You are proud of your film collection, and burning each movie to your laptop means you can enjoy them anywhere. Of course, the old hard drive in your Mac could never hope to hold this much data, but you can easily get around this problem by fitting your laptop with a MacBook Air SSD hard drive.
An SSD drive can access data quickly, and has no moving components like a traditional hard drive does so it is much more durable. A MacBook Air SSD hard drive also gives you plenty of space while at the same time improving the overall speed of your system. The large inventory available on eBay contains all kinds of hard drives, from the MacBook Air A1237 hard drive accessories to MacBook Air hard drive cables. In short, everything you need to make an upgrade yourself is available and with just a little leg work you can enjoy the benefits of a faster, larger SSD drive on your MacBook.
USB storage devices have always been the best method of data sharing because of their removable and rewritable features.They are often used for the same purposes for which floppy disks or CDs were once used, but USB storage devices are smaller, faster, have thousands of times more capacity, and are more durable and reliable because they have no moving parts. With the increasing use of such portable USB storage devices, it has also significantly increased the threats to companies’ data security. USB devices and other portable storage devices are one of the top causes for security incidents with millions of dollars in losses for businesses. As per the – one of the famous brand in Mac security, ” The need of using a device control solution and controlling the use of devices in corporate environments has become nowadays a must in order to keep up with the latest security challenges”.
Most of the companies deploy the Endpoint Protector software for Mac OS X by to control the use of USB, CD/DVD, card readers, etc.You can disable or block the USB access in any system using in order to prevent data theft. But not everyone would like to buy the license for this software, so for them there is a free and reliable solution to block or disable USB storage devices on mac by removing or unloading the built-in USB storage device driver extension in OS X. Use the following instructions on your Mac to block or disable USB mass storage device input/output support such as USB Flash drives and external USB hard drives. Block or Disable USB storage Devices on Mac Note: The following method or troubleshooting will not affect the use of USB Keyboard, Mouse or printer as this is only applicable to USB storage devices on Mac. Blocking or Disabling USB storage devices input/output support such as USB Flash drives and external USB hard drives is a very easy task in Mac OS X. You just need to remove / rename / unload the kernel extension (.Kext ) file for USB storage device’ s input output controller. The removal of this kernel extension only affects USB mass storage devices.
It does not affect other USB devices such as a USB printer, mouse, or keyboard. You must have the root or administrative privilege to perform this task. Important: Repeat these instructions every time a system update is installed. To remove kernel extensions for specific hardware: 1. Open the /System/Library/Extensions folder. 4. Choose Finder Secure Empty Trash to delete the file.
5. Restart the system. Method 2 Block or Disable USB Port on Mac OS X by unloading the Kernel Extension USB storage devices can also be blocked or disabled by unloading the USB storage input /output kernel extension (.Kext file ).The USB kext on OS X is loaded at the time of start of the system, this can be loaded / unloaded using kextload or kextunload command.
To disable USB port on Mac, follow below steps: 1. Open Terminal from Applications Utilties folder. Type the following commands and hit return key. Cd /System/Library/Extensions/ sudo kextunload IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext Block or Disable USB storage Devices on Mac 3. This will block or disable the USB port for Mass storage devices.
If you want to re-enable the USB port you can just re load the IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext using the following kextload command. Cd /System/Library/Extensions/ sudo kextload IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext Note:- Kextunload command is not a permanent fix to block / disable the USB Storage devices on Mac as it only works up to next reboot.You will need to unload it again after the reboot to block / disable USB storage devices on mac. When you block or disable the USB storage devices on your Mac, the Time Machine backup drive connected to your local computer will also be disabled but the Time capsule hard drive or any network attached storage devices ( NAS HDD ) would still work because they are connected using Apple File Protocol (AFP). Important Update ( Date updated: Sep 17th, 2017): Starting from Mac OS X El Capitan Ver 10.11, Apple has introduced a new featured called ” System Integrity Protection” ( SIP, also known as Rootless) which prevent anyone from editing, deleting or moving any system protected files including kernel extensions( kexts) or hardware drivers. If you need to edit or delete them you must disable or turn the SIP feature off.