Apple Releases macOS 10.14.3 and iOS 12.1.3
Apple today pushed software updates for a range of its devices. They are all minor releases that simply offer a few bug fixes and security updates, with no n...
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Microsoft Office 365 Price Increase in Australia
From 1 January 2019 Microsoft raised Office 365 subscription prices in Australia by up to 8%, affecting all new and renewing Business plans.
Read post →Distance to 3rd Party DNS Resolvers from Telstra nbn in Melbourne
Further to my previous post, DNS Speed Testing on Telstra nbn in Melbourne , I've used the Traceroute command to measure how far away (or how many hops away)...
Read post →DNS Speed Testing on Telstra nbn in Melbourne
I've recently seen a number of people recommending that I use various 3rd party DNS resolvers - CloudFlare, OpenDNS etc. One problem I've encountered with us...
Read post →Xero not loading in Safari in Mojave
This is here just so I can remember what I did later when I need to undo it. I've got a problem where Xero is simply not loading in Safari 12 on macOS Mojave...
Read post →How to take a screenshot on your Mac
This is new to me, as it's a new feature in macOS Mojave. On older systems, to capture a screenshot, you can use Shift+Cmd+4 and either select a rectangular...
Read post →How to create a bootable installer for macOS
With the recent release of a new Mac operating system, macOS Mojave , it's worth digging out and rehashing the instructions to create a bootable installer. I...
Read post →Fix a Broken Open Directory app
Back in 2016 I posted some steps to repair Open Directory when the LDAP database has problems. On some servers this happens very rarely, on other servers it...
Read post →The upcoming Office for Mac 2019
Microsoft will be releasing an update to Office for Mac next month. This update will change the branding from Office 2016 to Office 2019 and it will also req...
Read post →The iMac at 20 Years Old
The iMac is getting on a bit. Old enough to vote in some areas (and almost old enough in others), it's been a staple of our computing landscape for two decad...
Read post →Change Primary Email Address without changing Login Name on Office 365
Set a primary email address different from the login name in Office 365 with the Set-Mailbox -WindowsEmailAddress command, handy during a domain change.
Read post →What APFS Does for You, and What You Can Do with APFS - TidBITS
If you've been wondering what APFS is, and how it affects your use of your Mac, over on TidBits there's a good article by Jeff Carlson that covers the releva...
Read post →Case Study - Migration to Dropbox & Office 365
Automatica moved property developer Hamton from ageing on-prem servers to a serverless setup on Dropbox, Office 365 and Azure SQL, cutting hardware costs.
Read post →Solution to failed firmware updates in a UniFi Cloud Key
I've had a few UniFi Cloud Key wifi controllers with this issue - they seem to be stuck on a particular version of the firmware and can't be updated. Both ma...
Read post →Rogue Amoeba Blog - On The Sad State of Macintosh Hardware
I could not agree more with this sentiment. There's nothing wrong with speed bumps, small and more frequent updates to the hardware rather than going for yea...
Read post →June 2018 WWDC Keynote
Apple held their annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) overnight. This is where they generally announce all the new features in upcoming versions of...
Read post →Daring Fireball: 10 Strikes and You’re Out – the iOS Feature You’re Probably Not Using But Should
I was unaware that there was quite a safety net built into this feature. Like many other people, I haven't enabled the option to erase all data on my phone a...
Read post →TipBITS: Reveal Invisible Files on the Mac with a Keystroke - TidBITS
Here's a great tip over on TipBITS that I didn't know, but could come in handy some day. I usually have no need at all for seeing invisible files in the Find...
Read post →Connect via ssh to an old, insecure device
I recently needed to use ssh to connect to an old Cisco ASA5505 firewall. As it turns out, the Java interface doesn't work in any current version of Java and...
Read post →How Apple Dethroned Intel As the World's Most Innovative Chipmaker
There's a very interesting article over on The Motley Fool today comparing Apple and Intel in an area where people wouldn't usually think they compete - that...
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