How Apple’s T2 Chip Affects Mac Data Recovery
Apple’s T2 Security Chip (introduced in iMac Pro in 2017) changed how recent Macs handle data: essentially every MacBook Pro or Air from 2018–2020, plus later iMacs and Mac minis, ships w...
How SMR Hard Drives Have Changed Data Recovery
Modern hard drives pack astonishing amounts of data – today’s desktop HDDs can hold 20–30 terabytes. To achieve this, manufacturers increasingly use Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) tec...
Dual-Actuator HDDs: Architecture, Performance Gains, and Trade-offs (Explained)
Imagine a hard drive as a busy library. A single librarian (the actuator arm) fetches books (data) from the shelves (platters). As data centers grew, one librarian became a bottleneck. Du...
Data Recovery Challenges in 3D NAND SSDs: What Makes It Different?
Solid-state drives, or SSDs as we know them, have literally exploded in popularity lately and the SSD market is projected to exceed $125 billion by 2026. It is common knowledge that thes...
Recovering Lost Data on QLC NAND SSDs: Limits, Risks, and Options
Solid-state drives (SSDs), in recent years, have skyrocketed in capacity and popularity. NVMe SSDs that come to our markets nowadays pack multiple terabytes into a tiny M.2 stick, thanks...
Firmware Failures in SSDs: Can Lost Data Still Be Recovered?
Solid-state Drives (SSDs) power most modern computers and are prized today for their speed and reliability. But even these modern marvels can fail – and one of the scariest ways is a fir...
HAMR, MAMR, and EAMR: The Next Wave of High-Capacity HDDs
Modern hard drives constantly push the limits of how many data bits can be squeezed onto a spinning platter. The magnetic recording “trilemma” says a medium needs to be easy to write to,...
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Microsoft Confirms svchost.exe_wuauserv Crashes on Windows 11 24H2 (0x80240069 Error): All You Need to Know
The highly-awaited Windows 11 24H2 update, which promises to bring performance enhancement and AI capabilities, has already encountered disappointing issues as Microsoft rolls it out to I...
Top Photography Mistakes to Avoid in 2025 (and How to Fix Them)
Has it ever occurred to you that you snapped a perfect scene and later on discovered that it was blurred, poorly lit, or worse, missing from the memory card? No matter if you are a hobby...
Computer Boots But No Display? Here’s What to Do
There is nothing more disconcerting than booting up, listening as your computer whirs to life, and then, nothing. The fans are running, lights are lit, but nothing on the screen. A compu...
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