The Crucial P5 M.2 NVMe Gen 3 module is blazingly fast. The 2TB model I received easily handles 3400MB/s read and 3000 MB/s write speeds. More importantly, the P5 is capable of sustaining that speed over longer periods of time, not just bursts.… Read More Crucial P5 SSD Review
The OWC Envoy Express enclosure is an empty NVMe enclosure with Thunderbolt 3 port and cable. Its cable isn’t integrated as with many other such enclosures, which is one huge plus. In addition, the Envoy Express comes with a clear plastic mounting plate that you attach to any Mac’s or PC’s surface with a glue-less strip. That allows you to mount and unmount the attachment plate many times without losing any of its attachment power. It’s all quite unique and attractive.… Read More Review of OWC’s Envoy Express NVMe module enclosure
LTO may be slower than hard disks and SSDs but it’s still the backup medium of choice for a lot of companies and people. As it happens, OWC just announced the availability of the Mercury Pro LTO.… Read More OWC Mercury Pro LTO solution available now
If you’re like most busy people, you will one day find that it takes too much of your time to move files to folders that you still need to create and drag those folders to the Documents or one of those other Apple pre-made folders. Worse still, the folders you created are buried and often you may forget where you put your actual files. Instead, it’s much quicker to save or drag files to your Desktop. The result is no longer a Desktop but a chaos of files, URLs, disks, folders and what have you.… Read More Unclutter, the new app that keeps your Mac Desktop clean as a whistle
With Apple now selling the 2m braided nylon Thunderbolt 3 cable it includes with your Apple Pro Display XDR monitor separately for a whopping €150, I thought it’d be a good idea to test a number of 2m cables from well-known brands that sell on Amazon’s sites and elsewhere. I tested a Cable Matters, CalDigit and Belkin cable.… Read More Three Thunderbolt 3 cables put to the test
Plugable is well-known for its inexpensive — if not cheap — products of well above average quality. After a few nasty experiences with Thunderbolt 3 cables and a USB 3.2 Gen. 2 C-type to SATA adapter by a company who charges a hefty premium for its products, I decided to see if Plugable’s products are any better.… Read More Test: Plugable Thunderbolt 3 cable & USB-C to SATA adapter
A Better Finder Rename is a software tool for Mac users that allows them to batch rename files with a number of options, including the ability to rename using Regex selectors. A Better Finder Rename is in its 11th version and the app has a nice, modern look and is very user-friendly.… Read More The A Better Finder Rename 11 Review
NVMe SSDs are meant to be built-in into a computer as a high-speed hard disk replacement or in an external device that usually sells as a black box, i.e. you can’t open it, add or remove SSDs from it. That definition is quickly becoming obsolete, though, as a growing number of vendors such as Plugable and OWC are offering enclosures that allow you to quickly switch between different NVMe SSDs.… Read More Plugable USB 3.1 Gen.2 NVMe SSD enclosure & Crucial P1 1TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD
CalDigit recently released the second model Tuff Nano, a 1TB version. I got the tomato red one and was curious to see how it would perform in relation to its smaller sibling, the 512GB version. With the Tuff Nano 1TB, you can backup an entire iMac’s built-in Fusion drive and take all that data with… Read More Put your Mac’s drive in your shirt pocket with the CalDigit Tuff Nano 1TB
The ioSafe Duo unit is a hard drive / SSD drive unit for two disks that you can set up in RAID 0, 1, JBOD or Span. As with all ioSafe digital storage equipment, the unit is fireproof, waterproof and theft-proof. … Read More ioSafe Duo review
