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Renny Willins
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May 08 2024
Use a chat session instead
Over the last decade or so help desks have been sent overseas. This often means bad and echoey lines of communications and strong accents that are very hard to understand. This is especially true if you are already stressed about your account being hacked, email offline or your bank account frozen. So, just like my …
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Mar 25 2024
Look quick, it’s QuickLook
Ah, macOS, the operating system that feels like home for those of us that want to enjoy a computer rather than defending it against deranged Microsoft user interface designers and virus makers. Nestled within its sleek interface lies a hidden gem, a tool that’s both elegant and efficient: Quick Look. If you’re not already acquainted …
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Feb 21 2024
Inbox Empty and Folders missing?
I have long moaned about Microsofts email application and have long held the view that chiselling your messages on a slate tablet and physically carrying them to their intended recipient would be preferable to using Outlook. (the application not the email address) Apple mail is much better, but it is not without its quirks and …
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Dec 18 2023
Seldom used features
There is nothing more satisfying, but at the same time galling, to find out that something you have been using for years has an awesome feature that you never knew about. Like a hotplate that has a warming function…right there in front of you. If only you’d pressed that little PAUSE button five years earlier. …
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Dec 16 2023
Tesla is one step closer to CarPlay
A little while back I wrote about the challenges of trying to emulate Apple Carplay in a Tesla. If you missed it, basically I went through each of the features of CarPlay (something Tesla doesn’t support) and what Tesla functions and available apps you could use instead. It is mostly doable but one frustrating element …
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