Considering the MacBook neo

Every once in a while, Tim Cook and his minions stand on the roof or lurk around the grounds of the Apple spaceship, all wearing sneakers that cost more than my house, and tell us that they have “reinvented the future.” Usually, this involves moving a button three millimetres to the left or making a …

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The source matters!

The world, as we know it, is currently full of people trying to sell us things we do not want. If you are standing in a queue for a coffee, someone will try to sell you a pension. If you open your physical letterbox, you will be buried under five kilograms of glossy paper telling …

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iCloud is great – but its not a backup for your Mac

In the modern world, we are told that the “Cloud” is a magical, ethereal vault where our digital lives go to be pampered by angels. Apple calls it iCloud, and they’ve spent billions of dollars making you believe it’s the ultimate safety net for your photos, your documents, and those “hilarious” videos of your dog …

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Send that message later

We’ve all been there. It’s two in the morning. You’re wide awake, possibly because you’ve had a particularly robust piece of cheese, and suddenly—ping—your brain decides to function. You remember that you forgot to tell the plumber that the downstairs tap is making a noise like a dying bagpipe. Now, in the olden days—by which …

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Widgets be gone

Right, so you’ve just upgraded to macOS 26 and suddenly your screen looks like it’s been vandalised by a toddler with a sticker book. Admittedly not as bad as the above graphic, but still an annoying bunch of about 4 widgets in the top left hand corner. Weather in places you don’t live, stock updates …

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