128GB MicroSD: exFAT vs. HFS Performance on the MacBook Pro

Reading Time: < 1 minutes The new SanDisk 128GB MicroSD card seems to slow down when formatted with the Mac native filesystem.  Here’s one data point. Out-of-the-box: Results 22.09 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.9.2 (13C64) Physical RAM 16384 MB Model MacBookPro10,1 Drive Type Apple SDXC Reader Disk Test 22.09 Sequential 36.23 Uncached Write 145.82 89.53 MB/sec [4K blocks] […]

OneNote 2014 for Mac Mocks Me With Silence

Reading Time: < 1 minutes After many years of waiting, today Microsoft finally released a desktop version of OneNote for Mac!  That means no more having to choose between a crappy web app or having to run it on Windows!  So I installed it and went straight to open my files… “This version of OneNote can’t open password protected sections. […]

MacBook SD Card Update: Still No NiftyMiniDrive for the 15″

Reading Time: < 1 minutes A year after the first post on flush-mount SD card adapters for MacBooks, the sleek-looking NiftyMiniDrive for the 15″ MBP is still “undergoing testing,” and the humble MiniDrive is still in service. This month the long-awaited 128GB MicroSD card is available for the first time.  That makes the upgrade even more attractive.