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What is TRIM? TRIM is an important part of keeping your solid-state drives (SSDs) healthy. And in our first update to SoftRAID for Windows, we’ve added several TRIM features that keep your drives running faster and longer. SSDs handle data differently than traditional hard disks. They are divided into blocks, which are somewhat analogous to (but much larger than) traditional hard disk...
In 1994, photography was a rather involved affair. You put film — in either a roll or cartridge — into your camera, took photos without knowing immediately how the image turned out, then took the film out of the camera and either developed it yourself in a darkroom or took it to a location to be developed for you. Apple helped to popularize digital cameras beginning in 1994, and today we’re taking a look at what is considered the first digital camera to have consumer acceptance: the Apple QuickTake 100.
Some users don't want to disable Secure Boot because they believe it disables all malware protection on their Mac. This belief is not correct, and Apple labeling the setting for disabling Secure Boot as "No Security" in the Startup System Security utiliy doesn't help. In this article, we tell you when and why it's okay to turn off Secure Boot.
macOS’s Contacts app automatically creates a contact card for you—your me card—when you set up your Mac. Information on your vCard — such as your name, email address, or picture (if you add one) — can be used in other...
Although both data transfer protocols have been around for a few years now on Macs (particularly MacBooks), there's still a lot of confusion about Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C. Both of the protocols use the same port, but that doesn't mean...
Recently on the Rocket Yard, we showed you some of the different RAID arrays and what each of them can provide for your workflow. Different RAID configurations can provide different levels of speed, security, capacity, or a combination of these....
