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Tech 101: Zipping (Compressing) Files and Folders on the Mac

Back in the ancient days, hard drives were small, floppy disks were plentiful, and email systems choked on attachments larger than a few hundred kilobytes (KB). Fortunately, some geniuses figured out a way to compress the data in files into...

Tech 101: Thunderbolt 3 Speeds, Capabilities and Caveats

Thunderbolt is a registered trademark of Intel. This is the second in a series of articles on the Rocket Yard discussing Thunderbolt 3 technology. Last week, the first article gave readers a rundown on the history of Thunderbolt, a hardware...

Tech 101: A Brief History of Thunderbolt Technology

Thunderbolt 3 is the most recent iteration of Thunderbolt, a hardware interface designed to connect multiple external peripherals to a computer at high data rates. This is the first in a series of educational articles to acquaint readers with the...

Tech 101: Explaining the New Apple File System (APFS)

 iOS 10.3 Update with APFS Now Available to public Without a file system, your Mac, iPhone, iPad or even your Apple Watch would not work. A file system is used by an operating system like macOS and iOS to read from...

Tech 101: Should You ‘Defrag’ Your Mac’s HDD?

With sales of Macs reaching an all-time high, there are a lot of new users who are coming over from the world of Windows PCs. After a few years, all computers seem to slow down somewhat, and new Mac owners...

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