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Virus on a Mac?

By on August 15, 2008 in Bootcamp, iMac, Internet, Windows

So my older brother down­loaded some mali­cious soft­ware on my parent’s iMac. Boom: com­puter doesn’t work. My dad took it to the local Mac fix-it shop and they said they couldn’t revive it. For the record, he was using Win­dows through Boot Camp when he down­loaded said soft­ware. Mac’s don’t get viruses in their native […]

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Time Machine Drive Size (Mac)

Time Machine Drive Size (Mac)

By on May 8, 2008 in Hardware, Time Machine

Cur­tis asks: I bought a new drive and am par­ti­tion­ing it to limit how much Time Machine uses. How big should I make the par­ti­tion? Short Answer: I’d say around 25% larger than what your computer’s hard drive size. Back­ing up is SO impor­tant, and Apple’s new oper­at­ing sys­tem includes a very pow­er­ful and easy to […]

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