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May

Setting Up Your Mac - Unhide your Library Folder created 05/11
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Performance Singly and Striped updated 05/06
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Photoshop CS6 Benchmark (diglloydMedium) updated 05/06
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Photoshop CS6 Benchmark (diglloydHuge) updated 05/06
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Speed vs Capacity and Data Type (240GB) updated 05/06
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Speed vs Capacity and Data Type (480GB) created 05/06
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Speed (Triple RAID-0 Stripe) created 05/06
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Conclusions created 05/06
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Understanding Compressible vs Incompressible Data created 05/06

April

OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Photoshop CS6 Benchmark (diglloydHuge) created 04/19
Quick Links for Buying - Apple Mac Pro Memory Price History updated 04/18
Quick Links for Buying - Apple MacBook Pro Memory Price History updated 04/18
Quick Links for Buying - Apple iMac Memory Price History updated 04/18
How To Guides - How-To Erase a Web Site Password in Safari or Firefox updated 04/17
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD with Hardware RAID created 04/16
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Setup and Configuration created 04/16
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Benefits and Applications created 04/16
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Performance Singly and Striped created 04/16
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Photoshop CS6 Benchmark (diglloydMedium) created 04/16
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD - Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Speed vs Capacity and Data Type (240GB) created 04/16
Mac Performance 102: Storage - The Fastest 2TB Volume is on a 4TB Drive created 04/12
Desktop Hard Drives - Hitachi 4TB Deskstar 7K4000 Hard Drive created 04/10
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Disable Java in Safari created 04/05

March

Using Apple Time Machine for Backup - Best Practices with Time Machine created 03/19

February

Desktop Hard Drives - Hitachi 4TB Deskstar 5K4000 'Coolspin' Hard Drive created 02/17
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Apple Mail Takes Accounts Offline for Days created 02/06

January

Mac Pro Memory - OWC 16GB memory modules for 2009/2010/2011 Mac Pro created 01/11

December 2011

Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Save As Command Forces Multi-Step Workaround, Data Destruction updated 12/27
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Cannot Print With Epson Stylus Pro 3800 updated 12/22
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Apple Mail Searching Multiple Choice, Multiple Steps updated 12/22
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Apple Mail Modal Window updated 12/22
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Multi-second System Hangs with Rainbow Beachballs updated 12/22
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Software RAID Display Broken updated 12/22
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Unusable Full-screen Mode updated 12/22
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Fixing Controls in Finder Icon View Windows updated 12/22
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Pixellated Image Previews in Lion Finder updated 12/22
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Finder Cannot Display File Type Correctly updated 12/22
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Column Divider Will Not Size To Fit updated 12/22
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - You Are Not Connected To The Internet updated 12/22
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Launchpad Does Not Accept Keyboard Input updated 12/22
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Restore Windows When Quitting and Re-opening Apps updated 12/22
Quick Links for Buying - Where to Buy an iMac updated 12/09

September 2011

Quick Links for Buying - Where to Buy a Mac Pro updated 09/30
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - User Comments on Apple Mail in Lion created 09/11
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - How to Select and Configure a Mac Pro updated 09/02

August 2011

Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Cannot Print With Epson Stylus Pro 3800 created 08/17
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Mac OS X Lion Hairballs created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Lion-converted Apple Mail Cannot Be Used With Snow Leopard Boot created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Apple Mail Searching Multiple Choice, Multiple Steps created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Apple Mail Modal Window created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Multi-second System Hangs with Rainbow Beachballs created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Software RAID Display Broken created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Unusable Full-screen Mode created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Scrolling Direction Baffling created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Spelling Auto Correct created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Save As Command Forces Multi-Step Workaround, Data Destruction created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Fixing Controls in Finder Icon View Windows created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Pixellated Image Previews in Lion Finder created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Finder Cannot Display File Type Correctly created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Column Divider Will Not Size To Fit created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - You Are Not Connected To The Internet created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Launchpad Does Not Accept Keyboard Input created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Restore Windows When Quitting and Re-opening Apps created 08/08
Mac OS X Lion Hairballs - Disable Animated Window Zooming created 08/08

July 2011

Misc. Reviews - OWC Mercury Elite Pro (2011 model) created 07/23
Misc. Reviews - OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini (2011 model) created 07/23
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Photoshop CS5 diglloydHuge Benchmark — OWC 480GB 6G SSD on Mac Pro 3G Port updated 07/04
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Sustained Transfer Speed — OWC 480GB 6G SSD on 2010 Mac Pro 3G Ports updated 07/04
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Sustained Transfer Speed — OWC 480GB 6G SSD on 2011 MacBook Pro 6G updated 07/04

June 2011

Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - 2011 MacBook Pro: Will Apple Fix the 6G SATA BUGS? updated 06/10
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Keep System Software Up To Date created 06/05
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Disable Automatic Login created 06/05
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Disable Incoming Internet Connections created 06/05
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Use a Hardware Firewall With Unroutable LAN created 06/05
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Prefer Wired Internet; Avoid Wireless Internet created 06/05
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Use a Bastion Server created 06/05
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - More Diligent Measures, Even Hardware Removal created 06/05
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Set up a Normal User Account (and use it) created 06/01
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Disable Safari’s 'Open Safe Files by Default' created 06/01
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Apple Mail Security created 06/01

May 2011

Mac Pro Memory - OWC 16GB Memory Modules for 2009/2010/2011 Mac Pro (2011 variant) created 05/24
Mac Pro Memory - OWC 16GB Memory Modules Clock Speed (2011 variant) created 05/24
Mac Pro Memory - OWC 16GB Memory Modules Performance on 3.33Ghz 6-Core Mac Pro (2011 variant) created 05/24
Mac Pro Memory - OWC 16GB Memory Modules Performance on 3.33Ghz 12-Core Mac Pro (2011 variant) created 05/24
Strange but True: Photoshop CS5 Performance - Memory Makes the Photoshop CS5 Scratch Drive Irrelevant updated 05/12
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Photoshop CS5 Memory Usage Preference updated 05/12
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Save Big Files 20X Faster With the DisallowFlateCompressedPSD Plugin updated 05/12
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Influence of Drive Speed on CS5 Big File Save Speed created 05/08
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Photoshop CS5 Maximum Memory on Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, iMac updated 05/07
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Save Big Files 20X Faster With the DisallowFlateCompressedPSD Plugin created 05/06
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Sustained Transfer Speed — 2011 MacBook Pro 6G Port updated 05/03

April 2011

OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Duplicate Image Files — 2011 MacBook Pro 6G Port updated 04/21
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Photoshop CS5 diglloydMedium Benchmark updated 04/21
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Read Applications Folder — 2011 MacBook Pro 6G Port created 04/18
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD created 04/15
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Sustained Transfer Speed — 2011 MacBook Pro 6G Port created 04/15
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Duplicate Image Files — 2011 MacBook Pro 6G Port created 04/15
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Photoshop CS5 diglloydMedium Benchmark created 04/15
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Photoshop CS5 diglloydHuge Benchmark — OWC 480GB 6G SSD on Mac Pro 3G Port created 04/15
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Sustained Transfer Speed — OWC 480GB 6G SSD on 2010 Mac Pro 3G Ports created 04/15
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Sustained Transfer Speed — OWC 480GB 6G SSD on 2011 MacBook Pro 6G created 04/15
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD - Sustained Transfer Speed — 2010 Mac Pro Internal 3G Port 120GB Model created 04/15

March 2011

OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G 115GB SSD (25nm Flash) created 03/26
Optimizing Mac Performance - How to Delete a Space-Hogging Sleep File sleepimage updated 03/23
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Panorama With PTGui Pro 64-Bit updated 03/11
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Introduction to the MacBook Pro Quad-Core updated 03/09
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - SATA Performance With OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD updated 03/09
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - SSD Performance With Random Data created 03/09
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Results With Photoshop CS5 updated 03/09
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - RAW Import with Apple Aperture updated 03/09
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - RAW to TIF with Bibble Pro updated 03/09
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - RAW to TIF With Canon Digital Photo Professional updated 03/09
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - RAW to TIF With PhaseOne CaptureONE Pro updated 03/09
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - RAW to TIF With RAW Developer updated 03/09
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Focus Stacking with Helicon Focus updated 03/09
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Image Scaling With PhotoZoom Pro updated 03/09
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Encoding Video with Handbrake updated 03/09
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Conclusions on 2011 Apple MacBook Pro updated 03/09
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - MemoryTester SHA1 Performance created 03/07
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - MemoryTester CPU Performance created 03/07
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - MemoryTester Memory Performance created 03/07
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Mac OS X Support for SSD TRIM created 03/05
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Introduction to the MacBook Pro Quad-Core created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Choosing which MacBook Pro Model created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - How and Why I Configured my MacBook Pro created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Thunderbolt on the MacBook Pro created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Configuration As Tested created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Apple’s 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD) created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - SATA Performance With OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Results With Photoshop CS5 created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - RAW Import with Adobe Lightroom 3 created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - RAW Import with Apple Aperture created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - RAW to TIF with Bibble Pro created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - RAW to TIF With Canon Digital Photo Professional created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - RAW to TIF With PhaseOne CaptureONE Pro created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - RAW to TIF With RAW Developer created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Focus Stacking with Helicon Focus created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Panorama With PTGui Pro 64-Bit created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Image Scaling With PhotoZoom Pro created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Encoding Video with Handbrake created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - 2011 MacBook Pro: Will Apple Fix the 6G SATA BUGS? created 03/04
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011) - Conclusions on 2011 Apple MacBook Pro created 03/04

February 2011

Backup - Risks of Data Loss created 02/26
Backup - Risks To Data Go Far Beyond Drive Failure created 02/26
Backup - Adobe Lightroom Catalog Backup created 02/26
Data Safety with RAID-1 Mirror - RAID-1 Mirror Limitations created 02/26
Data Safety with RAID-1 Mirror - RAID-1 Mirror vs Two Separate Drives for Backup created 02/26
Data Safety with RAID-1 Mirror - RAID-1 Mirror in Hardware vs Software created 02/26
Data Safety with RAID-1 Mirror - RAID-1 Software Mirror With SoftRAID 4 created 02/26
Quick Links for Buying - Where to Buy a MacBook Pro updated 02/26
Quick Links for Buying - Upgrading a Mac Pro to More Cores or Faster CPU updated 02/10
Strange but True: Photoshop CS5 Performance - Beware of Memory Usage and Mac OS X Cache updated 02/10
Upgrading Your Mac - Upgrading the Mac Pro CPU updated 02/09

January 2011

OWC Portable Dual-Drive RAID-0 or RAID-1 Mini Enclosures - OWC Dual-drive Enclosures Overview created 01/31
OWC Portable Dual-Drive RAID-0 or RAID-1 Mini Enclosures - OWC Dual-drive Features created 01/31
OWC Portable Dual-Drive RAID-0 or RAID-1 Mini Enclosures - OWC Dual-drive Power Supply Options created 01/31
OWC Portable Dual-Drive RAID-0 or RAID-1 Mini Enclosures - OWC Dual-drive Ergonomics created 01/31
OWC Portable Dual-Drive RAID-0 or RAID-1 Mini Enclosures - Performance on Mac Pro with eSATA created 01/31
OWC Portable Dual-Drive RAID-0 or RAID-1 Mini Enclosures - Performance on Mac Pro with Firewire 800 created 01/31
OWC Portable Dual-Drive RAID-0 or RAID-1 Mini Enclosures - Performance on MacBook Pro with eSATA created 01/31
OWC Portable Dual-Drive RAID-0 or RAID-1 Mini Enclosures - Performance on MacBook Pro with Firewire 800 created 01/31
OWC Portable Dual-Drive RAID-0 or RAID-1 Mini Enclosures - OWC Dual-drive Conclusions created 01/31
2010 MacBook Air for Photographers? - MacBook Air 2010 SSD Performance updated 01/28
2010 MacBook Air for Photographers? - Even Better SSD Performance with Mercury Aura created 01/28
Strange but True: Photoshop CS5 Performance - Photoshop CS5 Performance Surprises created 01/27
Strange but True: Photoshop CS5 Performance - Memory Makes the Photoshop CS5 Scratch Drive Irrelevant created 01/27
Strange but True: Photoshop CS5 Performance - Beware of Memory Usage and Mac OS X Cache created 01/27
Strange but True: Photoshop CS5 Performance - More CPU Cores Can Be Slower created 01/27
Strange but True: Photoshop CS5 Performance - Fast Graphics Card and OpenGL Not So Great created 01/27
Strange but True: Photoshop CS5 Performance - Cache Tile Size Is Critical created 01/27
Strange but True: Photoshop CS5 Performance - Slow Memory Allocation / Warmup created 01/27
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - When More Is Less: Photoshop Slower With 12 Cores Than 6 updated 01/27
Desktop Hard Drives - Hitachi 3TB Deskstar 7K3000 updated 01/27
Backup - Using Cloning as a Backup Strategy created 01/20
How To Guides - How to upgrade your system/boot drive updated 01/20
How To Guides - How to clone a volume updated 01/20
How To Guides - Moving Your Bookmarks to Another Computer created 01/19
How To Guides - How to Create a Group of Bookmarks in Safari created 01/19
Monitoring and Graphing Stock Performance - Efficiently Graphing a Stock Portfolio created 01/19
Monitoring and Graphing Stock Performance - Bookmarking the BigCharts Main Page created 01/19
Monitoring and Graphing Stock Performance - Bookmarking a BigCharts Stock Graph created 01/19
Monitoring and Graphing Stock Performance - Quickly Seeing the Market Action created 01/19
Monitoring and Graphing Stock Performance - Setting Stock Chart Display Preferences created 01/19
Monitoring and Graphing Stock Performance - Following Company Web Sites and News created 01/19
How To Guides - How to use a Mac Pro as a Robust File Server created 01/14
2010 MacBook Air for Photographers? - MacBook Air 2010 Performance vs MacBook Pro updated 01/11
2010 MacBook Air for Photographers? - MacBook Air 2010 Overview created 01/09
2010 MacBook Air for Photographers? - MacBook Air 2010 Ergonomics created 01/09
2010 MacBook Air for Photographers? - MacBook Air 2010 — A Photographer’s View created 01/09
2010 MacBook Air for Photographers? - MacBook Air 2010 Performance vs MacBook Pro created 01/09
2010 MacBook Air for Photographers? - MacBook Air 2010 SSD Performance created 01/09
2010 MacBook Air for Photographers? - MacBook Air 2010 Configuration vs MacBook Pro created 01/09
2010 MacBook Air for Photographers? - MacBook Air 2010 Conclusions created 01/09
How To Guides - How to See Disk Usage / Space Used created 01/07
Optimizing Mac Performance - How to Reclaim Wasted Cache Space on Your Boot Drive created 01/07
Optimizing Other Photography Software - Optimizing PTGui Pro Panoramas updated 01/05

December 2010

How To Guides - How-To Disallow Saving Usernames/Passwords in Safari created 12/14
How To Guides - How-To Erase a Web Site Password in Safari or Firefox created 12/14
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Speed Up Saving and Opening Photoshop CS5/CS4/CS3 Files updated 12/11
Mac Performance 102: Storage - Why You Need More Space Than You You Need updated 12/01
Mac Performance 102: Storage - Larger Hard Drives Are Faster Than Smaller Ones created 12/01

November 2010

Fast and Reliable Hardware RAID - Atto R380 RAID PCI Express RAID Card updated 11/30
Laptop Hard Drives - Seagate 500GB Momentus XT Hybrid Hard Drive created 11/30
Desktop Hard Drives - Hitachi 3TB Deskstar 7K3000 created 11/25
Misc. Reviews - Novatel Wireless MiFi 2372 3G Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot updated 11/21
Fast and Reliable Hardware RAID - Atto/iStoragePro RAID Conclusions updated 11/20
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Performance with Apple Logic Studio updated 11/20
Fast and Reliable Hardware RAID - Atto/iStoragePro Speed with Western Digital RE4 vs Hitachi 7K2000 created 11/11
Fast and Reliable Hardware RAID - Introduction to RAID Considerations created 11/07
Fast and Reliable Hardware RAID - Choosing RAID-0, RAID-5, RAID-6 created 11/07
Fast and Reliable Hardware RAID - CiDesign iStoragePro iT8SAE Enclosure created 11/07
Fast and Reliable Hardware RAID - Atto R380 RAID PCI Express RAID Card created 11/07
Fast and Reliable Hardware RAID - Atto/iStoragePro Performance and Testing Overview created 11/07
Fast and Reliable Hardware RAID - Atto/iStoragePro Test Results for RAID-0 Striping created 11/07
Fast and Reliable Hardware RAID - Atto/iStoragePro Test Results for RAID-5 Striping + Parity created 11/07
Fast and Reliable Hardware RAID - Atto/iStoragePro Test Results for RAID-6 Striping + Dual Parity created 11/07
Fast and Reliable Hardware RAID - Atto/iStoragePro RAID Conclusions created 11/07
Upgrading Your Mac - Case Study: Upgrade a 2010 MacBook Pro for Photoshop Performance created 11/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Disable the Caps Lock key created 11/01

October 2010

Upgrading Your Mac - Upgrades: Know Your Priorities created 10/25
Upgrading Your Mac - Be Smart About Upgrades created 10/25
Upgrading Your Mac - Upgrades: How Much Memory? created 10/25
Upgrading Your Mac - Upgrades: Internal Hard Drive or Solid State Drive? created 10/25
Upgrading Your Mac - Upgrading Your System Drive created 10/25
Upgrading Your Mac - MacBook Pro Upgrades created 10/25
Upgrading Your Mac - Upgrading Mac Pro Memory created 10/25
Upgrading Your Mac - Upgrading Mac Pro Internal Drives created 10/25
Upgrading Your Mac - Upgrading the Mac Pro CPU created 10/25
Upgrading Your Mac - Upgrading Reliability and Backup created 10/25
Upgrading Your Mac - Upgrading Ergonomics and Efficiency created 10/25
Upgrading Your Mac - Case Study: Upgrade a MacBook Pro to Banish Sluggishness created 10/25
Upgrading Your Mac - Case Study of Mac Pro Memory and Photoshop CS5 Performance created 10/25
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Safe Settings for Adobe Flash created 10/12

September 2010

Backup - How to Safely Transfer Data or Verify Backups created 09/21
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Put Adobe Flash on a Leash created 09/21
Setting Up Your Mac - Choosing the Right Mouse created 09/08
How To Guides - How to Capture the Screen or Window as an Image created 09/07
Setting Up Your Mac - Sizing and Setting Up Your Mac Boot Drive created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Installing a Just-Right Mac System created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Separate Data from System and Applications created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - High Performance Mac Configuration created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Testing Mac Memory and Drives created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Boot With the 64-bit Kernel created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Set Finder Preferences created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - System Preferences (General) created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Set a Two-button Mouse created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Keyboard Shortcuts created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Declutter the Dock created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Turn Off iTunesHelper created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Exclude Items from Spotlight created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Apple Mail Unread Mailbox Setup created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Time Machine for Always-on Backup created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Relocating the Home Directory Off the Boot Drive created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Relocating Mail Off the Boot Drive created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Relocating Documents Folder Off the Boot Drive created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac - Relocating iTunes and iPhoto Libraries created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Turn Bluetooth Off created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - Turn Off Unused Network Services created 09/06
Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security - File Sharing and Remote Access created 09/06
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Performance with PTGui Pro updated 09/06
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere XCode C++ Build updated 09/06
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Internal SATA Bandwidth created 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Test Machine Configuration updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Photoshop Performance: diglloydSpeed1 updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Photoshop Performance: diglloydMedium updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Photoshop Performance: diglloydHuge updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Photoshop CS5 Panorama (Auto Align and Auto Blend) updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Digital Camera RAW File Processing Speed (Bibble Pro) created 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere RAW-file Import with Adobe Lightroom 3 updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere RAW-file Import with PhaseONE CaptureONE updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere RAW-file Import with Apple Aperture 3 updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere RAW-file Processing with Canon Digital Photo Professional updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere RAW-file Processing with Nikon Capture NX2 updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Performance with PhotoZoom Pro updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Performance with Helicon Focus updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Real World Memory Bandwidth updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Performance with Adobe After Effects updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Performance with Handbrake Video Encoding updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Cinebench CPU and GPU updated 09/05
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Conclusions updated 09/05
Optimizing Other Photography Software - How to Quickly Preview and Sort 1000 Images the OS X Finder created 09/04
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - Severe Duty: OWC Extreme Pro vs Apple 512GB SSD created 09/03
Quick Links for Buying - Upgrading a Mac Pro to More Cores or Faster CPU created 09/02
Optimizing Video/DVD and Other Software - Optimizing Adobe After Effects created 09/02
Optimizing Video/DVD and Other Software - Optimizing Handbrake for Faster Video Conversion created 09/02

August 2010

Optimizing Other Photography Software - Optimizing Apple Aperture created 08/30
Optimizing Other Photography Software - Optimizing PTGui Pro Panoramas created 08/22
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Introduction created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Which Mac Pro CPU for Photography, Video, Sound? created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Clock Speed, Cores, and Cache created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - When More Is Less: Photoshop Slower With 12 Cores Than 6 created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Estimating CPU Performance created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Hits and Misses created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Ordering Tips: What to Get and What to Skip created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Solid State Drive Option created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere How Much Memory and Where to Buy created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Value Compared to Quad-Core iMac created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Test Machine Configuration created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Photoshop Performance: diglloydSpeed1 created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Photoshop Performance: diglloydMedium created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Photoshop Performance: diglloydHuge created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Photoshop CS5 Panorama (Auto Align and Auto Blend) created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere RAW-file Import with Adobe Lightroom 3 created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere RAW-file Import with PhaseONE CaptureONE created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere RAW-file Import with Apple Aperture 3 created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere RAW-file Processing with Canon Digital Photo Professional created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere RAW-file Processing with Nikon Capture NX2 created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Performance with PhotoZoom Pro created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Performance with Helicon Focus created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Performance with PTGui Pro created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere XCode C++ Build created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Real World Memory Bandwidth created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Performance with Apple Logic Studio created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Performance with Adobe After Effects created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Performance with Handbrake Video Encoding created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Cinebench CPU and GPU created 08/21
Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010) - Mac Pro Westmere Conclusions created 08/21
Apple July 2010 iMac 27-inch Quad-Core - 2010 Quad-Core iMac Performance (Introduction) created 08/08
Apple July 2010 iMac 27-inch Quad-Core - 2010 Quad-Core iMac Compared to Mac Pro 3.33 GHz for RAW Processing created 08/08
Mac Performance 101: Cores, Processes, Memory - CPU Cores Explained updated 08/08
Mac Performance 101: Cores, Processes, Memory - Application support for multiple CPU cores updated 08/08

July 2010

Software Tools - DiskTester error: Cannot allocate minimum contiguous free space created 07/18
Software Tools - DiskTester error: permissions error, -5000 error created 07/18
Desktop Hard Drives - Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB hard drive created 07/16
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Comparing the Mercury Extreme Pro 3G 480GB to 240GB Model created 07/15
Mac Performance 102: Storage - RAID striping and mirroring updated 07/11
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Introduction to Mercury Extreme Pro 3G updated 07/11
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Comparing the Mercury Extreme Pro 3G 400GB to 200GB Model created 07/11
Desktop Hard Drives - Western Digital RE4 2TB Enterprise Grade 'RAID Edition' HDD created 07/10
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Photoshop CS5 Warmup Time — Memory Allocation Hit updated 07/05
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Various Other Photoshop CS5 Issues updated 07/05

May 2010

Optimizing Mac Performance - How to Delete a Space-Hogging Sleep File sleepimage created 05/30
Quick Links for Buying - Where to Buy a Mac Pro created 05/27
Quick Links for Buying - Where to Buy a MacBook Pro created 05/27
Quick Links for Buying - Where to Buy an iMac created 05/27
Quick Links for Buying - Apple Mac Pro Memory Price History created 05/27
Quick Links for Buying - Apple MacBook Pro Memory Price History created 05/27
Quick Links for Buying - Apple iMac Memory Price History created 05/27
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - New vs Seasoned OWC Mercury Pro 240GB updated 05/27
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - New vs Seasoned Intel 160GB G2 updated 05/27
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - Severe Duty: OWC Extreme Pro vs Intel 160GB G2 created 05/27
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - Real World SSD Performance Conclusions updated 05/27
Misc. Reviews - Newer Technology Guardian Maximum 2TB RAID-1 Mirror for Plug and Play Reliability created 05/23
MacBook Pro eSATA Cards - MacBook Pro eSATA options with ExpressCard/34 Slot created 05/18
MacBook Pro eSATA Cards - MacBook Pro eSATA Test Procedure created 05/18
MacBook Pro eSATA Cards - MacBook Pro eSATA with Mercury Extreme SSD created 05/18
MacBook Pro eSATA Cards - MacBook Pro eSATA with OWC QX2 RAID-5 Enclosure created 05/18
MacBook Pro eSATA Cards - MacBook Pro eSATA with Hitachi 7K2000 2TB Hard Drive created 05/18
MacBook Pro eSATA Cards - MacBook Pro eSATA with Voyager Q + Mercury Extreme SSD created 05/18
MacBook Pro eSATA Cards - MacBook Pro eSATA with 2TB Guardian Maximus RAID-1 Mirror created 05/18
MacBook Pro eSATA Cards - MacBook Pro eSATA vs Firewire 800 created 05/18
MacBook Pro eSATA Cards - MacBook Pro eSATA Support for S.M.A.R.T. Status created 05/18
MacBook Pro eSATA Cards - MacBook Pro eSATA Recommmendations created 05/18
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Scripts to Warm Up Photoshop CS5 created 05/14
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - MacBook Pro i7 SATA performance With Solid State Drives created 05/14
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - MacBook Pro i7 SATA performance With Solid State Drives: BIZARRE created 05/14
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Adobe Plugins for Photoshop CS5 Performance updated 05/13
Shootout: 8-core 2.93GHz or Quad-Core 3.33GHz? - Comparing Cores vs. Clock Speed (Introduction) created 05/13
Shootout: 8-core 2.93GHz or Quad-Core 3.33GHz? - Nehalem Cores vs. Clock Speed Raw CPU Performance created 05/13
Shootout: 8-core 2.93GHz or Quad-Core 3.33GHz? - Nehalem Cores vs. Clock Speed: Digital Camera RAW-file Processing created 05/13
Shootout: 8-core 2.93GHz or Quad-Core 3.33GHz? - Nehalem Cores vs. Clock Speed: Photography Applications created 05/13
Shootout: 8-core 2.93GHz or Quad-Core 3.33GHz? - Nehalem Cores vs. Clock Speed: Photoshop Benchmarks created 05/13
Shootout: 8-core 2.93GHz or Quad-Core 3.33GHz? - Nehalem Cores vs. Clock Speed Conclusions created 05/13
Optimizing the MacBook Pro Core i7 - Introduction to the MacBook Pro Core i7 created 05/13
Optimizing the MacBook Pro Core i7 - MacBook Pro Core i7: Effects of 8GB/4GB with Hard Disk Drive created 05/13
Optimizing the MacBook Pro Core i7 - MacBook Pro Core i7: Effects of 8GB/4GB with Solid State Drive created 05/13
Optimizing the MacBook Pro Core i7 - MacBook Pro Core i7: Combined 8GB/4GB with SSD and HDD created 05/13
Optimizing the MacBook Pro Core i7 - MacBook Pro Core i7 Performance Recommendations created 05/13
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Various Other Photoshop CS5 Issues created 05/10
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Photoshop CS5 diglloyd Benchmarks created 05/10
Optimizing Mac Application Performance - How to Add a Quit Finder Option to the Finder updated 05/06
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Photoshop CS5 64-bit and 32-bit Plugin Issues created 05/03
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Photoshop CS5 Optimization Conclusions updated 05/03
Software Tools - Troubleshooting Issues updated 05/01

April 2010

Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - The Photoshop CS5 Upgrade (Introduction) created 04/30
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Photoshop CS5 Memory Usage Preference created 04/30
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Photoshop CS5 Maximum Memory on Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, iMac created 04/30
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Photoshop CS5 Cache Tile Size = Sharp Stick In The Eye created 04/30
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Adobe Plugins for Photoshop CS5 Performance created 04/30
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Speed Up Saving and Opening Photoshop CS5/CS4/CS3 Files created 04/30
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Photoshop CS5 Warmup Time — Memory Allocation Hit created 04/30
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Analysis of Photoshop CS5 CPU Core Usage created 04/30
Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance - Photoshop CS5 Optimization Conclusions created 04/30
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - Severe Duty: OWC Extreme Pro RE vs Crucial RealSSD updated 04/29
Special Report: Virtual Memory on Apple MacBook Pro - MacBook Pro Virtual Memory Considerations created 04/27
Special Report: Virtual Memory on Apple MacBook Pro - How The MacBook Pro Virtual Memory Tests Were Done created 04/27
Special Report: Virtual Memory on Apple MacBook Pro - Terms Used in Virtual Memory Test Graphs created 04/27
Special Report: Virtual Memory on Apple MacBook Pro - Virtual Memory with 32-bit Snow Leopard Kernel (MacBook Pro) created 04/27
Special Report: Virtual Memory on Apple MacBook Pro - Virtual Memory with 64-bit Snow Leopard Kernel (MacBook Pro) created 04/27
Special Report: Virtual Memory on Apple MacBook Pro - MacBook Pro Virtual Memory Recommendations created 04/27
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - Real-World SSD Performance Considerations (Introduction) created 04/26
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - Seasoning SSDs for Testing created 04/26
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - New vs Seasoned OWC Mercury Pro RE 200GB created 04/26
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - New vs Seasoned OWC Mercury Pro 240GB created 04/26
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - New vs Seasoned Crucial RealSSD 256GB created 04/26
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - New vs Seasoned Crucial M225 256GB created 04/26
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - New vs Seasoned Intel 160GB G2 created 04/26
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - Comparing SSD Performance Results created 04/26
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - Comparing SSD Performance: Fill-volume 1000-file Test Results created 04/26
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - Severe Duty: OWC Extreme Pro RE vs Crucial RealSSD created 04/26
SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance - Real World SSD Performance Conclusions created 04/26
MemoryTester User Manual - MemoryTester vm Command created 04/26
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - MacBook Pro i7 Performance with RAW File Processing updated 04/23
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - MacBook Pro i7 Recommendations updated 04/23
Optimizing Mac Application Performance - Optimizing Virtual Memory Performance updated 04/21
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - Introduction to the MacBook Pro i7 created 04/20
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - MacBook Pro i7 Features and Changes created 04/20
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - MacBook Pro i7 Ergonomics and Usability created 04/20
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - MacBook Pro i7 Test Configurations created 04/20
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - MacBook Pro i7 CPU Performance and Memory Speed created 04/20
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - MacBook Pro i7 System Boot and Application Launch created 04/20
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - MacBook Pro i7 Performance with Photoshop CS4 created 04/20
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - MacBook Pro i7 Performance with RAW File Processing created 04/20
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - MacBook Pro i7 Software Development Performance (XCode) created 04/20
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010) - MacBook Pro i7 Recommendations created 04/20
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Conclusions created 04/17
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - Using Solid State Drives (SSD) for Photoshop CS4 Scratch updated 04/16
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Single Drive Performance updated 04/16
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G RAID-0 Stripe Performance updated 04/16
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G and Photoshop on Mac updated 04/16
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G and Photoshop on Windows updated 04/16
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G RAID-0 Stripe Performance updated 04/16
The MPG Pro Laptop™ - MPG Pro Laptop Overview created 04/15
The MPG Pro Laptop™ - MPG Pro Laptop Design created 04/15
The MPG Pro Laptop™ - MPG Pro Laptop Performance created 04/15
The MPG Pro Laptop™ - MPG Pro Laptop Dual-Drive Configurations created 04/15
The MPG Pro Laptop™ - MPG Pro Laptop Configure/Buy created 04/15
The MPG Pro Laptop™ - Inquire About Mac Consulting created 04/15
Software Tools - DiglloydTools Software overview updated 04/12
Software Tools - Purchase and Download updated 04/12
Software Tools - DiskTester - drive performance and reliability updated 04/12
Software Tools - MemoryTester - Memory and stress testing updated 04/12
Software Tools - IntegrityChecker - Verify file integrity updated 04/12
Software Tools - Command line tips updated 04/12
DiskTester User Manual - DiskTester User Manual created 04/11
DiskTester User Manual - DiskTester Testing Guidelines created 04/11
DiskTester User Manual - DiskTester recondition Command created 04/11
DiskTester User Manual - DiskTester fill-volume Command created 04/11
DiskTester User Manual - DiskTester run-area-test Command created 04/11
DiskTester User Manual - DiskTester run-sequential-suite Command created 04/11
DiskTester User Manual - DiskTester run-sequential Command created 04/11
DiskTester User Manual - DiskTester iops Command created 04/11
DiskTester User Manual - DiskTester run-streams Command created 04/11
DiskTester User Manual - DiskTester test-reliability Command created 04/11
DiskTester User Manual - DiskTester create-files Command created 04/11
DiskTester User Manual - DiskTester read-files Command created 04/11
DiskTester User Manual - DiskTester show-info Command created 04/11
DiskTester User Manual - Notes on Using the Command Line created 04/11
MemoryTester User Manual - MemoryTester User Manual created 04/11
MemoryTester User Manual - MemoryTester stress Command created 04/11
MemoryTester User Manual - MemoryTester compute Command created 04/11
MemoryTester User Manual - MemoryTester alloc Command created 04/11
IntegrityChecker User Manual - IntegrityChecker User Manual created 04/11
IntegrityChecker User Manual - IntegrityChecker User Manual — Hashes, Speed, etc created 04/11
IntegrityChecker User Manual - IntegrityChecker User Manual — Tips created 04/11
IntegrityChecker User Manual - IntegrityChecker verify Command created 04/11
IntegrityChecker User Manual - IntegrityChecker status Command created 04/11
IntegrityChecker User Manual - IntegrityChecker update Command created 04/11
IntegrityChecker User Manual - IntegrityChecker clean Command created 04/11

March 2010

The MPG Pro Workstation™ - MPG Pro Workstation Overview created 03/31
The MPG Pro Workstation™ - MPG Pro Workstation Design created 03/31
The MPG Pro Workstation™ - MPG Pro Workstation Performance created 03/31
The MPG Pro Workstation™ - MPG Pro Workstation Backup created 03/31
The MPG Pro Workstation™ - MPG Pro Workstation Configure/Buy created 03/31
The MPG Pro Workstation™ - Inquire About Mac Consulting created 03/31
Mac Trials and Tribulations - Font Smoothing in Snow Leopard and Leopard created 03/28
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - Optimizing Photoshop CS4 on Apple MacBook Pro With Solid State Drives created 03/18
Optimizing Mac Performance - Ways to Optimize Your Mac’s Performance created 03/07
Optimizing Mac Performance - Optimizing your Mac: Get Adequate Memory created 03/07
Optimizing Mac Performance - Optimizing your Mac: SSD for Fast Virtual Memory created 03/07
Optimizing Mac Performance - Optimizing your Mac: Fast Hard Drive or SSD created 03/07
Optimizing Mac Performance - Optimizing your Mac: Quit Vampire Programs created 03/07
Optimizing Mac Performance - Optimizing your Mac: Turn Off Unused Services created 03/07
Optimizing Mac Application Performance - Intro to Optimizing Mac Applications created 03/07
Optimizing Mac Application Performance - Optimizing Developer Builds Performance created 03/07
Optimizing Mac Application Performance - Optimizing Spotlight for Better Performance created 03/07
Optimizing Mac Application Performance - Optimizing Virtual Memory Performance created 03/07
Optimizing Mac Application Performance - How to Add a Quit Finder Option to the Finder created 03/07
Using Apple Time Machine for Backup - Using Time Machine for Data Safety created 03/02
Using Apple Time Machine for Backup - Configuring Time Machine created 03/02
Using Apple Time Machine for Backup - Choosing a Time Machine Backup Drive created 03/02
Using Apple Time Machine for Backup - Restoring Files with Time Machine created 03/02
Using Apple Time Machine for Backup - Optimizing Time Machine created 03/02
Using Apple Time Machine for Backup - Time Machine and Backup Tips created 03/02
Using Apple Time Machine for Backup - Starting a Time Machine Backup When Desired created 03/02
Using Apple Time Machine for Backup - Excluding Items from Time Machine Backup created 03/02
Using Apple Time Machine for Backup - Using Time Machine with Adobe Lightroom created 03/02
Optimizing Mac Application Performance - Optimizing Spotlight for Better Performance updated 03/02

February 2010

The MPG Pro Workstation™ - Inquire About Mac Consulting updated 02/24
The MPG Pro Laptop™ - Inquire About Mac Consulting updated 02/24
How To Guides - How to detect a failing hard drive (SMART status) created 02/19
Mac Performance 102: Storage - Step-by-step to setting up RAID on Mac OS X created 02/19
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - Using Solid State Drives (SSD) for Photoshop CS4 Scratch created 02/12
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: Recommended Solid State Drives (SSD) updated 02/10
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Introduction to Mercury Extreme Pro 3G created 02/10
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Single Drive Performance created 02/10
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G RAID-0 Stripe Performance created 02/10
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G and Photoshop on Mac created 02/10
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G and Photoshop on Windows created 02/10
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G RAID-0 Stripe Performance created 02/10
Solid State Drives (SSD) - How to Make Your Mac Feel Lightning-fast updated 02/10
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Intel X25-E SSD updated 02/10
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Intel X25-M SSD on MacBook Pro updated 02/10
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Intel X25-M SSD in Mac Pro RAID updated 02/10
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Mac Pro Nehalem Power Usage Spike Playing Music created 02/04
Misc. Reviews - NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G PCIe Card for Mac Pro updated 02/02
Misc. Reviews - NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G PCIe Card for Mac Pro created 02/01

January 2010

Mac Performance 102: Storage - RAID 5 for Performance and Reliability created 01/20
How To Guides - How to Create and Use a RAM Disk created 01/19
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - Using a RAM disk as a Photoshop CS4 scratch disk updated 01/19
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: Displays updated 01/16
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Reconditioning a solid state drive (SSD) updated 01/08

December 2009

How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: eSATA for MacBook pro updated 12/31
Misc. Reviews - OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Mini (2010 model) created 12/31
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Finder preferences in Snow Leopard created 12/21
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Intel X25-M G2 160GB solid state drive (SSD) updated 12/21
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Intel X25-M G2 160GB solid state drive (SSD) created 12/19
Mac Pro Memory - OWC 8GB memory modules for 2009/2010/2011 Mac Pro created 12/19
How To Guides - How to Reset Apple Safari Saved Information created 12/14

November 2009

How to Buy / What to Buy - Mac Pro Buyer's Guide: Step-by-Step created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: Ordering a Refurbished Mac Pro created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: Ordering a New Mac Pro created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: Setting up a Mac Pro created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: Multi-interface External Enclosures created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: eSATA Enclosures created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: Memory for Mac Pro created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: Hard Drives for Mac Pro created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: eSATA Cards for Mac Pro created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: Recommended Solid State Drives (SSD) created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: MacBook Pro Memory created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: eSATA for MacBook pro created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: Displays created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Recomended Vendor: OWC created 11/10
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: Memory for Mac Pro updated 11/04
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: Hard Drives for Mac Pro updated 11/04
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: eSATA Cards for Mac Pro updated 11/04

October 2009

How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: Power Conditioning (UPS) created 10/29
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Booting into 64-bit mode (Snow Leopard) updated 10/26
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Snow Leopard Hassles and Bugs updated 10/26
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - Setting up Your New Mac (or renovating one) updated 10/16
Desktop Hard Drives - Hitachi 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 / Ultrastar A7K2000 updated 10/14
Desktop Hard Drives - Western Digital RE4-GP 2TB created 10/14
Misc. Reviews - OWC Mercury Elite Al-PRO QX2 created 10/01
Misc. Reviews - Data Robotics Drobo created 10/01

September 2009

Desktop Hard Drives - Hitachi 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 / Ultrastar A7K2000 created 09/22
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - The Snow Leopard Upgrade (Introduction) updated 09/13
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Snow Leopard Hassles and Bugs created 09/13
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Snow Leopard Software Compatibility updated 09/11
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Crucial M225 256GB solid state drive (SSD) created 09/10
Solid State Drives (SSD) - OWC Mercury Elite On-The-Go External SSD created 09/10
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Snow Leopard: Printing with Epson Pro Printers created 09/01

August 2009

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Memory and Drives for Snow Leopard created 08/30
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - How to Safely Install Snow Leopard updated 08/29
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Snow Leopard Hardware Compatibility updated 08/29
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Snow Leopard Test Notes created 08/29
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - How to Safely Install Snow Leopard created 08/28
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Booting into 64-bit mode (Snow Leopard) created 08/28
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - The Snow Leopard Upgrade (Introduction) created 08/26
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Snow Leopard Performance created 08/26
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Snow Leopard Hardware Compatibility created 08/26
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Snow Leopard Software Compatibility created 08/26
Mac Trials and Tribulations - Miscellaneous Mac Headaches created 08/25
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Overview of Solid State Drives (SSD) created 08/14
Desktop Hard Drives - Low-power 2TB consumer hard drives created 08/10
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - Test results for Photoshop CS4 on Mac Pro updated 08/08
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - MacBook Pro Photoshop CS4 speed demon SSD created 08/08
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Crucial 128GB solid state drive (SSD) created 08/08
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - Backing up with Apple’s Mac Backup created 08/07
How To Guides - How to boot off an external drive created 08/07
Optimizing Mac Performance - Ways to Optimize Your Mac’s Performance updated 08/07
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - How to Configure Photoshop CS4 for best performance updated 08/02
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - My Mac Pro: An Example updated 08/01

July 2009

How To Guides - How to upgrade your system/boot drive created 07/31
How To Guides - How to clone a volume created 07/31
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Reconditioning a solid state drive (SSD) created 07/31

June 2009

Choosing and Configuring a Mac - How to Select and Configure an iMac created 06/20
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - Buying a Mac at the Apple Store created 06/20
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - Simple and Cost-effective Backups for Mac created 06/15
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Installing a solid state drive (SSD) created 06/15
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - How to Choose a Mac created 06/01
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - How to Select and Configure a Mac Pro created 06/01
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - How to Select and Configure a MacBook Pro created 06/01
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - Buying a Refurbished Mac created 06/01
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - Upgrading Your Mac created 06/01
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - Setting up Your New Mac (or renovating one) created 06/01
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - Mac Boot Drive Dogma created 06/01
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - Mac Backup and Reliability created 06/01
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - My Mac Pro: An Example created 06/01
Choosing and Configuring a Mac - Mac Pro Memory: Choosing, Installing, Testing created 06/01
How to Buy / What to Buy - Buyer's Guide: MacBook Pro Memory updated 06/01
How To Guides - How to test memory for reliability created 06/01
How To Guides - How to install 6GB or 8GB memory in MacBook Pro created 06/01
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - Photoshop CS4 Optimization (Introduction) created 06/01
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - How to Configure Photoshop CS4 for best performance created 06/01
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - Performance in Photoshop CS4 vs CS3 created 06/01
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - Test results for Photoshop CS4 on Mac Pro created 06/01
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - Test results for Photoshop CS4 on MacBook Pro created 06/01
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - Using a RAM disk as a Photoshop CS4 scratch disk created 06/01
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - Photoshop CS4 Benchmark actions created 06/01
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - Photoshop CS4 oddities created 06/01
Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance - Photoshop CS4 Performance Conclusions and Recommendations created 06/01
Optimizing Other Photography Software - Optimizing Adobe Lightroom updated 06/01
Optimizing Other Photography Software - Optimizing Canon’s Digital Photo Professional created 06/01
Optimizing Mac Application Performance - Intro to Optimizing Mac Applications updated 06/01
Optimizing Mac Application Performance - Optimizing Developer Builds Performance updated 06/01
Mac Performance 101: Cores, Processes, Memory - Observing system performance with Activity Monitor created 06/01
Mac Performance 101: Cores, Processes, Memory - Monitoring How Much Memory Is Used created 06/01
Mac Performance 101: Cores, Processes, Memory - Monitoring CPU and CPU Core Usage created 06/01
Mac Performance 101: Cores, Processes, Memory - Monitoring Spotlight and Daemons created 06/01
Mac Performance 101: Cores, Processes, Memory - Monitoring Battery Life created 06/01
Mac Performance 101: Cores, Processes, Memory - CPU Cores Explained created 06/01
Mac Performance 101: Cores, Processes, Memory - Application support for multiple CPU cores created 06/01
Mac Performance 101: Cores, Processes, Memory - Scalability — multi-core performance created 06/01
Mac Performance 102: Storage - Introduction to Storage Performance created 06/01
Mac Performance 102: Storage - Why You Need More Space Than You You Need created 06/01
Mac Performance 102: Storage - Why you should avoid Port Multiplication created 06/01
Mac Performance 102: Storage - SATA, Firewire, and USB created 06/01
Mac Performance 102: Storage - eSATA compared to Firewire 800 created 06/01
Mac Performance 102: Storage - How to Partition Hard Drives created 06/01
Mac Performance 102: Storage - RAID striping and mirroring created 06/01
Mac Performance 102: Storage - SoftRAID is easier RAID created 06/01
Mac Performance 102: Storage - eSATA PCI-Express card configuration created 06/01
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Intel X25-M SSD on MacBook Pro created 06/01
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Intel X25-M SSD in Mac Pro RAID created 06/01
Misc. Reviews - NewerTech Voyager Q Drive Dock created 06/01
Misc. Reviews - OWC On-The-Go 2.5-inch enclosure created 06/01
Misc. Reviews - 2009 Apple MacBook Pro unibody 17 created 06/01
Misc. Reviews - Pimp My MacBook Pro created 06/01
Misc. Reviews - 2008 Apple MacBook Pro unibody created 06/01
Misc. Reviews - 2009 Apple MacMini created 06/01
Misc. Reviews - Sonnet Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 created 06/01
Misc. Reviews - Novatel Wireless MiFi 2372 3G Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot created 06/01
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Mac Pro Nehalem: Dual vs Single CPU updated 06/01
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Mac Pro Nehalem Recommendations updated 06/01
Desktop Hard Drives - Testing Desktop Hard Drives (Introduction) created 06/01
Desktop Hard Drives - Hitachi 1TB Deskstar E7K1000 Saturn.E created 06/01
Desktop Hard Drives - Hitachi 1TB Deskstar 7K1000 created 06/01
Desktop Hard Drives - Maxtor 500GB Maxline Pro 7H500F0 created 06/01
Desktop Hard Drives - Seagate 1TB Barracuda ES_2 created 06/01
Desktop Hard Drives - Seagate 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11 created 06/01
Desktop Hard Drives - Western Digital 1TB RE3 created 06/01
Laptop Hard Drives - Testing Laptop Hard Drives (Introduction) created 06/01
Laptop Hard Drives - Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB created 06/01
Laptop Hard Drives - Fujitsu 320GB created 06/01
Laptop Hard Drives - Intel 80GB X25-M SSD created 06/01
Laptop Hard Drives - Hitachi 500GB Travelstar 5K500.B created 06/01
Laptop Hard Drives - Hitachi 320GB Travelstar 7K320 created 06/01
Laptop Hard Drives - Seagate 160GB Momentus 7200.2 created 06/01
Laptop Hard Drives - Seagate 320GB Momentus 7200.3 created 06/01
Laptop Hard Drives - Western Digital 320GB Scorpio Black created 06/01
Laptop Hard Drives - Western Digital 500GB Scorpio Blue created 06/01
Software Tools - DiglloydTools Software overview created 06/01
Software Tools - Purchase and Download created 06/01
Software Tools - DiskTester - drive performance and reliability created 06/01
Software Tools - MemoryTester - Memory and stress testing created 06/01
Software Tools - IntegrityChecker - Verify file integrity created 06/01
Software Tools - Command line tips created 06/01
Software Tools - Troubleshooting Issues created 06/01

May 2009

Optimizing Other Photography Software - Optimizing Adobe Lightroom created 05/14
Solid State Drives (SSD) - How to Make Your Mac Feel Lightning-fast created 05/14
Solid State Drives (SSD) - Intel X25-E SSD created 05/14
Misc. Reviews - Sonnet Fusion F2 portable 2-drive RAID created 05/14
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Introduction to Mac Pro Nehalem created 05/14
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Mac Pro Nehalem Memory Overview created 05/14
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Mac Pro Nehalem Scalability created 05/14
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Mac Pro Nehalem: Dual vs Single CPU created 05/14
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Mac Pro Nehalem Tests: Introduction created 05/14
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Mac Pro Nehalem Tests: Memory and Compute Speed created 05/14
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Mac Pro Nehalem Tests: Photoshop CS4 created 05/14
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Mac Pro Nehalem Tests: RAW-file Converters created 05/14
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Mac Pro Nehalem Tests: Scaling/stacking Images created 05/14
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Mac Pro Nehalem Tests: Software Development created 05/14
Mac Pro Early 2009 (Nehalem) - Mac Pro Nehalem Recommendations created 05/14

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