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Computing

LaCie Little Big Disk Review: The Future Is Shockingly Super Fast

11:45AM January 31, 2012 | Sam Biddle

The Little Big Disk is simply the fastest way to back up your data, but it’s also, finally, a delivery on Apple’s promise that Thunderbolt would do crazy things to our tech lives. That promise came true. More »

Software

Everything You Need To Know About Using iTunes Match

10:31AM November 15, 2011 | Adrian Covert

We’ve known about iTunes Match for a while, but it just went live today in the US. The $US25/year music service promises to not only store your iTunes purchases in the cloud, but to back up your non-iTunes tracks as well. So how does it work exactly? More »

Computing

How To Delete (Or Archive) Attachments In Apple Mail And Free Up Disk Space

5:55AM September 17, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Apple Mail is a pretty decent email client, but it saves all your attachments in a folder deep within your user library, sucking up disk space without ever really letting you know. Fortunately, this is an easy problem to solve if you know where to look. Sort of, anyway. Apple made removing your attachments very simple, but if you want to actually save and archive them it can be a bit more complicated — especially if you’re running Lion. But not to worry, we’ll walk you through the whole thing. The process can be a little tedious, but it’s not too tough. More »

Mobile

How To: Back Up Your Android Data Before Upgrading

2:40AM July 27, 2011 | Paul Escallier - MaximumPC

With all of the Android devices available, it’s important to be able to make sure all your data makes it from one device to another when you upgrade. But what’s the best way to make the transition? More »

Computing

Turn An Old Computer Into A Networked Backup, Streaming Or Torrenting Machine With FreeNAS

6:20AM July 20, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

At its most basic, network attached storage, or NAS, is a great way to share files on your local network. But it’s also a perfect solution for backing up your computers, streaming media across your home network, or even torrenting files to a central server. If you have an ageing computer lying around, you can turn it into a NAS for for free with the open-source FreeNAS operating system. Here’s how. More »

Computing

Pick One Of These Smart People-Approved NAS Alternatives

6:10AM June 23, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Apple’s Time Capsule refresh generated about as much chatter as a networked hard drive an possible drum up – but what if you don’t want a router/backup mutant? Here are three non-Apple data-ass-savers we vouch hard for: More »

Online

Over 4,800 Web Sites Erased When Australian Web Host Is Hacked

3:28PM June 22, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Thousands of people in Australia are in shock after finding out their web sites are gone due to the antics of a hacker and poor network management by their web host. More »

Online

Optus Smart Safe Backs Up Your Phone And PC Online

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1:30PM June 17, 2011 | Nick Broughall

A good backup plan is essentila these days, not just for your PC, but also for your smartphone. Optus has just launched Smart Safe, an online backup solution that lets customers back up up to five PCs or mobiles to the cloud. More »

Software

iCloud Apps: App Store, iBooks And Backup

4:37AM June 7, 2011 | Casey Chan

Along with Contacts, Calendars and Mail syncing, iCloud also includes three apps that’ll keep all your iOS devices synced through the cloud. They’re called App Store, iBooks and Backup and they’re all pretty self explanatory. More »

Computing

Will Time Capsule Pack An A4/A5 Processor And Run iOS?

5:55AM June 4, 2011 | Adrian Covert

It’s been rumoured that an updated Time Capsule model will cache and distribute downloads from the app store. Now sources tell Ars Technica that Time Capsule will have an A4 or A5 processor and run iOS, like AppleTV. [Ars Technica]