Monthly Archives: February 2008

The importance of backups

My hard drive on my macbook failed a few weeks ago. I’ve resurrected the original hard drive (not the failed one) till I get around to buying a new one. Luckily I had backed up my photos the night before … Continue reading

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Deleting locked files from a USB drive in OS X

I ran into the following dialog when trying to “Empty Trash” in OS X (10.4) The problem was caused by a couple of hundred locked files on the USB drive, which OS X happily sent to the trash but would … Continue reading

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