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Transfer files using a direct Ethernet connection

With so many complaints about FireWire disappearing from the MacBooks, I wondered if large files could be copied using just an Ethernet cable. It was successful, and the transfer was rapid — less than one minute to transfer 1.8 GB.

I used an aluminum MacBook connected via Ethernet cable directly to [...]

Lacie desktop USB 2.0 1tb drive – it’s a BIG one!

My first drive was a fujitsu 20mb (yes, thats megabytes, not gigabytes!). It was part of a project some 20 years ago, to try and add  a hard drive to my Atari StE 520. I got it working in the end, at a cost of nearly £300. This, in conjunction with a hardware PC emulator (PC [...]

Bose Companion Speakers – chic but not cheap

I’d owned my iMac for about 10 months and had never been more pleased by a computer purchase. The only thing that niggled me was the power of the built-in speakers – or lack of it. So I decided to upgrade to a set of external speakers.

So, in true Geek style, I set about doing my [...]