Renny Willins

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Simple Siri tasks

Siri (and other voice assistants) have been around for a long time. So long in fact that most people have forgotten a time when a smartphone didn’t have a digital assistant. And this is ironic because most people don’t use Siri and this is a shame. It is a bit like having a car with …

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How to manage Safari Bookmarks on a Mac

Right off the bat I should say that the title of this article is a little misleading. You see, while it is true that it will be focusing especially on Safari, other browsers have similar ways to manage bookmarks (or Favourites for you Windows types) and so any new techniques you might discover here will, …

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How strong is your password?

This is not a long and rambling article about how passwords are managed. Indeed, it is instead a long and rambling article about how good your password actually is. Although it’s not that long, not that rambling and password managers are mentioned. All password managers give you their take on how good your password is. …

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Remove old devices from your Apple ID

When looking after a Windows machine you get the distinct impression that it is triage. Constantly trying to keep it alive and working despite its natural instinct which appears to be to die on the spot. A Mac on the other hand is like giving a normal check up at the doctor.  If your Mac …

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Save the Masking tape

I am on a quest to end the needless slaughter of masking tape that happens everyday around the world. Tiny strips of this precious resource are needlessly sacrificed to cover up cameras on iMacs and MacBooks everyday and it need not be the case. So far as I can tell this habit came about from …

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