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Understanding Online Backup Options
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| http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/biztools/article.php/3776066 |
| From the article: " When you own a small business and you can't afford to lose those accounting statements, graphic design illustrations or medical records, keeping all your files in one location isn't the best option. Storage industry insiders say backing up your information on external hard drives and CDs is important, but if your office or home is hit by a disaster, your data can be lost. " |
You gotta have a backup!
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Does Mac OS X need a disk defragmenter/optimizer?
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| http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070301091515843 |
| From the article: " Defragmentation and disk optimization in Mac OS X collectively represent an issue nearly as contentious as the debate over repairing disk permissions -- one camp argues that utilties purportedly performing these functions amount to little more than nostrums, while others claim real-world performance gains as a result of the tools' usage. " |
The debate rages on...
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What to do when a disk goes bad
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| http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/25/tuaw-tip-what-to-do-when-a-disk-goes-bad/ |
| From the article: " We've all been there. The external disk you bought three or four years ago, which has been working great so far, starts to click. And it's not a good click ... it's the kind of click that gives you the spinning beach ball of death. " |
Avoid panic, how to deal with a dying or dead drive.
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The UPS and Downs of Power Protection
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| http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/buyersguide/article.php/3673756 |
| From the article: " Big businesses employ all kinds of sophisticated uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems to protect their computer rooms in the event of a power failure. Such systems not only provide battery power so that computers remain powered up when the main power source fails, they also adjust the voltage to eliminate surges and other kinds of electrical irregularities that can damage computers, copiers and other delicate equipment. " |
Protect your equipment!
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Should Mac Users Run Antivirus Software?
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| http://db.tidbits.com/article/9511 |
| From the article: " When people find out I'm a security expert, I can almost guarantee the ensuing conversation will evolve in one of three ways. If they are technologically illiterate, I'll have to explain I don't know anything about trading securities and can't help them with any hot tips. If they use Windows, I'll tell them to back up their data and reformat the system. But if they use Macs, the discussion usually becomes a little more complicated. " |
Mostly good information on Mac viruses.
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Back It Up, Mac
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| http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/biztools/article.php/3669706 |
| From the article: " Anyone who owns a Mac has experienced the frustration of being treated like a second-class citizen when it comes to finding Mac versions of popular software. Most software vendors point to Windows' larger market share as an excuse for not developing Mac titles, but others have started listening to their customers and delivering the goods. " |
You have to have a backup plan!
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File Security
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| http://macintoshsolutions.com/docs/filesecurity.html |
| From the article: " Deleting a file on a disk is not enough to keep someone with a little patience and the right software from sampling every file you've ever saved to that disk. " |
I know what you did on your PC last summer! |
Metadata
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| http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:_Hr3Uli5Up8J:www.hricik.com/eethics/Metadata1103.doc+%22Many+documents+created+by+software+contain+far+more+than+the+visible+text%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=safari |
| From the article: "
The Problem Many documents created by software contain far more than the visible text. Documents written with Microsoft Word, for example, contain what is called “metadata” -- information about who wrote the document, when it was revised, by whom, and additional information. Likewise, documents saved with WordPerfect can be "unedited" through using multiple "un do" commands to reveal critical changes to a document. Excel creates similar issues. " |
The article is somewhat dated, and applied more to Windows systems, but the reality is that hidden data, even deleted data, is embedded in documents.
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