Category: MacOS

Do you have an Apple Watch? Try this…

If you have an Apple Watch AND an iMac that is 6 years old or younger you might be missing a trick. You know how you hate passwords? How do secretly dream of meeting the guy who invented computer passwords (Dr Corbato) in a dark alley. Well, just imagine that there might be a way …

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iTunes is NOT dead

I am writing this on an iPad Pro, sitting in the front seat of my new Aston Martin. The iPad is fast and the Aston Martin is very comfortable. So comfortable in fact I might never go back into the house. So how, I bet you are wondering, did I afford all of this luxury? …

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Your old software will soon retire for good

I know, it sounds terrible but it is true. In a few months time Apple will release 10.15 and with it full 64bit computing and that means 32bit apps will no longer function. Now I don’t want to get you bogged down in what 32bit and 64bit mean… (essentially it is how the application addresses …

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Chrome – don’t use it

Not that I needed another reason to hate Chrome and wish it nothing but harm but along comes a very interesting article about how Chrome is secretly tracking everything you do… despite your best efforts to stop it. Like everything else that Google does, Chrome is something that is designed to look as pretty as …

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