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Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me read data from my nano

by Erica Sadun (Dec 14th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, Greetings from overseas from the long-lost branch of Dutch family members and thanks for al. your helpful posts. My question is the following. I have an iPod nano (sixth generation) which I use quite often as a flash drive. The problem is that I can not use it on a Windows PC ...

Ask TUAW: Automatic file sorting, Disk Utility, iPod battery replacement, and more

by Mat Lu (Jan 20th, 2010)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about automatically sorting downloaded files, using Disk Utility to change partitions and format external drives, using a KVM in a multi-platform environment, replacing an iPod touch battery, and more. ...

Linux creator disses Leopard file system

by Cory Bohon (Feb 6th, 2008)

During the latest Linux conference in Melbourne, Australia, Linus Torvalds was quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald saying that the Leopard file system was "complete and utter crap." As you may know, Torvalds is the parent of the Linux kernel. He said that he still prefers Leopard to Windows Vista; ...

Things that make Time Machine cranky

by Michael Rose (Nov 7th, 2007)

Hey there, Austin Powers, are you having trouble getting your Time Machine to be-have? Two Apple tech notes spotted by Macfixit.com point up a pair of issues that may prevent your backup mojo from working. First, if Time Machine backs up about 10 gigabytes and then stalls out, you probably ...

Leopard Spotlight: Preparing for Time Machine

by Michael Rose (Oct 19th, 2007)

One of the most visible new features in Leopard is Apple's integrated backup tool, Time Machine. Taking backups -- a chore that few people do and even fewer do correctly -- and making them one-click simple is bound to improve the lives of millions of Mac users who, despite being practically ...

ZFS in Leopard?

by Mat Lu (Dec 17th, 2006)

The French site Mac4Ever appears to have found evidence (in the newest developer release) that Leopard will include the ZFS file system to supplement HFS+. What is ZFS you ask, and why should you care? Well ZFS is a pretty darn cool next generation file system created by Sun that includes a variety ...

MacDrive 6 - read/write Mac-formatted drives and discs on Windows

by Alberto Escarlate (Mar 26th, 2006)

If, for one reason or another, you just can't get around having to work on a PC either at school, in the office or elsewhere, MacDrive for Windows 98 - XP might alleviate some of those daily headaches you've been having. Recently updated to version 6, MacDrive enables Windows to open, read from, ...