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Category: Opinion

Considering your security

It seems like everyday we get notified about another data breach. First it was Optus, then ahm, then Medibank and the latest I heard was Microsoft data had been leaked. Obviously the first question is “how much of my info was exposed?” and then next would be “what do I need to do?” The answer …

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Mac1 – In memoriam

Mac 1 Canberra 1998- 2022 After a long battle with the Apple Store, staff shortages and Covid, Mac1 Canberra died quietly sometime in the last few months. This is a sad loss for us all and Mac1 will be sorely missed. The hole in our collective hearts may never be filled. Not only was Mac1 …

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Numbers is better than you think

Waaaay back in 2018 I wrote: “Very few people, outside of business, use Excel with anything like the same frequency of  Word. There are a lot more notes to the kids and letters to Aunt Joyce then there are budget forecasts or retirement schemes.  Besides, even businesses could use Numbers but they don’t.” This is …

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For your friends sake please watch and share

This is less like an article and more like a public announcement. It is really a call to action. This is not my work. Not at all. In fact, the lengths these people have gone to in order to expose the scum that call, email and text us day in day out is nothing short …

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Cannot open some apps

Over the last few years Apple have been tightening the screws on security to make our Macs safer… effectively wrapping us up in a tight blanket of permissions, confirmations and many (oh so many) preferences. However, sometimes this blanket can be so tight we cannot move. One such confusing dialog box, which as been around …

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