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SuperDuper! Becomes Leopard Compatible!

Posted at February 5, 2008 10:27 am | In Software | By: Ben Woodruff

The long awaited version 2.5 of Shirt Pocket’s SuperDuper! backup application for OS X has finally released.

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Tags: Apple/Mac, Backup

Western Digital My Book = Corrupt?

Posted at February 4, 2008 10:28 am | In Research | By: Ben Woodruff

Last Saturday I wanted to take my My Book external hard drive (400GB) to work, to share some files with a co-worker. It was plugged into my AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn non-gig version) via the USB port. I normally have that and a printer plugged into a hub which then plugs into the base station.

So Saturday I did what I thought I was supposed to do in order to unplug the drive: hit eject on my machine, and then just to make sure, logged in using the AirPort Utility and clicked “Disconnect All Users” on the drive. So I unplugged it and drove it to Avon.

When I get there my co-worker plugs it in: it doesn’t mount. I didn’t think anything of it. He is running OS X on non-Mac hardware (hackintosh). I figured it was just his machine. So I plug it into my MacBook Pro: still doesn’t mount.
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Tags: Annoyances, Apple/Mac, Backup, Data Recovery, Hard Drive, Research, Technology

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