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Mr. Asim Rajput
The OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express SSD module is designed specifically for Apple's late-2010 MacBook Air models.
The US revealed its "International Strategy for Cyberspace" (PDF) yesterday. It is mostly blather about how terrific "cyberspace" is, but it gets more specific on a few key issues like national defense. Could our next war start because of a hack? The government says it is feasible.
"States have an inherent right to self-defense that may be triggered by sure aggressive acts in cyberspace, says the owner. Indeed, such aggressive acts might compel a country like the US to act even when the hacking is targeted at an allied country.
Military force will only be used as a last resort after other diplomatic and economic cures are tried, but the US government has definitely realized the worth of the Web and has no purpose of sitting quietly while corporate and governmental computer systems are attacked with impunity.
Certain hostile acts conducted through cyberspace could compel actions under the commitments they have with our military treaty partners, says the document. When warranted, the United States will reply to hostile acts in cyberspace as they would any other threat to our country.
But the cyberspace security strategy doesn't involve speak about playing offense; defense is stressed even more heavily. Dissuasion of hackers is a core aim, and it extends beyond national borders. A globally distributed network requires globally distributed early warning capabilities, says the strategy, which calls for new computer security incident response capabilities globally" and interconnected network defense systems.
With the new strategy document, the government is putting the world on notice: The United States will be sure that the risks associated with attacking or exploiting our networks vastly outweigh the potential benefits.
"States have an inherent right to self-defense that may be triggered by sure aggressive acts in cyberspace, says the owner. Indeed, such aggressive acts might compel a country like the US to act even when the hacking is targeted at an allied country.
Military force will only be used as a last resort after other diplomatic and economic cures are tried, but the US government has definitely realized the worth of the Web and has no purpose of sitting quietly while corporate and governmental computer systems are attacked with impunity.
Certain hostile acts conducted through cyberspace could compel actions under the commitments they have with our military treaty partners, says the document. When warranted, the United States will reply to hostile acts in cyberspace as they would any other threat to our country.
But the cyberspace security strategy doesn't involve speak about playing offense; defense is stressed even more heavily. Dissuasion of hackers is a core aim, and it extends beyond national borders. A globally distributed network requires globally distributed early warning capabilities, says the strategy, which calls for new computer security incident response capabilities globally" and interconnected network defense systems.
With the new strategy document, the government is putting the world on notice: The United States will be sure that the risks associated with attacking or exploiting our networks vastly outweigh the potential benefits.
OWC includes the five-point "pentalobe" and six-point Torx drivers needed for installation.
First, you will require an OWC Aura Pro Express SSD drive, your MacBook Air, an outside USB two.0 backup drive, and pentalobe and T5 torx drivers (included with the Aura Pro Express). You'll also require some kind of backup software; they used Mike Bombich's excellent donationware app Carbon Copy Cloner.
They recommend an anti-static mat and/or grounding wrist strap in case you have them you can do without, but the usual warnings about static discharge ruining your sensitive electronics applies here. They also recommend using either loops of tape affixed to your work surface or a tiny magnetic strip to keep track of the 11 small screws you'll be removing.
They recommend an anti-static mat and/or grounding wrist strap in case you have them you can do without, but the usual warnings about static discharge ruining your sensitive electronics applies here. They also recommend using either loops of tape affixed to your work surface or a tiny magnetic strip to keep track of the 11 small screws you'll be removing.
A loop of electrical tape kept the tiny screws from the MacBook Air from being easily misplaced.
Step one: Backup
First, you'll be wanting to back up the information on your MacBook Air's current internal SSD. There's a couple different methods for backing up and restoring. You could make a Time Machine backup, use the recovery USB drive supplied together with your Air to reinstall Mac OS X, and restore from Time Machine. You could also do a similar technique with other backup products, but restoring from the backup might need installing additional application.
First, you'll be wanting to back up the information on your MacBook Air's current internal SSD. There's a couple different methods for backing up and restoring. You could make a Time Machine backup, use the recovery USB drive supplied together with your Air to reinstall Mac OS X, and restore from Time Machine. You could also do a similar technique with other backup products, but restoring from the backup might need installing additional application.
Cloning the MacBook Air's original SSD boot drive to a portable USB2 drive.
We used our usual method of making a bootable backup using Carbon Copy Cloner. A transportable 120GB USB2 Western Digital hard drive served our purposes here, as the stock 128GB SDD was only about half full. CCC created an exact copy of the Air's 61GB of information in about 54 minutes.
Carbon Copy Cloner is very simple to set up and run, especially if you want an identical, bootable clone of your original drive.
Just to be additional safe, they booted the Air using the cloned drive to check that the information was intact. After hearing the Air's startup chime, hold down the choice key. You'll receive a display of valid boot drive icons to pick from; pick your outside cloned drive. Be prepared for a wait booting from an outside drive is going to be significantly (even painfully) slower than you are used to. One time you are sure everything is working as it ought to, shutdown the MacBook Air. Be sure to disconnect any outside peripherals & the power adapter.
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