includes any question relating to managing storage or storage space
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One mac, Two or more storage devices - how to divide things?
We're at a crossroads where most Macs now have space and connections to contain two storage devices. SSD are fast, low capacity and expensive - HDD are in comparison slow, huge and cheap.
Both iMacs ...
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How do I mount ejected external USB flash storage?
Suppose that we connect our flash USB drive to a MacBook, then eject this storage from Finder sidebar. Now I want to remount this storage without unplugging and replugging it into the computer, but ...
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Diagnose disk I/O per application
I have a Leopard system which feels rather sluggish, and which I suspect may be disk-I/O-bound. While I know how to check which app is using CPU or memory (top or Activity Monitor), I don’t really ...
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What are the best disk cloning tools?
Money is no object. I want a bit for bit perfect copy of a hard drive/partition which is bootable (is either possible) to be used in a backup regimen.
I have heard of some tools but your ...
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Best way to clear up space and dump to computer when getting iCloud storage backup prompt?
When i sync my iphone, I am getting an error message saying it can't do a backup because i have more than 5GB of space used.
I went to:
Settings --> iCloud --> Storage and backup --> Manage ...
