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I think that all disk utilities suggest that somewhere. I even recommend it on my Routine Maintenance Web site. It's a CYA thing. But, of course, everyone should have a backup in any case. For what its worth, I've communicated with hundreds of folks who have used iDefrag. And my Routine...

This used to be a common problem under earlier versions of OS X. See: How To Deal With Common Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar Problems http://www.macattorney.com/tutorial.html Item #6 Unfortunately, Dragster, which was a free utility that you could download and instantly fix the problem with, is...

The chances that you have contracted a Trojan are incredibly slim, and it is highly unlikely that what you are experiencing is due to one. I'm willing to bet that if you go to this Web site: Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html and run all of the...

There is quite a bit of mythology surrounding this topic, and a lot of varying opinions. You can read about it in depth, with lots of citations to refer to, at: http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html Item #6 and note #1 The short answer is that if you have lots of free space left on your...

You are very kind, it was my pleasure! Macintosh users always help one another. Thank you, I'm very flattered, but by and large my article and book writing days are behind me. (However, I still publish The MacAttorney Newsletter. if you know any Macintosh-using attorneys please have them...

My pleasure! SilverKeeper is free, but like a lot of free things, free isn't necessarily the best deal. I wouldn't use SilverKeeper. You may want to google around for users' experiences with it. Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper! are very similar cloning tools that can make bootable...

Much more information on backing up can be found at: http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html and http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/backuprecovery.html

Sure. No problem. Some of these links may be out of date; I haven't checked them in a while. Before you go for any of these, you may want to have a look at this somewhat dated, but still mostly relevant article: http://blog.plasticsfuture.org/2006/04/23/mac-backup-software-harmful/ (Carbon...

I haven't seen any 2.5-inch 500GB PATA/IDE drives. I'm not sure that any exist. I think that all of the recent, larger 2.5-inch drives have been SATA-only. In fact, doing a quick search, it is very hard to find a 2.5-inch PATA drive at all anymore. The largest that I could find doing a...

Just another opinion...I used to use and recommend APC UPS's exclusively. But then a few years ago APC quietly started selling consumer-class (around $130 and under) UPS's without AVR (automatic voltage regulation.) I think that AVR is an absolute necessity. Considering that APC UPS's also...

This is an area that is sort of like asking "who has the prettiest girlfriend." There are a lot of choices and a lot of varying opinions. I know of about 30 different backup programs for OS X (I can give you a list, if you like), and there are a bunch of different philosophies about what is...

Have a look at: Mail Appetizer (donation requested) http://www.bronsonbeta.com/mailappetizer/

How are you "erasing" the files that you are erasing? Do you drag them to the trash and then empty the trash, or do you do it some other way? Do you dismount your USB drive by dragging it to the trash-can every-time before you detach it?

What is causing the noise shouldn't be a big concern of yours. Your Mac is under warranty. Give it to Apple and have them fix it. (You don't want to wait and worry about this *after* your Mac is out of warranty.)

The WordPerfect/Mac discussion group has put together an installer for SheepShaver with all the necessary components, with instructions, and it even includes a copy of WordPerfect/Mac (which you can, of course, just trash if you don't want it): http://macwp.com/files/SS-WP%201.1.zip

In the overwhelming majority of instances where a Mac user thinks that they have a "virus," they don't. They usually have some other simple problem, such as a corrupted user preferences file. Unless you have a specific reason to suspect malware, your first assumption should be that you *do...

I should tell you in advance, that unless you get Customer Relations, you probably won't get what you want. Other departments at Apple, like Tech Support, aren't empowered to help you with something like this.

Actually, I don't think that you should have to purchase a new set of OS install disks. When you purchased your Macintosh, you also purchased a license to the Mac OS software and to a select group of applications to use with it. Just because you lost your original disks doesn't mean that the...

Have a look here for suggestions: http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html Item #9 It wouldn't hurt to try the other maintenance suggestions on the page also.

There are only a few settings for cookies in FireFox that might make a difference: - Keep until the expire - Keep until I close FireFox - or you could choose not to accept any cookies from any sites. Why not try all three settings and see if any of them helps?