Ages ago I wrote an article about the best place to buy a second hand Mac and since that time I have always referred people to it. However, recently a new rich source of second hand macs has come to light and it comes from a company I have dealt with for well over a …
Category: Opinion
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Jan 29 2025
Apple’s damp squib
When Apple Intelligence was announced, we had visions of an AI superhero swooping in to solve all our digital dilemmas. Apple, known for its slick launches, apparently didn’t get the memo that sometimes it’s wiser to walk before you sprint. Apple, being the overachiever it is, wanted to jump on the AI bandwagon before their …
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Jan 29 2025
Your phone is not listening to you
Yes, I know, as soon as you read that title you thought, yeah right. You’ve heard too many stories of your friends or friend’s friend who has been festooned with ads for tents just hours after talking about camping with a friend with the phone sitting on the bench between them. And anyway, didn’t Apple …
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Sep 05 2024
Making Safari better
More and more people are buying laptops these days and they have small screens – as well as other deficiencies that don’t make for ideal desktop computers. In addition to this, Apple have, seemingly, abandoned the 27 inch iMac so the biggest screen you can look forward to on a desktop is 24 inches. This …
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Jun 22 2024
Don’t fiddle with your MacOS
There’s a lot of talk these days online about installing the latest MacOSes on older Macs. I bet you’d even had the odd ‘techie’ friend at the pub or dinner party that reckons they did it and it works a treat. It sounds great, making your old 2012 iMac run the latest OS thus saving …
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