About Vijay

Computer junky for 20 plus years and still fascinated and obsessed by it. I love exploring, tweaking and customizing different features of popular operating systems. Also, enjoy tinkering with hardware. Professionally, I am a SAN Storage Administrator. When I am not on my computer ;), I love to travel, shop, read and hang out with my family and friends.

Is My Mac Really Running Slower Than Normal?

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Ever get a feeling that your Computer is running slower than normal, if you did, don’t worry you are not alone. In this article, we will show you how to find out what processes are really running underneath the covers off your Mac. We will also see how to find out the load on your CPU and Memory utilization and [Read more...]

How To Use Time Machine To Backup Manually

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Mac OS  X comes with a built in tool called Time Machine which can be used to backup your System and also create restore point at various intervals. Once Time Machine is setup, it runs a automated incremental backup every hour. This sometimes can be a problem when you are tight on Backup Disk space [Read more...]

MacBook – Get External Monitor To Work With The Laptop Lid Closed

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Most of us are used to plugging in our PC laptop to a docking station at work to take advantage of a larger monitor and mouse, but when I initially tried to setup my MacBook in a similar fashion my external monitor would blank out. This article shows how to get your external monitor to work [Read more...]

How To Create A Bootable Clone Of Your Mac Hard Drive

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Mac’s come with a built in tool called “Disk Utility” which can be used to clone your Mac Hard Drive. The process of creating a bootable clone of your Mac Hard Drive is fairly simple, but before we get into the nitty gritty of  actually creating a bootable clone of your Mac Hard Drive, lets talk  a little about [Read more...]

How To Transfer Data To iPhone 5 From Your Old iPhone

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Apple’s newest gadget the iPhone 5 is finally here. If are upgrading your existing iPhone to iPhone 5, the first thing you would like to do is transfer your data from your old iPhone to your new iPhone 5. This can easily be achieved in a few simple steps as shown below.  [Read more...]