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Quick “Stocking Stuffer” Tech Tips from OWC

Are you a new Macintosh user? Perhaps you’re just new to Lion or maybe you’ve been using Macs for years and you just want to brush up on things? Whatever the case, the OWC Tech crew have gotten together to bring you some quick tech tips - kind of a  “stocking stuffer” of sorts. Comparing Prices/Products? Swap back and forth...

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Hear Your iDevices’ Full Potential

Little known and less often written about is the sound quality that the iPhone 4, iPad, and the latest iPod touch are capable of outputting. Apple must’ve upgraded something in the hardware or software design because these iDevices can output...

Teach your Mac New Things – Keep Your Software Up-To-Date.

Not everybody is running the “latest and greatest” versions of software. This is extra true when it’s something like Adobe Creative Suite, which can easily top a grand each time a new version comes out. While the extra features may...

Take It from a Tech: RAID ≠ Proper Backup

I thought that today I would try to clear up a misconception that I encounter fairly often on the topic of data storage. I'll start with a couple of examples: Say a customer is looking for a RAID solution like...

AirPort Apparently Not The Best Place For Time Machine

We’ve gotten a couple of emails from readers wondering how to get Time Machine to work with an AirPort. Well... theoretically, getting the DeLorean up to 88 miles per hour on a long stretch of tarmac would probably be fairly...

OWC Options Address Hard Drive Shortage

Over the last week or so, we’ve talked about the flooding situation in Thailand and how it will likely result in a widespread shortage of platter-based drives. In the wake of all this, a question has arisen: if you’re running...

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