Renny Willins

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Time to ditch the Time Capsule?

If you had more than one Mac or a laptop that was always moving around, an Apple Time Capsule was the best backup solution. End of story. At least it would have been if Apple hadn’t discontinued this marvellous product back in 2018. This stunningly stupid move left us in the hands of network hard …

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Mail Folders

I once walked into a friends house, a house I have visited often, and remarked on the painting on her wall. “That looks lovely”, I said. “Really goes well with the colour of the wall.” She looked at me, quite reasonably I think, with doubt and concern. That painting has been there for 5 years! …

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Outlook.com yes – Outlook, No

To stave off confusion I need to make something clear from the outset. I have been going around town promoting the use of outlook.com and outlook.com.au as an alternative email service to combat iinet, Telstra and just about every other email service being canned. Outlook, as a email address is absolutely fine. But, as you …

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Catalina is dead

Sadly, it is that time again. Another MacOS has been forced to lay its head on the chopping block. This time around it is Catalina, the one they named after the island. Released in 2019 this operating system offered features such as only allowing 64 bit applications so all those old copies of Klondike no …

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Cables are not easy going

Nothing is ever as it seems. You’d be forgiven for thinking that a cable is a cable. It is a long string of plastic with plugs on either end that charges or  connects your device to the computer and it transfers data. It’s very straight forward right? Well, as it turns out, no! Service stations, …

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