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Use Your FireWire Gear With A New Mac

Since the introduction of Thunderbolt as a port in 2011 Macs, Apple has slowly phased out its previous high-speed connection, FireWire. Now, with the release of the Late 2013 Mac Pro, only one shipping Mac model – the Mac mini – still has this connection. While Thunderbolt promises even faster throughput and simplified connectivity, the loss of the FireWire port...

New Mac Pro 2013 Teardown

Check out OWC's teardown of the new Mac Pro 2013 model. Mac Pro 2013 upgrade options: Memory up to 64GB, save big versus factory upgrade. Add Thunderbolt drives and more with OWC's Thunderbolt Central. Add Blu-ray/DVD/CD Drives, USB 3.0 Drives,...

Make A Bootable OS X Mavericks 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. Last week, Apple released its Mavericks update with the 10.9.1 version of the operating system –...

With An OWC SSD, There’s No Need For TRIM

If you’ve researched using an SSD before, you may have heard how they can slow down over time. Most manufacturers go out of their way to avoid this by suggesting users run TRIM, a command for cleaning up “garbage” files....

Upgrade to Mavericks Drama-Free With OWC

You should always be able to count on the utilities that you receive with your drives. That has always been and remains the case with OWC and NewerTech drives. We want to make sure that the user experience is as positive as...

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