As with other VPN providers, VPN Unlimited have several subscription levels, with benefits and discounts proportionate to signup length. A ten-day package is $1.99, with one month coming in at a low price of $3.99. The best package value-wise is a year though many might be reticent to commit for so long, but there is a silver lining. VPN Unlimited offer a 10 day free trial, so you can give their services a proper test run before shelling out the money. The Process Signing Up You can download VPN Unlimited’s bespoke client from their website, which links to Amazon, Google Play, Apple Store, or Windows Store, depending on OS (Windows users can also directly download from their website).

Registration, requires your email, and a password. You may use fake details (I did) and Bitcoins to pay, thus avoiding purposeless disclosure. This would be the best option to preserve anonymity more fully. Keep Solid accept all major credit cards, PayPal, Bitcoins, though anyone worried about privacy should use Bitcoins. VPN Unlimited will send you confirmation and startup emails, once you’ve subscribed. The VPN Unlimited Windows Client VPN Unlimited offer one of the sexiest bespoke VPN clients I’ve come across thus far.

KeepSolid VPN Unlimited is a solid service with unparalleled flexible pricing, and robust security technology, but its interface feels clunky for a Mac app, and its speed tests results were only fair.

Everything from the layout and color scheme, to the spacing between text lends itself to easy navigation. It’s neat to have server workload information front and center, so you can decide which to connect to without resorting to trial-and-error time wastage.

Remember, servers that are ok for P2P usage don’t have a strikethrough torrents ( torrents), with the very first server in the list dedicated to only for streaming (San Francisco). It’s also useful to see your real IP and virtual IP both listed in the top right-hand corner of the app. On those strengths alone, I’d wholeheartedly recommend their service to novice users, or those concerned with simplicity over top-shelf security.

Wd my passport external hard drive format for mac failed windows 10. The My Passport drive non Mac version does not come with a Mac version of the software however this can be downloaded direct from the Western Digital site. I personally prefer to use the facilities provided by Mac OS for encrypting my hard drive data and adding a password. The WD Quick Formatter is ONLY for external drives. Once the WD Quick Formatter is finished reformatting the drive, the drive will only have one partition. This is necessary in order to optimize the performance of the drive. The WD Quick Formatter is the recommended way to format WD external drives that use Advanced Format Drives (AFDs). Reformatting a Western Digital My Passport hard drive to function well on Windows and Macintosh systems is neither time-consuming nor technologically demanding. Back up all important information on the drive before beginning; any data left on the drive will be destroyed during the reformatting process. For directions on how to low-level format a hard drive, please see Answer ID 1211: How to low level format or write zeros (Erase) to a WD hard drive or SSHD. This task will also run a full (extended) test on the hard drive with our diagnostics and will indicate if the hard drive is working properly.

It’s quite excellent to see built-in DNS leak protection to keep your IP address hidden. Should the VPN connection drop though, your IP will be visible, as there is no ‘killswitch’ in place, especially important while torrenting, but applicable in general, too. Great to hear their response, then – that a killswitch feature will be included in the next update, as per my correspondence with support. Performance (Speed, DNS, WebRTC, IPv6 Tests) Tests were run using the VPN Unlimited bespoke client for Windows, using TCP Stealth Mode through port 443, on a 30 MBPS connection. Connection times were pretty speedy, no more than a minute to connect, and the same to disconnect.

The server workload percentage stats come into play here, as it more or less ensured I picked a low-traffic server, with consequently better performance. Every connection I tested (including some informally) was stable.

The French server was especially speedy, at an average of 17 Mbps. Even US servers, which are further away geographically were no slower than 10 Mbps, plenty fast for streaming and downloading needs. It's always good to see a provider deliver. Graphs show highest, lowest and average speeds for each server and location. Unlike some rival companies, most of whom have extensive issues with IpV6 DNS leakage, VPN Unlimited showed no IPV6 address. Use to check.

If you are sending a mail from your Gmail account in Microsoft Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007 and below versions, all the sent mails stored/saved twice in the Sent items folder, know the cause and solution to stop duplicate sent items. Regarding “keeping a copy of sent items”, is this mean the button in Outlook for Mac -> Accounts -> Advanced -> Folders? If that is not what you mean, I suggest you choose “Don’t store a copy of sent messages”, and then the sent items will not show duplicate messages in your Gmail account. That means, the Sent Items folder will have two entries for the same sent mail item. This happens because of the fact that you are using an SMTP server of Gmail. As a result, both SMTP Gmail server and your Outlook will save one copy each. Mac outlook has started duplication of sent items for gmail. Store your Gmail Sent Items in a local pst-file to prevent duplicates online. Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007. If you also want to prevent the messages from being saved in your local Sent Items folder, you can disable Outlook’s generic option to save a copy of your Sent Items.

Kudos to VPN Unlimited, DNS leak protection worked as mostly as advertised, there was no simple DNS leakage. However, the WebRTC bug has not been properly addressed yet, and will have to be manually disabled (not too hard to accomplish, read our write-up on how to do so). To check DNS or WebRTC– as you should periodically – this website will run an automatic test on both. Windows 10 users should also DNS leakage inherent to the default settings. Open VPN and most bespoke clients should be patched as of this month, but always check to be sure. Other Platforms The bespoke client is offered for Windows, Windows Phone, Mac OS, and Linux, in addition to Android and iOS for the mobile sphere. It’s great to see VPN Unlimited working to simplify the VPN user process in every area possible, as opposed to leaving you with lots of extra legwork.

Other/ Free Services Keep Solid have several other offerings other than VPN Unlimited, though these are mainly iOS specific at the moment. Photo Transfer WiFi Their WiFi photo sharing app is only for iOS devices, but can transfer photos, videos, or entire albums to any other device, including PC.

HD videos are said to transfer with no compression loss. DropBox support is included, and the app is free. Piggybacking off this is a cloud storage syncing service. To Do Checklist This is Keep Solid’s analog to the ‘task’ or calendar functions on most devices. Tasks can be shared with friends and have geo-location tags – something a bit curious from a privacy and security company. KeepSolid Phones This offering encrypts call and SMS messages on your phone, using technology, similar to Whatsapp and Skype. A 7 day free trial is available to start, including a unique personal phone number, and call funds.