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Category: iPad

iPhone battery gone in 60 seconds?

OK, maybe not 60 seconds… but it seems like your iPhone or iPad is flat out dead in no time at all? Depending on the age of the device you might need a new battery – which costs money – or it might be as simple as checking a setting – which is free. First, …

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Friends don’t let friends use Outlook

Email. Possibly the most important thing on any computer, next to a good crossword application, Messages, a recipe manager and that file that contains all your passwords. If you aren’t using Apple Mail I would assert that you should be and if you already are a user the following might give you a few more …

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FaceTime bug

A few weeks back there was a bug discovered in FaceTime that allowed people to eaves drop on other iPhone or Mac users without their knowledge when using the Group FaceTime function.  As soon as the bug was discovered (by a 13 year old boy) Apple shut down the group chat service and set about …

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Where is my iPhone?

For that matter, where is my iPad? Or my Mac? Let’s hope you never have to ask that last question because lets face it, its not easy to lose a Mac down the back of the couch so the inference there is something terrible has happened. But seriously, what would you do if you couldn’t …

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Privacy is the new black

I am sure you have all been reading – with ever increasing waves of horror – that Facebook data (your data) was used by Cambridge Analytica to aid Donald Trump’s presidental campaign. If you haven’t read about this here is my breakdown… Facebook collects data about its users. Advertising companies use this data and Facebook …

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