR4 has a solid premise: offer a flat, stylish, easy-to-use RAID 5 solution for Mac users, particularly the oft-forgotten iMac and Mac Mini crowd.
Drobo expands line with Drobo S and Drobo Elite
Data Robotics, makers of the popular Drobo, is expanding its product line with two devices, the Drobo S (now with eSATA) and the Drobo Elite (now with Multi-Host).
Review LaCie Starck Mobile Hard Drive
LaCie’s Starck Mobile Hard Drive is a stylish USB drive that features a sturdy aluminum exterior and a wealth of enticing features that should excite hardware enthusiasts.
SubRosaSoft introduces FileSalvage 7
FileSalvage offers Snow Leopard support and enables better recovery for flash-memory cards and Windows drives. The user interface has gotten a facelift as well.
Review: Synology Disk Station DS409slim network-attached storage device
Synology's Disk Station DS409slim is a good idea, but it is a long way from being a consumer-friendly network-attached storage unit.
Review: LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive
The LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive is a creatively-designed USB drive that features an unconventional aluminum case design and some equally distinct features.
Intel to roll out new low-cost and high-end SSDs
Intel will release a $120 solid-state disk drive positioned as a server "boot drive" with only 40GB of capacity, but the drive could also be used in low-end laptops PCs and netbooks.
Primera intros BravoPro Xi-Series disc publishers
Primera Technology, a developer and manufacturer of CD/DVD/BD duplication and printing equipment, has announced the new BravoPro Xi-Series Disc Publishers.
Six ways to botch your backups
Shocked that a company as prominent as Danger, Inc. could lose T-Mobile's Sidekick customers' data? Protect your business backups by avoiding these six mistakes.
LaCie intros Network Space 2 media server and NAS
LaCie on Tuesday revealed the Network Space 2, the follow-up to its Network Space network-attached storage (NAS) and media server.
Primera intros PTPublisher burning and printing software for Mac
Primera Technology, a leading developer and manufacturer of CD/DVD/BD duplication and printing equipment, has announced PTPublisher for Mac.
Shifting large media libraries
It happens to lots of us: Large media files choke our startup drive. Here are solutions for sharing the wealth between an internal and external hard drive.
New DiskTool Pro update includes CPU meter, improved Snow Leopard support
Macware on Tuesday announced an update to DiskTools Pro, the company’s software utility for hard drive management.
G-Technology announces support for Hitachi 2TB hard drives
Hitachi GST announced that the G-Technology line of storage devices that use 3.5-inch hard drive mechanisms will now have a 2TB option.
OWC unveils new quad-interface 12X Blu-ray burner
OWC expanded your external Blu-ray choices by releasing its new Mercury Pro 12x Blu-ray burner.
Restore your old pictures with iPhoto
Return your scanned old photos to their former glory with a few easy adjustments in iPhoto.
Hardware remotes for your media center Mac
Apple's hardware remote control may be handy, but it's limited. For greater control, check out these remotes.
Four smart tips for managing scanned photos
Bring order and security to your scanned printed media with these smart iPhoto management and back up strategies
Apple quietly updates AirPort Extreme, Time Capsule
Amidst all the big Mac updates announed Tuesday, Apple has also updated its AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule units with faster performance.
Review: Buffalo MiniStation Metro portable hard drive
The MiniStation Metro gains an innovative design, but loses at bit in terms of performance.
Mac News Briefs: Logic Pro update enhances features, addresses stability
The minor update to Apple's professional music recording, editing, and mixing software allows Flex Markers to align and snap to MIDI notes, makes performing a punch-in recording with Replace Mode behave correctly, adds an option for latency measurement to he I/O plug-in, and causes TDM plug-ins to behave as expected.
Sidekick fiasco highlights need for mobile backups
The loss of personal data that Sidekick users in the U.S. have suffered is a shame, but it also shows how important data stored on mobile phones has become.
Minor MobileMe upgrades improve iDisk
Apple rolled out some small fixes and enhancements to the MobileMe service on Friday.
Iomega releases ‘green’ StorCenter ix2-200 NAS device
Iomega today launched its latest network-attached storage unit, the StorCenter ix2-200
Review: FastMac External Slimline USB 2.0 BD-R 4X Optical Drive
Though it won’t set any speed records, the FastMac External Slimline USB 2.0 BD-R 4X Optical Drive is a dependable performer. Bus-powered and compact, this portable burner should appeal to mobile users interested in burning Blu-ray and other discs.
First Look: LaCie Starck Hard Drives
The Starck Desktop Hard Drive and the Starck Mobile Hard Drive are stylish, Mac-friendly aluminum USB drives that feature sturdy aluminum exteriors, unconventionally slick curves, and a wealth of enticing features that should excite hardware enthusiasts this fall.
WD announces new My Book Studio desktop hard drives.
The latest WD hard drive features e-label display and new backup software.
Review: Verbatim SureFire FireWire 800/USB hard drive
Verbatim’s SureFire FireWire 800/USB the company’s entry to the burgeoning portable hard drive market.