Category: Mac

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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Email bouncing?

No. You are not going mad. Yes. Your emails are getting more bounce backs, ending up on blacklists and your friends haven’t received an email from you in weeks. This is happening to all of us in different ways and in different degrees and it is due to the fight against everyones favourite band of …

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Dangerous scam active right now

We have all seen them. Emails from friends or family that, even with the briefest of glances, appears “off” But we get lazy and answer them. Or in the case of a spam email that offers an Unsubscribe button, get angry and unsubscribe and add an insulting note as to why we don’t want to …

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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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