Disable OS X GateKeeper

GateKeeper was introduced into OS X when the Mac App Store was first launched. The purpose of this security setting is to prevent unrecognized or unauthorized code to run without your approval. This is a wonderful idea however Apple’s implementation…

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Posted: Sep 11th, 2015
Tags: osx, security
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Thanks! Your feedback helped us improve the Google Maps app

It is not too often that a large company like Google makes changes because of the requests of users. They tend to have developers for that. However I received a nice surprise in my inbox this morning. I made a…

Creating A Backup in DSM (DiskStation Manager)

Before we can create a backup on DSM, we first need to take care of some preliminary work. In order to create a backup we will need to create a user for the backup as well as a volume (directory)…

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Posted: Nov 10th, 2014
Tags: backup, DSM
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Backup! Backup! Backup! (Part 2)

Waiting for what seemed like for ever, really 5 hours at work, UPS finally delivered the new DiskStation DS1513+ and I felt like a kid on Christmas morning. I did try to constrain myself and be a responsible adult, open…

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Posted: Nov 6th, 2014
Tags: backup, DiskStation, DSM
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Backup! Backup! Backup! (Part 1)

File backups are an essential part of every companies digital ecosystem. Unfortunately you never think about them until you have an incident. I personally have been very good backing up all my documents on all my computers for years. I…

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Posted: Nov 5th, 2014
Tags: backup, NAS, SpinRite, TestDisk
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