I have a 12GB file on one machine (UFS file system), and I need to transfer it to another, same OS, same file system. SFTP halts at exactly 2^31 - 1 bytes into the transfer (the 2GB limit on some file ...

If you have a file or two you wish to remove from your Time Machine backups, you can do so right in the Time Machine interface. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

Virtualization is a widely used technology that allows users to run multiple operating systems, like Windows, Linux, etc., on a single physical machine. Virtual machines are the platforms or instances ...

If you need to restore hidden files using Time Machine you may run into some problems revealing them. Here are some methods for addressing this in OS X. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid ...

Here's what I need to do:<BR><BR>1. Tar a bunch of directories (/etc, /usr)<BR>2. Copy the tars to another machine.<BR><BR>Neither machine is running Samba or NFS and installing them isn't an option ...

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion makes a conceptual leap away from the Mac's original focus on opening apps to create files, launching a new task-centric interface borrowed from iOS. Lion apps can also auto save ...

Recently I was setting up some Hyper-V virtual machines for a project that I am working on. For this particular project I needed a few virtual machines running Windows 7 and an older version of Office ...

SAN vendor Sanbolic is giving VMware virtual machines the ability to share access to application data. Storage-area network vendor Sanbolic is giving VMware virtual machines the ability to share ...