Why it is necessary to save file on a proper location than to save on Mac desktop?

Files saved on the Macintosh desktop are at most risk than those saved in particular locations (separate volumes). First of all they are at risk of accidental deletion while arranging icons on the desktop. Even they might be shifted to trash unintentionally. A desktop is a part of the OS and fetch information from it. That is the reasons why every Mac OS X computer should be partitioned into several volumes. The hard drive partition is mere a simple task and can be easily done with the help of the Disk Utility or a non-Apple partition tool. A non-Apple partition utility gains upper edge over disk utility due to presence of feature that makes the confidential partitions kept hidden from illegitimate users who again possess great threat to the files & folders. Remember, too many files on the desktop makes it look cluttered and untidy.

Is the file gone from the desktop recoverable?? 

In the first impression, the answer seems to be pretty obvious because with the advent of file recovery software & tools, recovery of any Mac file from the drive is just few clicks away. However, file recovery software has its own set of rules like: -

• Once a data deletion takes place, immediately avoid any further use of the Mac OS X to prevent overwriting of the files. 


• This is beyond the user's scope but data saved on the bad sectors of the hard drive is the most difficult to regain by a recovery software. Though the software has an advance feature called 'RAW RECOVERY' which makes the recovery from the drive but the file may not be in the correct format.  


• Now comes the barrier of the tool recovering file from a desktop location. The OS update itself on periodic basis which is beyond the user's control. Doing so, it replaces the deleted file information from the desktop causing a overwriting of the location with some other information. And as we know recovery tool works on basis of these left-over’s of the files which when not found on the hard drive will result in failed recovery. Many cases of the same are reported every time a user tries to recover a deleted file from the desktop with a recovery software. But not all the cases are hopeless because if the OS hadn't updated itself and meantime a recovery tool is made to run then the file would be recovered like an ordinary recovery process. 

Precautions, if any? So, this is true that a user can't interfere in the OS activities but can manage to stop any read/write activity on the drive. A better option would be to cut the power supply to the Mac by shutting it down and removing the hard drive until a proper recovery software is not arranged. This however will stop the Mac OS by updating itself. Check out the review of an efficient Mac data recovery software by Dave Taylor:http://bit.ly/P6o8N6 

Don't Buy New iMac with 3TB Fusion Drive if You Love Windows, It doesn't Support Boot Camp

It's unfortunate for the users who have spent extra $400 and already bought 27 inch new iMac with 3 TeraByte fusion drive because it doesn't support boot camp for Windows installation. Users who specially love to use Windows operating system for gaming and running compatible business applications must be upset with not having this feature. As discusses earlier, fusion drive is a combination of a traditional Mac HD and a SSD to increase the overall performance of the system by leveraging the benefits of cache implementation and faster read/write in SSD's.

It's even not a fault of Apple because the issue is not with the whole new iMac but is with the 3TB drive itself because the boot camp supports the drives only upto 2TB. With the announcement of fusion drive, Apple said that “Boot Camp Assistant is not supported at this time on 3TB hard drive configurations”. The statement also means the Apple is working on making the boot camp compatible with the drives over 2TB.

So, ultimately, the statement says that people who make use of boot camp to install Windows should not fear of buying the new iMac with 3TB fusion drive because Apple is working on that. Till some extent, Apple is also right, because till now it isn't possible to Install the latest Windows 8 operating system on Boot camp, at least there is no official support on this. So, the people who love Windows must be willing to try out Windows 8 and they will need a separate PC in both the cases. However it is possible as experimented by arstechnica on iMac 2011 and MacBook Air. 

However, still there are chances that this unfortunate thing for the early new iMac adopters will turn into fortune when Apple will release an update for supporting Boot camp on new 3TB fusion drive.

So, don't get upset, just explore the new 3TB fusion drive iMac until it fall in love with Boot Camp and support for Windows 8 installation.

Smart Finder: A handy Mac utility to locate and operate files

A large hard drive on Mac is always a boon because one can store plenty of files and create 'n' numbers of folders to manage saved files. But, this boon soon becomes a curse when locating some of the files and folders becomes almost impossible. The Mac's own Finder application looks insufficient to locate and remove files that are almost unnecessary. This is the reason why I choose to switch upon a latest utility that seems handy in doing the same job perfectly. The utility is so called the 'Smart Finder' a.k.a 'Path Finder for Mac'. 

Q) How 'Smart Finder' represent hard drives, folders and individual files:

This tool needs Mac OS X 10.5 (G4 or later) to run. Once launched, it asks for the drive selection (which is made default). The drive is selected from the left panel and further the folders of the drive are listed for selection. Choose a folder and proceed by clicking the 'Open' tab. This makes the folder open in a completely innovative 'Graphical View'. Below is the representation of the graphical view of the selected folder. The colorful boundaries around the core of the circle indicates the different sectors of associated files.

Further, the files selected with a right-mouse click expands 3 choices which are:

• Reveal in Finder – opens up the containing folder.
• Remove – eliminates the selected files as well as folders.
• Open – opens up any contained files/folders.

This was all about the Graphical View of a folder, its sub-folders and files. Next comes the 

'Column View': The Column View also produces satisfactory results with the help of its 'FLYOUT View', which expands to the the right side of the screen till the folders and files information are completely displayed.

'List View': This option will minimize the Graphical/Column View to the much compressed List View.

In all the view options the three operation discussed above can be performed using a right-click of the mouse. At the end of the day, you will find it handy to locate & delete large files from the Mac OS drive. Avail Free Trial: - http://bit.ly/UQHeas