I don't like Fusion Drives. They are unreliable. There, now that I've got that out of the way, here's how to fix a Fusion Drive if it flips out. Do note that fixing in the context of this article is...
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I occasionally need to set up a printer manually (e.g. when pushing out a printer with Munki), however as the printer is AirPrint compatible, the manufacturer often doesn't provide a standalone driver to download. Or, sometimes the AirPrint driver is...
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It's often handy to have all users in a Office 365 tenancy to be able to view all details in everyone else's calendars. While each user can set these permissions on their individual calendar, it's often quicker and easier to...
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I have a client and we have recently deployed a 3CX solution for them. One of the more tricky parts of their solution was integrating with an existing analogue intercom at the front gate. I was able to configure the...
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I have recently deployed a 3CX system to a customer's home, replacing an old NEC phone system that was installed some time in the 1990s. As much as I loved the 90s, phones have come a long way since then....
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I've recently switched over to an Apple Silicon MacBook Pro and overall it's a really good machine. I do miss not having Thunderbolt ports on both sides of the laptop, mainly because whenever I want to charge it, the power...
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There are a couple of catches to install PowerShell on macOS and have it work for remote sessions to Microsoft 365 / Azure AD / Exchange Online. First, install the latest release version of PowerShell from GitHub: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases Then, install...
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I'm putting this here as I will probably need to refer to it again in the future. We've taken over the development for a web app that uses php 5.6 and I'm trying to get it working with MySQL 8...
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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 be considerably quicker, and more reliable, than pushing the email up to Office 365...
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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 troubleshooting, it looked to be a problem with the TCP MSS between...
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