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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Case Study – Migration to Dropbox & Office 365
Introduction Established in 2005, Hamton are a forward-thinking and design-conscious developer who have set out to provide institutional investors with exposure to high-yielding residential developments. They are always seeking opportunities to maximise outcomes, both financial and non-financial with a focus to think long-term – in...
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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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iOS 11.4 brings stereo pairs and multi-room audio with AirPlay 2 – Apple
Apple have released the iOS 11.4 update for iPhones and iPads. The main improvement is the addition of AirPlay 2 which allows HomePod speakers to play multi-room audio (like Sonos) and to have two of them linked as a stereo...
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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 of designing the processors that power all of our devices today. Intel have...
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