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Calibrate and Exercise Your Battery for Better Health, Run Times

There are two types of Apple notebook computers, at least when it comes to batteries. There are Macs with batteries that can be removed externally, such as with the 2007 MacBook, and then there are Macs with batteries that are removed internally, for example, the 2011 15-inch MacBook Pro. Both battery types have their own strengths and weaknesses. The external...

Software Lets You Customize Your NewerTech Wireless Aluminum Numeric Keypad

The NewerTech Wireless Aluminum Keypad perfectly streamlines numeric data input for any profession including accountants, analysts, teachers, administrators, and programmers, as well as students. But the NewerTech Keypad is useful for more than just number crunching. As Sibelius Blog points...

Create a Bootable Yosemite USB Install Drive with DiskMaker X

UPDATE 09/2017: Create a Bootable macOS High Sierra Install Drive with DiskMaker X 7 Update 09/2015: For help creating a bootable USB install drive for OS X El Capitan, click here. Apple released the latest and greatest Mac operating system last month in...

Disable TRIM Before Upgrading to Yosemite

We’ve talked on the Rocket Yard about using TRIM with OWC SSDs before. Essentially, if you are using an OWC SSD, there is no need for TRIM. However, if you are running a system with TRIM Enabler and you upgrade...

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