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Files Gone on Drobo FS with OS X Lion? Get ‘em back!

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

Using DroboFS and OSX Lion only to discover that your Drobo shares have no content!? Yikes! But fret not, you merely have a small corruption problem brought on by the firmware, and in moments you can force a rebuild of that database and all your files will be back safe, happy, and sound with no data loss. Here’s how. Continue reading →

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OS X: Incomplete and partial files

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

Grey folders inaccessible from Finder? OSStatus error -43? Incomplete or partial folders? Here’s what I think is causing them and quite possibly what you can do about them. Continue reading →

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My take on the (OS X) App Store so far

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

The App Store … it’s Terrific, Average, and Awful all at the same time. Continue reading →

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Where’s my JDK?

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

Caught in the Java depreciation battle under OS 10.6 and can’t find where the Java Development Kit (JDK) now resides? Here’s a command that will tell you, allowing you to still use InteliJ and other IDEs on OS X. Continue reading →

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Competitors?

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

An opinion piece: are Apple and Microsoft competitors? This line of reasoning says no. Continue reading →

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Camera is in use by another application

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

Trying to video conference with Skype and getting a message saying the camera is in use by another application with no video feed sent out? Try this. Continue reading →

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MacHeist 3: A Look At Group Purchasing Behavior

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Walt Stoneburner

Have MacHeist sales stagnated? He’s my take on why, and what can be done to fix it, and how it has to play out… for the better! Continue reading →

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