Wake the Mac for Backup

Wake the Mac for Backup

Making backups should be mandatory. Unfortunately, most of us have learned over the years that this statement is dead serious. The problem is that doing it is a real hassle, so any program or method that automates it is welcome. …

June 23, 2014 · 3 min
Putting a Disk to Sleep on MacOSX

Putting a Disk to Sleep on MacOSX

I need to increase the time MacOSX waits before putting an external Thunderbolt hard drive to sleep. The default is ten minutes. The command to view the current configuration is: …

December 10, 2013 · 1 min
MemTest86 on iMac

MemTest86 on iMac

For my new 27" iMac (late 2013) I purchased a 32GB memory upgrade. Apple supports installing third-party memory – I bought the upgrade from Crucial.com and one of the things I wanted to do was thoroughly test the memory. …

November 24, 2013 · 4 min