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Tuesday, 01 February 2022 10:07
Where to Check macOS, iOS/iPadOS, and iCloud Storage Status
There’s little more frustrating than running out of space, which always seems to happen at just the wrong time. Luckily, Apple makes it easy to check any time, before it becomes a problem. On the Mac, choose About This Mac from the Apple menu and click Storage. On an iPhone or iPad, navigate to Settings […]
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Thursday, 01 July 2021 10:07
Two Important Tips for External Storage Devices
It’s tempting to think that most external storage devices—whether simple hard drives or more complicated network-attached storage (NAS) units—are relatively similar because they all do roughly the same thing. However, a recent problem with older Western Digital My Book Live NAS devices highlighted that there can be large differences. In that case, hackers figured out […]
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Monday, 01 February 2021 09:07
Reclaim Local Storage Space by Removing iCloud Drive Downloads
With iCloud Drive, Apple provides an Optimize Mac Storage checkbox that, when checked, stores the full contents of iCloud Drive on the Mac only if there’s enough space. However, you may wish to recover local storage space without selecting that option—luckily, that’s easy to do. Open iCloud Drive in the Finder, Control-click a file, and […]
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Monday, 04 January 2021 09:02
Not Enough Space to Install iOS 14 or iPadOS 14? Try This Approach
Suppose you have an older iPhone or iPad, especially one with only 16 GB of storage. In that case, it’s possible that you won’t have enough space to upgrade to iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 through Settings > General > Software Update. That’s often true due to an inexplicably large Other category when you look […]
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Friday, 01 November 2019 09:04
You Can Now Access Flash Drives on an iPhone or iPad—Here’s How
An unexpected and useful feature of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 is also nearly invisible, and for most uses, requires a special adapter. With this feature, the Files app now can “see” external storage devices. That’s huge—now you can move data to and from an iPhone or iPad using standard flash drives, SD card readers, […]
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Friday, 01 March 2019 13:03
Need to Clear Space on an iPhone or iPad? Here’s How to Do It in iOS 12
Little is more frustrating than running out of space your iPhone or iPad. You can’t take new photos, you can’t download new apps, some things may not work at all, and iOS will nag you repeatedly about how you can “manage” your storage in Settings. Luckily, over the past few versions of iOS, Apple has [R30;]
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Monday, 03 December 2018 09:07
Recover Drive Space by Deleting Old and Unnecessary iOS Device Backups
If you’ve been good about backing up your iOS devices to iTunes on your Mac or to iCloud, give yourself a gold star! Both backup destinations are fine, but there’s one potential downside to iTunes backups: they can consume a lot of space on your Mac’s drive. In iTunes, go to iTunes > Preferences > [R30;]
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Friday, 01 June 2018 06:07
How to Recover Space by Offloading Unused Apps in iOS 11
Running low on space on your iPhone or iPad in iOS 11? This problem may be easier to deal with than you expect because Apple has added a quick way to free up storage space by removing unneeded apps. Go to Settings > General > iPhone/iPad Storage, where you’ll see a Recommendations section. This section [R30;]
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Tuesday, 28 November 2017 10:39
Symply
As a company, Symply combines years of leading storage innovation and design with an intimate knowledge of media workflow.
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Symply, Inc. is an innovative developer of high-speed digital storage solutions, designed for media professionals.
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Wednesday, 01 November 2017 09:02
What Is a Fusion Drive, and Why Should You Care?
There are two basic types of storage devices available today: hard disk drives and solid-state drives. For the lowest cost per gigabyte, you can’t go wrong with a hard drive, and they come in truly massive sizes—up to a whopping 8 terabytes. However, they’re relatively slow. For speed, you want a solid-state drive, also known [R30;]
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