Wednesday, April 27, 2011

What Mac Data Recovery software can do?

You may know that the Mac Data Recovery software is basically used to recover the files that have been purged off from the trash even. But you might have always been wandering that can you recover the files that you have got on the formatted hard drive, can you recover files of all types, can you recover your photos from your cameras, or can even recuperate files even from a physically damaged drive?. This article will answer one important question for you.

The issues that can you recover the files that were accidently deleted, or from a formatted drive too.  In OS X when a file is deleted by dragging it to the trash bin and then emptying the trash, the name of the file or folder is eradicated from the drive by the system and is therefore lost. It is most of the times not possible to retrieve the original name fully.

Although the most important part of it may be recovered easily. The original catalog of the file is deleted as it is removed from the trash so you cannot retrieve its original location or original file name. Finding the files by its content alone is generally a difficult task. It requires specific algorithms to recognize those contents to be a part of file. This task basically is a programmatically controlled task by the Mac Data Recovery software; the files that you have deleted generally are actually placed in the drive as the broken chain and when you delete it permanently most of the times only the name and link part of it is deleted. By link I mean the location or file path that had been assigned to it when it was copied.

In addition to the algorithms a few Mac Data Recovery software can even have some File IQ that helps the way through. So you can recover the files easily either form the accidental deletion or the formatted hard drive.

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Thsi article is written by Kety White, who also writes for mackeeper.zeobit.com, a site emphasizing on mac fix, mac data recovery, recover files mac, and password protect folders mac.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

How to Prevent Spywares from MacScan?

MacScan is a spyware blocker which protects your system from spywares, key loggers and many more. The spyware blockers helps to prevent the pop ups that are frustrating for Internet users. There are many companies in the market that produce fake spyware blockers which are harmful to your system. Still there are some spyware blockers like Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Google that can block and demolish spyware from a system successfully.

MacScan is one of such anti-spyware meant for Mac OS X. MacScan is able to detect, segregate and remove the program which could damage your system. It costs about $29.99 and they have thirty days free demo version as well. In addition with removing the spyware, it cleanses your Web browser later on. Usually web sites keep a track of visits by resulting cookies on your Mac and some browser store a history list of sites visited on you Mac. MacScan removes such details on browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox and Netscape. It analyses Apple-related threats, the DNS Changer Trojan horse and it detects and destroys spyware.

When you install MacScan you have to give your Mac user password to run the program. It has a backlist of more than 8000 cookies and once the scan is complete, it detects the spyware on your Mac and gives you the option to remove it or not. If you want to remove the spyware permanently then click on the “delete”. Your Mac will be free from the spyware and other bugs.

But the main problem with this program is that there is no estimation for the time required to scan your Mac as it depends on the size of the files stored. MacScan shows a barber pole which just spin rather than a progress bar.
MacScan is a perfect solution for those people who are looking purely for spyware protection.

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This article is written by Kathy Charles, who also writes for mackeepr.zeobit.com, a site emphasizing on mac data recovery, mac fix, mac scan, and clean my mac.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Mac Data Recovery - How to Recover the Lost Files?

Mac Data recovery means restoring the lost data on the MacBook's hard drive. When you install a new drive or assembling a new computer there is a possibility of losing the data. There are several ways available to recover the data but the most easiest and sensible way of Mac Data recovery is accessing previously backed-up data.
In order to protect your data, regularly backing up your Mac hard drive and by that you can retain the copies of important files. The Mac’s running OS X.5 (Leopard) or later versions have the backup service which is built within the OS.

You might face problems with your MacBook that it powers on but won’t be able to boot up. This is due to corrupted OS and you may lose the data stored in your system. In such situations you have to re-install the OS to perform Mac data recovery but there is a chance of missing some data permanently. Thus, it is better to have a back up for all the data which you store in your MacBook.

There are circumstances, where you require a utility either from Apple or from manufacturer's package while attempting to Mac data recovery. There are many tools such as Drive Genius, TechTool, Disk-Warrior and Norton Utilities with additional hard drive to save your data. There are some Mac data recovery software packages available to help you to recover the files in case of any internal hard drive corruption.

If you are not able to retrieve your data from any of the available software packages then you need to send your hard drive to any commercial data recovery companies. This is an expensive option; use this method only when you are sure that you cannot recover your data from any other ways or the data is very precious that paying even thousands of dollars is not a big deal.

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This article is written by Kathy Charles, who also writes for mackeepr.zeobit.com, a site emphasizing on mac data recovery, mac fix, mac scan, and clean my mac.