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SSD memory – Why it will reduce my storage space?

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People only speak about  the SSD memory that makes your computer too much faster; however, it will reduce drastically your storage. After all what is a SSD memory? How it makes the things faster and why who decides to make the conversion lose so much space on the HD?   SSD is a Flash memory! Flash memory is the same type of memory you will find in your flash drive, your camera memory cards and in our MiniDrives. What makes Flash memory so much faster than mechanic memory is the operational features of each one.   The mechanic memory records your data with a...

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“Other” Storage Space: The big monster of Mac OS X

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What is filling your MacBook storage? In "About This Mac" window you will see an estimate of how much space the files are using on your drives. If you didn't check or manage your files before may you will see a large yellow tab called "Other", many times bigger than your identified files.   This category counts files that aren't recognized as one of the other listed types (audio, movie, photos, apps, backups).Some examples of the files that may be cataloged as 'Other':Archives and disk images, including zips, dmg, iso, etcPersonal documents, contacts, calendar dataItems in the OS X folders...

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WhatsApp encryption: how it works and why it is so controversial?

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Last week we start to see a new message in our WhatsApps talking that our messages are now protected by end-to-end cryptography. Immediately the world start to burn, again.

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