Storage technology has evolved by leaps and bounds since the dawn of the computer age. Today’s leap forward is NVMe, a storage system that promises to exponentially increase the bandwidth available to storage devices. Apple’s SSDs are well-made, no doubt, but that’s not their sole source of speed. That is granted by the impressive bandwidth […]
Spring Clean: Tips to Free Up iPhone Storage Space
One of the most annoying things about the iPhone is getting the notification that pops up when you’re trying to take a photo or trying to back up your new settings to the iCloud saying you are out of storage. Managing the storage on the iPhone and iCloud isn’t always easy. In fact, many people […]
What’s the Difference Between A Disk and Volume on macOS?
When working with storage devices on macOS, you’ll encounter a lot of terms referring to your storage device. There are disks, partitions, volumes, and images, as well as containers and the ever-popular drives. While the internal usage of these terms isn’t completely consistent, getting a handle on what they mean will make it easier to […]
Format Hard Drives with Disk Utility in macOS
There’s a dark corner of your Applications folder that few users dare go: the Utilities folder. In here, you’ll find many mysterious applications with opaque uses and confusing titles. We’ve already covered a few, like Activity Monitor and Console. But those aren’t nearly as useful as Disk Utility, an app that many Mac users would […]
Restore iPhone Backups to Recover Lost Space
The iPhone is not great at managing its internal storage. Its hard to figure out exactly why this happens, but over time your iPhone’s ability to assess its available free space degrades. This can result in spurious error messages indicating your running out of storage, even though you’re not. You can restore iPhone backups to reset […]
Base plop SSD Desk Storage – for Those Who Need More
Earlier this year, we featured a beautiful SSD enclosure called plops. The concept is simple, with only a mere push-and-pull action to insert an SSD to expand your storage. The makers of plops have once again put their creative energies into gear and are promoting a new product on Indiegogo. It is just like plops, but […]
Save on Storage Space With the iPocket Drive
It used to be that an iPhone with 8GB of storage space was more than enough. Especially if you didn’t download too many apps and didn’t store a lot of media. These days, though, even 16GB is not enough! I don’t even have any music on my iPhone, and the other day, I realized my […]
How to Upgrade iCloud Storage to the New, Cheaper Plans
In preparation for iOS 8 Apple has updated their iCloud storage plans and while they’re still more expensive than Dropbox and Google Drive, the new pricing and storage is far better than anything offered by Apple ever before. Check out the steps below to get signed up for the new iCloud storage plans and […]
5 Ways to Reclaim Disk Space in OS X
Even though MacBook and Mac Pros have been getting larger and larger internal drives, those of us with SSD drives are still fighting the storage wars, trying to keep the clutter off of drives that while extremely fast, aren’t always the largest when it comes to capacity. The longer you have your Mac the more […]
How to Reclaim Hard Drive Space from iTunes
If you use your Mac to backup your iOS devices you probably have a few gig worth of backups you really don’t need. While those of us with huge hard drives may not care, Mac users that have SSDs and MacBook Airs would probably really like to get that space back. Worse yet, if you’re […]
Do You Use MEGA?
Kim Dot Com’s file hosting service MEGA gives you 10x the storage space as iCloud. But does it foster illegal piracy? And if so, does that affect your decision to use MEGA?
Steve Jobs: MobileMe To Get Better Next Year
MobileMe has been the subject of criticism for its previous stability issues, lack of new features and annual fee. Justifying the cost for MobileMe became harder when Apple’s Find My iPhone service – one of the main selling points of the online service – went free. However, Steve Jobs is looking to improve MobileMe. A […]
Is the Drobo FS The Solution to my Storage Problems?
My folks came over to my house the other day, and my dad walked into my office to check out my setup. He looked at the two Western Digital My Book for Mac boxes, and said, “Why are you using those? That’s a very unreliable, amateurish setup.” He suggested I go with a network attached […]
