Making an Old Mac Pro Awesome, 2013 Edition
I take another look at the Mac Pro, and how machines Apple made in 2006 are still owning Macs sold today.
Seagate Discontinues GoFlex eSATA Adapter Cable
On one of my recent check-ins with PR folks, I remembered to ask Seagate about the Powered eSATA adapter for their GoFlex line of drives. It has been out of stock everywhere for months, and I’ve actually been trying to get my hands on one. Like many, one of my laptops has USB 2.0, and […]
New Mac mini? Duh.
I’m really surprised at how many sites are “breaking” the rumor that there will be a new Mac mini at Macworld Expo. I was telling people at public meetings weeks ago that it was a lock for Macworld… and I’ve been talking about the new mini since the MacBook went GeForce 9400M. The Mac mini […]
10.5.1 Fixes eSATA & SATA Cards
If you upgraded to Leopard, and found your eSATA (or SATA) card stopped working… install the 10.5.1 update. My eSATA card (like many others) stopped working upon being updated to Leopard, and 10.5.1 has fixed that. It appears Apple re-added third-party SATA drivers that were removed in 10.5.0.