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OWC Tim

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Vice President of Software Engineering, Mac

Tim Standing has been writing drivers and storage utilities for Mac OS since 1986. He is the creator of SoftRAID for macOS and is currently VP of Software Development - Mac at Other World Computing, Inc. He has patented a write acceleration technique that enables the write speed RAID volumes to be as fast as the read speed. Tim's team is responsible for SoftRAID, OWC Dock Ejector, OWC Drive Guide, and all Mac drivers and utilities that make OWC products exceptional. When he's not writing code, he's creating delicious pizzas in his wood-burning pizza oven.

Here’s Why RAID Storage Users Should Definitely Upgrade to macOS 15 Sequoia and SoftRAID 8.3

September 16, 2024

We’ve been hard at work squashing bugs and verifying fixes for our RAID users on macOS. But to get all these improvements you gotta have macOS Sequoia.

Have a 2019 Mac Pro? Here’s Our Advice on Whether or Not to Upgrade to macOS 15 Sequoia

September 16, 2024

Apple today has released its latest desktop operating system: macOS 15 Sequoia. If your workflow includes a 2019 Mac Pro, these are the storage related issues you need to know about.

Do you Really Need to Run Antivirus or App Cleaner Utilities on Your Mac?

January 3, 2024

While antivirus and cleaner utilities may make your Mac startup volume a little smaller or slightly faster, these same utilities will probably break a bunch of other applications in the process. Here's what we discovered.

How SoftRAID is Evolving With the Mac to Keep Your Volumes Safe

October 11, 2023

Over the past five years, the Mac has changed a lot. Amid all the changes, the SoftRAID development team has been hard at work making volume management easier and safer than ever.

Latest Version of SoftRAID for Mac Adds Support for macOS Sonoma

September 26, 2023

The latest version of OWC's SoftRAID software adds support macOS 14 (Sonoma) and Windows Server 2022/2019.

OWC ThunderBay Flex 8 on a desk with a computer and disk drives

SoftRAID 7 in Final Testing for macOS Ventura

October 26, 2022

Development of SoftRAID 7 is nearing completion and is nearly ready to ship. Here's what to expect with the recent release of macOS Ventura.

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