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In this section of our site, we're going to add how-to documents that we hope you'll find helpful. Some of the documents will be items of general use to any user, and others will be specific to our own products. If you would like to have us cover something, click on the ABOUT link above and drop us an e-mail.
 
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Analyzing Mountain Lion Performance Problems with Activity Monitor
 
This is our first entry into this How-To section. In it we describe what Activity Monitor is and how to use it. We show screen shots of Activity Monitor in use as it monitors the mds process used by Spotlight, which is often problematic. We also describe what the common causes for performance problems are.
Added: March 10, 2013
How-to Documents
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Cloning a Primary Hard Drive in Mountain Lion
 
In this entry, we discuss the process of using Disk Utility to clone the primary hard drive for a system using Mountain Lion. This technique may also be used in Lion, and with some modification, Snow Leopard
Added: March 19, 2013
Hard Drive Testing with Scannerz and Scannerz Lite for Mac OS X
 
In this entry, we discuss the basics of using Scannerz and Scannerz Lite for testing hard drives. We also cover some of the advanced features of Scannerz not available in Scannerz Lite.
Added: March 21, 2013
Bad Hard Drive Signs and Symptoms -  A Guide for Mac Users
 
In this entry, we discuss the signs and symptoms of a bad hard drive, and discuss other problems that may lead you to think you have drive problems when none exist.
Added: April 10, 2013