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There are plenty of great services that can back up your files, but sometimes you need something a bit more bulletproof. Maybe you’re migrating your Windows installation to a new hard drive, or maybe you want a complete 1-to-1 copy in case anything goes wrong. In those cases, your best bet is to clone your hard drive, creating an … Read moreHow to Clone a Hard Drive
Try reinstalling from Internet Recovery mode instead: Command + Option + R on boot
No matter where you fall on the Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux debate, one thing remains true: you shouldn’t be forced to limit yourself to just one operating system. Of course, there are workarounds, like running a virtual machine, but they’re not always intuitive and can inhibit your programs’ performance. CrossOver 17 allows you to launch … Read moreCrossOver runs your Windows apps on Mac or Linux computers
Important note: You should enable SSH agent forwarding with caution. When you set up agent forwarding, a socket file is created on the forwarding host, which is the mechanism by which the key can be forwarded to your destination. Another user on the system with the ability to modify files could potentially use this key to … Read moreSecurely Connect to Linux Instances Running in a Private Amazon VPC
Most useful way if you’re a network administrator, Server administrator or web developer. And you’re working with Mac OS X machine likely MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac or Mac Mini. Furthermore each version of Mac OS X has different- different command to reset DNS cache. So you should use exact command according to your system … Read moreHow to Flush DNS Cache in Mac OS X EI Capitan: 10.11, 10.10.4
On the rare occasion that you go to put a Mac to sleep and, well, it won’t sleep, there’s an easy to way to find out what the holdup is. Though this is a somewhat technical approach, it should give a good starting point to anyone who’s confused as to why something like automatic sleep … Read moreMac Won’t Sleep? Here’s How to Find Out Why And Fix It
From a terminal, type the following commands: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer Then, reboot and you should be good to go.
What are you trying to do? Format an SD card in Windows Where does it apply? Mac OS X How to do it Here is a link that shows you how to reformat an SD card (or MicroSD card) on your Mac: The steps are also written out below. Connect the SD card to your … Read moreSD Card Reformat on a Mac Computer
CD/DVD drives have gone obsolete and USB drives have become more popular and cheaper now. Thats the reason we prefer to use USB drives instead of CD or DVD to install a new system. There are many utilities available which can do this. UNetbootin (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/) is one of them. UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives … Read moreHow to burn .iso to USB drive
Find the SD card device In this case, the SD card is /dev/disk4. DO NOT get this wrong or you may destroy all the data on the wrong disk/card/drive. diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *160.0 GB disk0 1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 159.2 GB disk0s2 3: … Read moreHow to write an image file to an SD card under Mac OS X (for Raspberry Pi)