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OneDrive as an Archiving Solution

OneDrive as an Archiving Solution

There once was a time when I payed attention to cloud drive solution face-offs on the Internet. DropBox vs. Google Drive, OneDrive vs iCloud, Copy (R.I.P) vs Box, you name it. It was always interesting to see the pros and cons of each solution and then make a decision on who the winner was. OneDrive never […]

Dealing with Constant Notifications from Sophos Anti-Virus

Whether you are using a Mac or a PC running Microsoft Windows, you need an anti-virus. Even though Mac users are less prone to become infected than Windows users, this does not make Mac users invulnerable. Furthermore, while our faithful Macs are immune to nasty Windows viruses, we can still store them in our hard drives and inadvertently send […]

DD/MM/YYYY to MM/DD/YYYY in Excel

What date do you think of with when you see the following date format: 16/3/2014 If you are in the United States, you are probably thinking “does not compute”. That day format (DD/MM/YYYY) is the one used by my Costa Rican banks and it is the one that makes most sense to me (going from smaller […]

Kindle Fire HDX 7″ Tablet Review

Amazon recently had a sale on the Kindle Fire HDX 7″ Tablet and I decided to take the plunge.  Having never used a Kindle tablet in the past, I felt a bit curious on how the device stacked against my current iPad. My 3rd generation iPad was due for an upgrade, but what really pushed me to try […]

Keyboard Shortcuts on OS X

One of the first programs I used ever was Microsoft Excel on my sister’s Macintosh Plus.  Ever since then, I recall that to fill cells down, the shortcut key was Command-D.   In today’s version of Excel, this shortcut is nowhere to be found:

Converting a VHD/VHDX to a Wim File

While getting ready for an event that will be staged completely with WDS, I ran into issues capturing a VHD file to a WIM file using WDS.  My guess is that the old Mac Mini I’m using is not keeping up so I needed a way to get that VHD to convert to a WIM […]

Setting up a WDS Sever from Scratch : Part 1

Motivation This post will describe how to get WDS working on Windows Server 2012 R2 from scratch.  I am pretty sure there are many tutorials out there but I needed something as a reference for myself as I end up looking at various sources whenever I want to accomplish this.  If this helps anyone else, […]

A Fix for an Annoying OneDrive Behavior on the Mac

OneDrive by Microsoft is one of the best options out there for online storage.  You get 1 TB of space, a yearly Office 365 subscription and Skype minutes for in incredibly low price. Even though the Mac client for OneDrive has seen some improvements over time, there are still some incredibly frustrating bugs out there. […]

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