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Increase the Amount of Memory Allocated to CrashPlan’s Backup Engine

By on November 1, 2012 in Computer Maintenance

If your CrashPlan app is prone to crashing after starting, it may be running short on allocated memory. The instructions provided by CrashPlan aren’t user friendly to those who are not tech-inclined, so I created two simple scripts. Download, run, enter your password, and done! These have been tested for OSX 10.7.5 – use at [...]

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Protect Your Windows 7 Computer

By on July 31, 2010 in Computer Maintenance

There is a plethora of ways to get your computer infected with viruses, malware, spyware, trojans, and who knows what else.  You want to keep your computer locked tight to protect your personal information and your computer from the legions of harm that is out there. Everything in this article is geared for Windows 7, [...]

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Backing Up Your Data Is More Important Than You Think

By on July 1, 2010 in Computer Maintenance

If you’re like most people, you don’t think about backing up your data until disaster has already struck. Unfortunately, that’s the worst attitude to have about your important data. If your hard drive fails, your computer or laptop gets stolen, or disaster strikes, your data is lost forever. It is frightening to think of the [...]

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