A common issue many smart phone users is transferring their contacts between phones. Yesterday my friend got a new Android phone and after inserting the sim card from iPhone I noticed he has no contacts. It seems all his contacts are kept on his iPhone memory and not on the sim. I’ve seen it talked [...]
WindowsDrivers are essential software for the hardware functions on a computer, and it is always a very good idea to back them up. It can be really an hassle to try to reinstall or repair Windows, only to find that a driver is missing or corrupt. Many PC manufacturers have their own drivers for crucial [...]
Almost every backup software platform uses VSS, so this is actually a common issue. A few of the most common platforms that use this are Mozy, Intronis, Shadow Protect, Windows backup and Symantec Backup Exec. Normally all VSS issues can be resolved by a reboot. However in some cases a reboot cannot be done due [...]
Generally in most small businesses, there are an excessive amount of emails that are acquired day to day. Every so often, your Outlook will run an auto-archive and save these emails to a .pst file on your local hard drive in order to save space on your company’s Exchange server, by default. But how would you open [...]
As Your Microsoft Outlook mailbox grows as you create and receive items (item: An item is the basic element that holds information in Outlook (similar to a file in other programs). Items include e-mail messages, appointments, contacts, tasks, journal entries, notes, posted items, and documents.). To keep your mailbox manageable, you need another place to [...]
With Apple’s iCloud service you can store your music, photos, documents, and more data wireless, in a cloud service, or better yet, in the iCloud. You can deploy your data to all your devices automatically and without any headaches. Have you ever been driving down the road or sitting at your desk at work and [...]
These days, in our world of high speed internet, and cellular data speeds that can provide streamable video, larger and larger data storage needs are growing in our personal computing lives. As we grow these vast data stores with our pictures, documents, music, and more, it becomes even more imperative to keep our personal information [...]
As I mentioned in my previous post, the most reliable way to bring down a network is to depend on regular, manual intervention in your IT systems. However, exposure to human error is relatively easy to address. Technical failure (hardware and software), on the other hand, is a much tougher problem. As it happens, technical [...]
Here’s a common scenario in the world of tape backups: you walk into the server room Monday afternoon, only to find a tape labeled “Thursday” sticking out of the drive. The person who was supposed to change the tapes; maybe she took off early for happy hour on Friday; maybe she went to Vegas for [...]
We all know that backup is essential. Many of us have learned that the hard way: DISASTER! Apple OS X has given you the answer to your backup prayers: Time Machine. Never again worry about your digital files, Time Machine automatically saves up to date copies of everything on your Mac, to a completely restorable [...]