Archive for June, 2010

Architecture of iPhoto Library

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

iPhoto is a great application of Mac OS X which contains the digital photos stored into it. Using this application you can edit, share and print the digital photos easily and effectively. When you upload the photos in iPhoto application, it stores all the images in a special folder called iPhoto Library which organizes and keeps the track of the precise locations. There are also some data files which are created in this process to help the proper organization of photos in iPhoto.

While working with iPhoto you do not actually go into the iPhoto Library and use its resource rather you use the interface of the iPhoto only. You will understand how the things work in iPhoto only when you encounter any kind of issue with iPhoto. Some of the files and folders that you will find in iPhoto Library are –

  • Library Folders and subfolders – iPhoto 5 and its prior versions store the digital photos directly into library folders but the later versions have folders categorized in years, months and days.
  • AlbumData2.xml – This folder is created in iPhoto 8 and its later editions and contains data of different albums and events.
  • Cache – This folder is introduced in iPhoto 8 and later versions which contains some additional data’s.
  • Contents /PkgInfo – This contains the creator code of iPhoto 7 and later versions.
  • Some other folders include face.db , face_blob.db , Pod Photo Cache , Library.Data and Metadata backup .

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How to backup iPod Touch games?

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

iPod Touch is the most sophisticated and advanced iPod ever launched by Apple Inc. It is equipped with lots of functionalities that never let you feel dull at any moment. It’s most exciting part that attracts most of the users is its portable gaming console. If you love to play video games then iPod Touch is your gadget. One minute you are reeling in the big catch and in the next you are piloting an F-22 Raptor. With so many games to play, it is very hard to decide what to play next. Some of the famous games of iPod Touch includes – Top Gun, Real Racing, 2XL Supercross, Monster Trucks, Touch ports Tennis ‘09, Slope Rider, Hero of Sparta and so on.

But at times when your iPod Touch encounters some kind of abnormality like corruption, physical destruction of iPod Touch, damage or data loss the games stored in the iPod Touch gets corrupt or inaccessible and at that point of time if the backup of the games are not available then there is no way by which you can get those games back. So, to avoid data loss and to save your favorite iPod Touch games backing up of iPod Touch data is very important. Just use iPod Touch Backup software and backup all your iPod Touch games in a safe and secure location, so that it can easily be restored when the need is felt.

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Striking Causes of PST Corruption

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

MS Outlook application which is used in a wide scale uses PST file to store all the information’s stored in it. The PST file is separated from the MS Outlook application to enhance the performance of MS Outlook. But this PST file is very prone to corruption which may interrupt your general business operations. In fact sometimes critical data related to the mails, journals, notes, tasks, appointments etc. becomes inaccessible and puts you in a big trouble. In this situation if the backup of the PST file is not available than accessing those data is very hard.

There are various striking factors due to which corruption of PST file occurs. Some of them are as follows –

  • Inappropriate termination of MS Outlook application either due to power interruption or due to some other reasons.
  • Internal hardware and software issues which interrupt the working of PST file.
  • PST file exceeding 2GB size limitation in Outlook 2002 and its prior versions.
  • Virus invasion and arbitrary code execution which either thefts or corrupts PST file.
  • Some logical or human errors or accidentally PST file deletion which makes the data stored in the Outlook inaccessible.

If any of the above mentioned issues occurs with your PST file then severe data loss situations can happen. To resolve the issue use Scanpst.exe inbuilt utility which is efficient enough to resolve the PST related issue. If the problem further persists, then use any third party tool to resolve the problem instantly.

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