Other World Computing announced today the availability of two new versions of SoftRAID, the revolutionary software RAID solution. SoftRAID Lite is a streamlined software RAID solution supporting RAID 0 and RAID 1 and includes powerful drive health monitoring. OWC also...
It’s the end of the week, but that doesn’t mean an end to learning more about your favorite Apple devices. Each week, the Friday Five takes a quick look at a Mac OS X or iOS app to point out five...
If you use Xcode to write apps for any Apple device, the company wants you to validate your version of Xcode and make sure that you never download a copy from anywhere else. Rocket Yard readers are probably aware of recent...
On Wednesday, we reported that Apple released the latest OS X version with 10.10.4, which adds the support of TRIM for third-party SSDs. OWC SSDs are built to run at optimal speed and provide peak performance throughout their lives without...
On Tuesday, Apple released the latest update to OS X with version 10.10.4, which among other improvements adds the support of TRIM for third-party SSDs. The new “Trimforce” command can be executed from the OS X terminal and allows users...
This morning at 8 a.m. ET, the embargo lifted on Apple Watch reviews from a limited number of professional tech journalists at major news outlets. After reading through many of the reviews, watching the accompanying videos, and doing a little "reading...
So, you’ve upgraded the hard drive on your Mac. But when you try to install Yosemite, you run into trouble: a message stating, “An error occurred while preparing the installation.” While that’s a vague message that could mean just about...
Readers of the Rocket Yard are a pretty special group and include a number of those folks that we call "system administrators." You know the type – they're the people who keep your website running 24/7 and make sure that the...
I’ve been making my own Mac icons for folders, applications, and a myriad of other uses for well over 20 years now. Back then, I was stuck with 256 (or fewer) colors, a black/white alpha channel, and pretty much had...
