Apr 09 2019
When looking after a Windows machine you get the distinct impression that it is triage. Constantly trying to keep it alive and working despite its natural instinct which appears to be to die on the spot. A Mac on the other hand is like giving a normal check up at the doctor. If your Mac …
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Apr 06 2019
I am on a quest to end the needless slaughter of masking tape that happens everyday around the world. Tiny strips of this precious resource are needlessly sacrificed to cover up cameras on iMacs and MacBooks everyday and it need not be the case. So far as I can tell this habit came about from …
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Feb 24 2019
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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Feb 24 2019
Now that the NBN is here – in most Canberra suburbs – it is now time to talk about off site backup again. Offsite backup is basically like Time Machine (operates in the background so you never need to worry about it) but instead of going to an external hard disk it is sent to …
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Feb 24 2019
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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