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 require macOS Sierra (10.12) as the minimum OS version. It's strange that...
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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 decades now. From the original gumdrop in Bondi Blue with an...
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Change Primary Email Address without changing Login Name on Office 365
I have a client who is in the process of changing their email addresses over - from something like @examplecompany.com.au to @example.com.au. We have just migrated them to Office 365 and wanted to have [email protected] as their primary login, particularly...
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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 relevant details. If you're running macOS High Sierra and you have an...
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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 manual and automatic firmware updates through the web interface fail....
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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 years with nothing and then a monumental change. It’s very difficult to recommend much...
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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 their software. This year they announced iOS 12 for iPhones and iPads, macOS Mojave (10.14) for Macs,...
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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 after 10 failed passcode attempts for many of the reasons...
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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 Finder. If I'm doing anything to do with invisible...
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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 it's got such an old version of ssh that it...
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