Category Archives: Hacks

Dealing with Stubborn External USB HDs in OS X

Posted on 07/10/2010 by Michael

If you’ve purchased (or have otherwise come into possession of) an external USB hard drive, and you’re having trouble getting Disk Utility to play nicely with it (i.e. reformat it to HFS+), here’s a trick for you.  Open Terminal and … Continue reading →

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Missing Podcasts on iPod

Posted on 10/18/2009 by Michael

If you’ve recently purchased a new iPod and have transferred files from your old iPod to the new one, only to find that your podcasts are now “missing,” I may have good news for you. The same happened to me … Continue reading →

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