Import Outlook PST into Office 365
Microsoft now have a fairly straightforward way to import large Outlook PST files into Office 365. Using this process to upload large amounts of email should...
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Change MTU size on a NIC on Windows
I had a really thorny problem recently where packets of a certain size were disappearing in action when being sent from Site A to Site B. After much troubles...
Read post →How to properly automount a drive in Ubuntu Linux
I've stolen this from TechRepublic , and am reproducing it here so I can find this info again when I need to. The original article is: How to properly automo...
Read post →Show object sizes in bytes (or MB) in PowerShell with Office 365
PowerShell can be a very powerful tool when applied correctly, however it has some quirks - one of which is formatting size numbers for remote PowerShell con...
Read post →Change USB Disk Numbers on Synology DSM
When you connect a USB disk to a Synology NAS, the NAS assigns it a disk number, which forms part of the name of the mount point for the disk. The first disk...
Read post →Big announcements from Apple - macOS 11 and ARM-based Macs
Apple held their virtual WWDC2020 overnight and there were a raft of announcements . Two of the biggest however that will affect all Mac users were the annou...
Read post →Clean up Windows 10 WinSxS Folder to free up disk space
Windows 10 (and Windows Server) has a feature where it keeps older versions of shared libraries and other things like that in a Windows Side-by-Side folder (...
Read post →Outlook unable to sign in to Office 365 email account after MFA Enabled.
I had a really thorny problem recently with a client who responded to a phishing email and their account was compromised. As part of reviewing their account...
Read post →Recover a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter with a failed USB Flash, or ERMK Redux
In the past, I've had a number of the original Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite units fail - they were all the original plastic-case units, and in each case it was t...
Read post →The Mysterious Case of Catalina and the Missing Disk Space, or /private/var/vm ate my Disk.
I had a very unusual problem recently with a client - his MacBook Pro running Catalina was constantly running out of disk space. He let it slide for a while,...
Read post →Allow clicks in System Preferences to permit system extensions via Apple Remote Desktop or TeamViewer
I have a Mac mini as a server here at the Automatica World HQ, and it's downstairs, in a cabinet, running headless with no peripherals attached. I needed to...
Read post →L2TP VPN Configuration Commands for an EdgeRouter
Further to Darren's post , here's the short and sweet how-to configure an L2TP VPN on an EdgeRouter. First edit the commands below. Next, log into the router...
Read post →Setting up VPN access on an EdgeRouter authenticate via RADIUS on a Synology NAS with DSM.
With the increased need to enable people to “Work From Home”, setting up VPN access is a vital step to ensure a secure connection to the work envir...
Read post →List user's folders in Office 365 via PowerShell when Get-MailboxFolder does not work
Occasionally I need to list all the folder names in someone's mailbox in Office 365 via PowerShell. Microsoft have a cmdlet called Get-MailboxFolder however...
Read post →How fast are your disks? Find out the open source way, with fio | Ars Technica
I'm posting this as a bookmark to this article on Ars Technica. I know I'll need this at some stage in the not too distant future, so present me is bookmarki...
Read post →Error: Invalid base64 string for MIME content in Apple Mail on Catalina
I had a client today who after every email they received in Apple Mail on Catalina, an error dialog box would pop up saying "The Message could not be moved t...
Read post →How to lock the Dock on macOS
I've occasionally needed to fix certain aspects of the Dock on some people's computers - one particular case comes to mind was an elderly client who somehow...
Read post →Create empty directories and symlinks at the root of the boot volume on macOS Catalina 10.15 – synthetic.conf
On macOS Catalina 10.15, the entire boot volume is mounted read-only. All user data, apps, configuration, preferences etc, exists on the data volume which is...
Read post →Office 365 - Single users unable to send email - Access Denied, bad outbound sender error.
This has popped up a couple of times recently and I can never remember where to go in Office 365 to fix it, so after spending some time on the phone to Micro...
Read post →Apple Mac Pro (2019)
Apple have finally opened their order books for the 2019 Mac Pro , and what a beast it is. Now that it's available for sale, we can see the pricing, not only...
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