Monthly Archives: June 2012

Data Recovery Do’s and Don’ts

Prevention is better than cure as the common saying goes. However, if you’re reading this blog you may have already either incurred a data loss and are researching what to do next. Our support team fields hundreds of calls on … Continue reading

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Corrupted Camera Media Card

By a huge, ever-growing margin. It’s interesting to note that Kodak, a longtime leader in the photography field, was the first to actually develop digital imaging. Unfortunately they didn’t fully embrace the concept and are now struggling to keep their … Continue reading

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Crashed Mac and Windows Blue Screen of Death

Imagine, if you will, this all too common scenario. A home- or small-business owner comes into her office, starts up the computer and fixes a cup of coffee while it boots up. Returning to the office, she does not find … Continue reading

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Prepping your Mac for Mountain Lion

Apple announced recently that their new Mac OS X version, Mountain Lion, will be released next month for $19.00. At this price point it’s expected that many users will opt to upgrade and stay current with the latest operating system … Continue reading

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Building a external drive after a hard drive upgrade.

If you are considering upgrading the hard drive on your Mac or PC, you may want to consider building an external drive with the old drive. In many cases your old drive will do great as a backup, transfer or temporary … Continue reading

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Quick tips, tricks and guides for your Mac

Over the years, Prosoft’s support staff has fielded and helped thousands of customers recover lost data, defrag their Mac hard drives and backup their important computer files. During these calls, we ask users to take screenshots, send log files as … Continue reading

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Why Data Rescue 3 is the Best Mac Recovery Software

Since Data Rescue 3 is used by so many clients that have critical safety and security concerns, it stands to reason that this Mac hard drive recovery software is something special. Any type of file retrieval operation needs to be … Continue reading

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Ways to Expand Hard Drive Life

Computer support technicians field a wide variety of calls from computer users. Technicians handle issues from computer users of both PCs and Macs. While there are some differences in the two formats, many of the issues are common to all … Continue reading

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