Data Recovery Blog » Misc http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog We recover data. And blog about it. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:39:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Show or Hide Mac Files – Simple Bash Scripts http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/10/17/show-or-hide-mac-files-simple-bash-scripts/ http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/10/17/show-or-hide-mac-files-simple-bash-scripts/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:10:00 +0000 Dan Bennett http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/?p=510 Continue reading →]]> Had to make these little scripts today.
All they do is change AppleShowAllFiles to either YES or NO and then relaunch the Finder.

No warranties for this, just thought it may help somebody out. 

Script contents below:

#!/bin/bash
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO
killall Finder && open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app

You may need to chmod +x to get these to run.

Downoad Show Hide Mac Files / Folders Script.zip

]]> http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/10/17/show-or-hide-mac-files-simple-bash-scripts/feed/ 0 Memristors and HAMR Lasers http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/10/07/memristors-and-hamr-lasers/ http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/10/07/memristors-and-hamr-lasers/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:07:57 +0000 Dan Bennett http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/?p=484 Continue reading →]]> TDK reckons it can use lasers to double hard drive density by heating platters and HP / Hynix want to take on flash memory with it’s Memristor technology.

It makes a change to see two storage technology articles on general tech blogs in one day.

TDK Laser Beam Story on El Reg

HP Memristors Story on Slashdot

]]> http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/10/07/memristors-and-hamr-lasers/feed/ 0 Steve Jobs 1955-2011 (Tribute) http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/10/06/steve-jobs-1955-2011-tribute/ http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/10/06/steve-jobs-1955-2011-tribute/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:39:10 +0000 Dan Bennett http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/?p=478 Continue reading →]]> We would like to pay tribute to Steve Jobs. Apple have a photo on their homepage today which links to a remembering Steve Jobs page with a written tribute to the great man. This comes only weeks since he stepped down as Apple CEO.

His legacy will live on, but his vision will be greatly missed. Who knows what the next game-changing Apple product may have been.

]]> http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/10/06/steve-jobs-1955-2011-tribute/feed/ 0 iPhone Skype Warning http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/09/21/iphone-skype-warning/ http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/09/21/iphone-skype-warning/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:19:04 +0000 Dan Bennett http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/?p=468 Continue reading →]]> Cult of Mac have warned of an exploit in the Skype app which allows hackers to execute code on your device simply by sending a chat message. iPhone and iPod Touch are both affected. Skype is apparently aware of the problem and will be fixing it soon. Meanwhile be careful!

Read on Cult of Mac

]]> http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/09/21/iphone-skype-warning/feed/ 0 Farewell Steve Jobs http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/08/25/farewell-steve-jobs/ http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/08/25/farewell-steve-jobs/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:17:43 +0000 Dan Bennett http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/?p=453 Continue reading →]]> As long time Mac users we want to pay tribute to the man behind the iconic Macs we use every day. Our business depends on Macs and also makes our daily office work that much more bearable. Hopefully Tim Cook is able to continue with the innovation and attention to detail that we all love.

Read More On Slashdot

]]> http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/08/25/farewell-steve-jobs/feed/ 0 eBay Using 100TB of SSDs http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/08/04/ebay-using-100tb-of-ssds/ http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/08/04/ebay-using-100tb-of-ssds/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:18:13 +0000 Dan Bennett http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/?p=449 Continue reading →]]> Slashdot are reporting that eBay have started to deploy SSDs for their VMs. Apparently the SSDs save on rack space and therefore power. They are also reducing the VM deployment time, allowing them to get a VM up and running in 5 minutes.

 

Read More

]]> http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/08/04/ebay-using-100tb-of-ssds/feed/ 0 Android Users Maleware Trojan http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/06/17/android-users-maleware-trojan/ http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/06/17/android-users-maleware-trojan/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:23:10 +0000 John Wilson http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/?p=441 A new Trojan called jSMSHider is targeting custom Rom’s. This malware predominately affects third party custom Rom’s. At the moment is appears to be the Chinese market that is seeing this malware.

]]> http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/06/17/android-users-maleware-trojan/feed/ 0 OS X Lion http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/06/08/os-x-lion/ http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/06/08/os-x-lion/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:25:57 +0000 John Wilson http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/?p=436 Continue reading →]]> Apple have announced it’s new and most advanced operating system to date. Due to release in July and with over 250 new features, including Multi-touch Gestures. OS X Lion is a snip at around £21, surely the buy of the year so far.

]]> http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/06/08/os-x-lion/feed/ 0 Apple & Lacie Thunderbolt Technology http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/04/26/apple-lacie-thunderbolt-technology/ http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/04/26/apple-lacie-thunderbolt-technology/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:31:55 +0000 John Wilson http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/?p=433 Continue reading →]]> Apple officially unveiled the newly updated MacBook Pro range featuring new high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology and improved processor and graphics offerings back in February 2011. LACIE have just announced the Little Big Disk with Thunderbolt Technology to support this range of Macs. Running on PCI Express and DisplayPort protocols, data transfer speeds between peripherals on Thunderbolt technology can reportedly be done 20 times faster than USB 2.0. LACIE also mention the use of SSD technology in the little big disk to complement this technology, using two 250GB Intel 510® Series Solid-State Drives (SSD). The two solid-state drives are preconfigured as a Striped RAID Set for enhanced performance.
Our only concern with SSD technology is it’s reliability and endurance.
As with any non-volatile floating gate memory device, the more you cycle the device the more failures you tend to observe, and the less data retention you get. So although the I/O technology is the way forward, the type of device used for critical data storage, is still a question to be answered.
]]> http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/04/26/apple-lacie-thunderbolt-technology/feed/ 0 Pogo Plug Remote Access Device http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/04/08/pogo-plug-remote-access-device-2/ http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/2011/04/08/pogo-plug-remote-access-device-2/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:52:20 +0000 John Wilson http://www.dq-int.co.uk/blog/?p=429 Continue reading →]]> We often have requests from small business customers as to which is the best backup solution when having more than one user, and also when the users are located in different geographical locations. Well Pogo Plug may be the answer to this problem. It allows you to attach and share as many storage devices as you wish and also allows users to drag and drop files, making moving files across a remote network straight forward. Therefore you could have a large central storage unit for your users to access and back up their files.

Pogo Plug

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