Securing Personal Information On Facebook Against Apps

Facebook is a great tool for sharing your life with your friends.  But it’s also easy to over share information you may not want others to have access too also.  The default privacy settings on Facebook are very lax and the options to keep things more private are purposely put in hard to find locations. Here is an example of a typical Facebook application.  While they add more...

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Hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics Tool In Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

Apple’s newest operating system, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, hides a hidden application that allows the user to monitor and diagnose their wi-fi connection. The application, called Wi-Fi Diagnostics, is hidden in the CoreServices folder. To get the application, simply open your hard drive and you will find the System folder. From there follow the path below to find the Wi-Fi Diagnostics...

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SubRosaSoft Products and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Compatibility

Apple recently released their latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.  SubRosaSoft.com Inc. has been testing our applications for compatibility with this new OS and found that most are fully compatible with Lion. CopyCatX is fully Mac OS X 10.7 Lion compatible. FileSalvage is 99% Lion compatible except it does prompt for the user to enter their password when they click on Supported File...

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Show the User Library Folder in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

With the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Apple has made over 250 changes to the worlds most advanced desktop operating system.  One of these changes is that the User Library folder is now hidden.  This can be a problem for those looking to get in there and delete preferences that are causing them problem or make other changes. To make the User Library folder visible, simply launch the Terminal...

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Creating A Bootable Mac OS X Flash Drive Using DasBoot

DasBoot is a free disk utility from SubRosaSoft.com Inc. that allows the user to create a bootable Mac OS X repair drive.  This drive can be a USB flash drive or external hard drive and can be loaded with all their favorite disk repair utilities and data recovery software.  All that’s required to create your own bootable repair drive is a bootable CD/DVD like those included with...

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Good Backup Is A Lifesaver

While it’s very important to be prepared for data loss with a powerful data recovery program like FileSalvage, it’s also important to keep current backups of your important files.  File recovery programs can recover lost files in the event of accidental deletion and some other data loss situations but with some forms of data loss they can’t replace having a backup copy. 1 in 5...

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