Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:42pm EST
There could be a few reasons. First, some running software could be using the drive. If you are using one of the Windows Virtual Machine software utilties such as Parallels or VMWare Fusion, that program might have “taken over” use of that drive for its own use, possibly as a Windows D: drive. Try ejecting [...]
Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:31pm EST
As the price of memory continues to decrease as time goes on, it has recently become more cost effective to jam a lot of memory together and use it as a storage device like a hard drive. If you’ve used a USB flash drive or taken pictures and saved them to an SD card, the [...]
Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:15pm EST
The iPad needs a relatively large amount of power to charge its battery. Once you connect your iPad to your computer via USB, the iPad checks to see if there is enough power on that line. If the iPad determines there is not enough power, it will not charge its battery but its data connection [...]
Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:02pm EST
Technically, it’s pretty likely that you could. Legally, probably not. Apple’s terms when you buy their software state that you may only install Mac OS on Apple hardware. Some have made the argument that as long as you buy a legal copy of the software, you can install it on whatever machine you like. If [...]
Sunday, September 11, 2011 5:58pm EST
Once upon a time, to eject your CD or DVD from your Mac, all you needed to do was tap your eject key, and out popped your disk. However, apple recently made a change in their OS requiring you to hold the eject key for a few seconds before your disc would eject, with the [...]
Sunday, September 11, 2011 5:39pm EST
Once upon a time, if you purchased a new a Mac laptop, or bought a spare battery, you needed to perform a battery calibration to obtain the best performance out of your battery. Simply put, this meant first charging your battery completely or using your Mac with a power adapter until the battery was fully [...]
