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iMac Hard Drive Upgradeability Expanded!

As you may recall, Apple changed the hard drive upgrading game with the  2011 iMac. Up until 2009, changing a drive was easy once you could get to it. A few screws here, a connector there and voila - you were good to go. And OWC had you covered for all your iMac DIY hard drive upgrades. With the late...

27″ iMac Offers Easier RAM Upgrade

The difficulties encountered when upgrading the 2012 iMac 21.5" model are well documented. In fact, with the particularly complex screen and logic board removal, professional installation is highly recommended. Fortunately, Apple has made upgrading memory a much easier endeavor in the 27"...

Shielding Resolves USB 3.0 Conflict with Bluetooth

We’ve spoken quite a bit about the benefits of USB 3.0 in recent months. Its high rate of data transfer, backward compatibility with previous versions, and overall low cost are still very compelling arguments for the interface. However, many Mac...

Apple’s Time Machine Bug May Ignore Drives

We’ve talked about backing up your data quite extensively here on the OWC Blog. We’ve talked about different backup strategies. We’ve discussed mirrored RAID devices like the NewerTech Guardian MAXimus and how they can fit into your backup scheme. We’ve...

Two More Installation Videos Posted

With all the crazy activity last week, including Cyber Week specials, Fusion Drives, and coverage of the new iMac, you might have thought we forgot about any other Mac models. Don’t worry, we haven’t. We’ve got two more videos for...

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