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
The Solo Hawk is an external SSD that is a bit more rugged, a bit bigger and heavier than most of the competition’s products. It’s crushproof, waterproof, chemicals proof and more.… Read More ioSafe Solo Hawk, the indestructible external drive review
Plugable has just released its mobile Thunderbolt 3 NVMe 1TB drive and I took it for a spin. The Plugable Thunderbolt 3 NVMe drive appears to be based on the Phison E12, a PCIe Gen 3×4 controller.… Read More Plugable Thunderbolt 3 NVMe SSD: extremely high speed mobile storage
