Renny Willins

Most commented posts

  1. Too many Photos? — 7 comments
  2. Urgent Upgrade Recommended — 6 comments
  3. Apple stores – posed the same question. — 6 comments
  4. Working from home — 5 comments
  5. There is an answer to slow internet — 5 comments

Author's posts

Friends don’t let friends use El Capitan

In 2015 Apple described El Capitan as… “OS X El Capitan improves system performance across your Mac, making many of the things you do everyday faster and more responsive.” How things change! El Capitan, 10.11, hasn’t been supported for over a year now but that hasn’t stopped people from continuing to use it everyday sometimes …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.macservicesact.com.au/friends-dont-let-friends-use-el-capitan/

I have changed my mind about extenders

UPDATED 19th Dec, 2021.You can add the Netgear Nighthawk AC2200 X6 to the list of approved devices. In days gone by, I would have rather eaten my own hair than get a WIFI extender. This, I am happy to report, has now changed… my hair is safe and a whole new world of expanded and …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.macservicesact.com.au/i-have-changed-my-mind-about-extenders/

Apple Events – a quick round up

So we’ve had two Apple events in less than a month and some interesting products and about faces were announced. The October 10 event started in the usual fashion… slick cinematic vistas, funky music that sounds just left of Muzac and a zoom into Tim Cook standing with his hands fixed in a prayer. Without …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.macservicesact.com.au/apple-events-a-quick-round-up/

Reminders App could be life changing

The Reminders app on an iPhone or iPad is something a lot of people ignore. And if they don’t ignore it, they generally use another product that, astonishingly, they are happy to pay money for. Never understood it myself… but there you go?! However Reminders, along with Siri, make a truly life changing combination that …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.macservicesact.com.au/reminders-app-could-be-life-changing/

High Sierra is getting the chop

It wasn’t that long ago that a computer was considered ‘past it’ by its 5th birthday. I myself often used to say that computers age like dogs but in light of recent trends I think perhaps I ought to amend this to computers age like small dogs. It’s not uncommon for us to upgrade a …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.macservicesact.com.au/high-sierra-is-getting-the-chop/