Category: MacOS

Tips for Apple Mail Users

For ages I have been saying to people that Apple Mail is the best… well certainly better than Outlook. For starters, it is free. And for another thing it is easier to use and for more straight forward than Microsoft’s jumbled mess. But straight forward doesn’t mean that it isn’t powerful and that some of …

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Working from home

Let’s not panic. Be informed not alarmed I think is the well worn phrase. A lot of people have been asking me about working from home and hurriedly wanting to set up Skype, Zoom or FaceTime in order to work or stay in contact with family and friends. They are also letting gormless looking technicians …

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Catalina – Wait a while!

Apple have, as they do this time every year, released their latest operating system; Catalina. And in theory it is fantastic. For starters you can now use your iPad as a second screen, a boon to those of us that like to have a spreadsheet on one screen and our email on the other… or …

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Don’t throw away that usb keyboard

There is something to be said for wireless keyboards and mice. For starters they free up your desk space and there are no cables to up end your coffee cup or send the inevitable pile of paperclips crashing to the floor when you move the mouse at just the wrong angle. There is something very …

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You might be infected and not know it

In the last few weeks I have been inundated with calls from clients who have managed to get Malware on their Mac. Whether it be by clicking on an ad on the fastest way to rid themselves of fat from their eyebrows, a sensationalist article about Orlando Bloom or being faked into updating their Flash …

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