Monthly Archives: September 2011

Benefits to Defragging your Mac

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

To understand why regular mac defrag or defragmentation, in general is beneficial, let’s take a quick, non-technical look at what fragmentation is, how it happens and how it affects computer performance. Say that you have a word processing program running … Continue reading →

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Data Rescue 3’s Advanced Data Recovery Feature “FileIQ”

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Today’s blog is about Data Rescue 3’s advanced feature called “ FileIQ “. One of the many features that set Data Rescue 3 apart from other data recovery applications is the “ FileIQ” tool. Many applications support the mainstream file … Continue reading →

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Recovering Lost Music Files

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

Each decade that goes by, the way we listen to music changes. Many of us have seen LPs, 8-tracks, cassette tapes, CDs and now mp3s. Technology has given us the ability to hold thousands of songs on something that fits … Continue reading →

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What’s Happening at Prosoft?

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

There is an old saying that if you are not moving forward, you are falling behind. Here at Prosoft Engineering, we believe in that principle and are constantly striving to give you improved products and services. Therefore, we keep on … Continue reading →

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Creating a bootable USB or Firewire drive with Data Rescue 3 for the Mac

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

Over the past 6 months Prosoft has added “ How to’s “ for the Data Rescue 3 Support page to assist customers with step by steps instructions with screen shots. I would like to focus on one of these “ … Continue reading →

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Italiamac features Data Rescue 3 LE

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

Italiamac is the #1 Mac-related AMUG Community in Italy and it is a big Italian Apple-related news site. Born in 1996. They just did a great review on Data Rescue 3 and ran a contest where the winners won a … Continue reading →

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Scanning for “ Bad Blocks “ using Drive Genius 3

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

scanning for bad blocks using Drive Genius 3, DrivePulse, scan feature, spare bad blocks, bad sector Continue reading →

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