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Drive Genius 3.1 update released

Prosoft Engineering has released Drive Genius 3.1, an updated version of its drive repair and recovery program for Mac OS X. The new version, a 16.6 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and features: – The system startup volume can now be defragmented without the need of a DVD or alternate startup volume (“live” defrag). […]

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battery

Another Bulging MacBook Pro Battery

Here’s another picture of a bulged MacBook Pro battery from PowerPage reader “Abe.” I called Apple on Monday and got a replacement with a pre-paid airbill for the return today. Zero problem with them on the phone. Once I told them what had happened he did not even ask any questions. Said a new one […]

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: The DVD-R media that destroyed my SuperDrive (photos)

Yesterday I inserted a blank DVD-R disc into my MacBook Pro (2.33GHz Core 2 Duo) like I’ve done dozens of times before. But this time was different. This time it destroyed my SuperDrive. After I inserted the blank DVD-R media I didn’t immediately notice that it didn’t mount in the Finder and promptly forget about […]