Evaluating Online Backup Services

Backups, the everlasting topic. Years after several hard drive crashes, after manual backups and semi automatic backups I’m still thinking about the right solution.

Current Setup

Currently I’m using an USB / SATA adaptor to connect various hard drives without enclosure to my computer to run Time Machine semi automatic backups. With OS X 10.7 (Lion) …

Camel Case in MySQL Table Names is a Bad Idea

Today at work I encountered all kinds of “naming schemes” for MySQL tables and columns. Camel case table names in particular can cause serious pain because:

Table names directly correspond to filenames on your hard drive
There are tons of different filesystems and some of them are case insensitive. So if you develop on OS X …

Cannot delete File / unmount disk because it is in use …

On OS X there are these moments when Finder tells you that the trash cannot be emptied or that a disk can not be unmounted because some files in/on them are still being used. When emptying the trash, Finder even tells you about the files in question but not about the app that is …

Using the Intel 510 Series SSD in a 2011 MacBook Pro at full speed and with TRIM

I just got a new MacBook Pro from my current employer and since I got it without an SSD I bought the Intel 510 250GB and installed it. Everything worked smoothly after the first boot. However, as @denis2342 pointed out, there are a few extra steps to make it run at full speed and …