Apple’s Time Machine is the most powerful feature built into the OS X operating system. You can buy almost any hard drive, plug it in, and Time Machine practically configures itself. It’s pretty much set it and forget it. While that is true for the most part, you do need to keep an eye on […]
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Don't Play Trick Or Treat With Your Mac's Back Up!
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Oct
Oct
This post was updated 10/31/14 We just had full moon, and it seems like it brought a ton of new Data Recovery jobs into the MacMedics offices. Spooky! Now that it’s Halloween, I offer you the perfect metaphor for your Mac’s (or iPhone’s) Back Up. Don’t play “Trick Or Treat” with your valuable data. When […]
Announcements, Apple, Better Mac Computing, MacMedics
Dana Stibolt Of MacMedics Is A Guest Of The Mario Armstrong Show On XM Radio
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Aug
Aug
Thanks to friend of MacMedics, Mario Armstrong for inviting Dana Stibolt, Owner and Founder of MacMedics onto The Mario Armstrong on XM Radio channel 169 last week. It was a fun talk about a really serious subject. The majority of the radio visit was focused on the MacMedics 5 Rules of Data Preservation and Protection, […]
Data Recovery, Warnings
MacMedics Case File: Another Successful And Full Data Recovery For Author Susan Henderson
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Aug
Aug
We recently helped a new client from New York with a pretty tricky data recovery situation. She had visited the Apple Store to have her hard drive replaced. They were not able to do anything with her old hard drive. They ran some tests and told her her hard disk had “failed and lost all […]
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Aug
Aug
I recently helped a new client, Jet Stream Girl; deal with a terrible data loss issue. We did our best with her hard drive recovery from a 12” PowerBook. Sadly we were not able to get her data. She had an older iBook that was sick, but still had some of her data on it, […]
Better Mac Computing, Data Recovery, Macintosh Service, MacMedics, Warnings
MacMedics Case File: iBook G4 Hard Drive Data Recovery Job Sounds LIke A Chicken
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Jul
Jul
This iBook hard drive came into the MacMedics Lab for data recovery. The hard drive came out of an iBook G4. Sadly the client did not have their data backed up. This hard drive has a serious problem and it now sounds like a chicken! Please ensure you have an automated, functional, and fully tested […]
Announcements, Apple, Data Recovery, iMacs, Mac Pros, MacBook Pros, MacBooks, Macintosh Service, MacMedics, PowerMacs, Warnings
MacMedics Frequently Asked Macintosh Service Questions: How Safe Is My Time Machine Back Up?
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Feb
Feb
We had a new MacMedics client call us on the phone and then come by the office with their sick iMac. The complaint was the unit was super slow. Right away I’m thinking a bad hard drive. The client tended to agree with me. The iMac fits our profile for hard drive “retirement” anyways since […]
Apple, Apple Authorized Service, MacMedics, Warnings
MacMedics Frequently Asked Macintosh Service Questions: Time Capsule Data Recovery
02
Jan
Jan
Update 3/8/14: MacMedics now charges $399 for our famous Data Recovery One service. However, we do now include a free 500GB USB hard drive to return your data to (if you send or bring us a bare hard drive), or it can be used as your future Time Machine backup hard drive so you NEVER […]
Apple, Apple Authorized Service, iMacs
MacMedics Frequently Asked Macintosh Service Questions: iMac Hard Drive Upgrades
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Jan
Jan
MacMedics Frequently Asked Macintosh Service Questions What is the cost for upgrading an iMac hard drive through an Apple Authorized Service Provider? In most cases if your current drive is healthy enough for a large data transfer, and your data is backed up, MacMedics can perform this popular service for $150 plus the cost of […]
Apple, Apple Authorized Service, Better Mac Computing, Data Recovery, iPods, Mac Pros, MacBook Pros, MacBooks, Macintosh Service, MacMedics, PowerMacs, Warnings
Congratulations your hard drive made it through another Friday the 13th!
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Nov
Nov
Friday the 13th can be an un-lucky day, but you CAN take control of your back up and ensure your data is always protected by following a few simple steps. The important thing is to PLAN AHEAD. Your back up is not complete if it’s not: 1. Automatic (Use Time Machine and this point is […]
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