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Stop Running System Optimizers! Here’s Some Free Optimization Tips

December 19th, 2011

Fact: People love to think “system optimizers” actually work. Fact: “System optimizers” do not work For years, both Mac OS X and Windows users have been lied to about system optimizers – programs that promise to clean up your system make it run better. The fact is, they are almost always a complete waste of...

Quick Tip – SSHFS (And Other Fuse File Systems) On Lion & Snow Leopard (32 and 64 bit!)

October 13th, 2011

One of the biggest issues I have with Mac OS X is the lack of built-in FUSE filesystem support. FUSE lets you easily add extra filesystems such as SSHFS, which is a great way to securely connect to remote servers. Unfortunately a once great project, MacFuse, is now dead, and only supported by nasty patches...