Posts Tagged ‘data

Learn about using named streams over SMB connections in this advanced article. Named streams are used to store Mac OS X extended attributes and can be leveraged to avoid using AppleDouble files to store the data fork and the resource fork of legacy Mac files. Mac OS X Server v10.5 and v10.6, as well as many Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices, support named streams when you connect to them via SMB.  Microsoft Windows servers with NTFS-formatted hard drives also support named streams when you connect to them via SMB; named streams are called “Alternate Data Streams” in Windows

Learn about using named streams over SMB connections in this advanced article. Named streams are used to store Mac OS X extended attributes and can be leveraged to avoid using AppleDouble files to store the data fork and the resource fork of legacy Mac files. Mac OS X Server v10.5 and v10.6, as well as many Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices, support named streams when you connect to them via SMB.  Microsoft Windows servers with NTFS-formatted hard drives also support named streams when you connect to them via SMB; named streams are called “Alternate Data Streams” in Windows

Hard drives that have become non-functional through normal use, and have had data recovery performed on them by DriveSavers or Ontrack Data Recovery can be returned to Apple for warranty service. This includes products covered by the AppleCare Protection Plan. The cost of any data recovery attempts is not covered by the Apple Limited Warranty.

You should not change or remove the letter designation of a Mac OS X partition while running Microsoft Windows, such as via Boot Camp.  Tools such as Windows Disk Management may be capable of changing or removing the letter designation, but this can cause the Mac OS X volume and the data contained on it to become inaccessible.

A gray progress bar may appear below the Apple logo each time the computer starts up. The bar may remain a few minutes before the Finder or login window appear.  Learn what to do if this happens each time you start up the computer. If this happens each time your Mac starts up, it probably indicates Mac OS X v10.6 is attempting to diagnose and resolve an issue with your hard disk or the data on it.

A gray progress bar may appear below the Apple logo each time the computer starts up. The bar may remain a few minutes before the Finder or login window appear.  Learn what to do if this happens each time you start up the computer. If this happens each time your Mac starts up, it probably indicates Mac OS X v10.6 is attempting to diagnose and resolve an issue with your hard disk or the data on it.

When it comes to safeguarding your data, external hard drives are the way to go. In this excerpt from Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Joe Kissell explains why and shows you what to consider when shopping for an external hard drive

Worldwide Smartphone Sales in 3Q09 in Thousands of Units (Source: Gartner) Research firm Gartner today issued a report covering worldwide mobile phone sales for the third quarter of 2009. The highlight of the data for Apple is the com…

To migrate the directory service from a PowerPC-based Mac to Mac OS X Server v10.6, Rosetta needs to be installed. Some tools require Rosetta to properly migrate the data.


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