I use Firefox containers a lot when I'm working for a number of different clients - e.g. I'll have a container in Firefox for each regular client so I can log into their Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace tenancy and...
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Flatten fillable PDF Form from Acrobat on macOS
I was recently dealing with needing to fill in a PDF form and then supply it to someone as a flattened PDF so that they couldn't (easily) edit it. I don't know what the creator of this PDF did however...
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Synology Cloud Sync can’t sync to Dropbox after upgrade to Dropbox Team Space
I've had a couple of clients with a Synology syncing to Dropbox via Cloud Sync and after Dropbox upgraded their tenancy to use the new Dropbox Team Space, syncing stopped, and it couldn't be set up again. When you remove...
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Unable to create PDFs from Office apps on Windows. Error log states: Aptos not found, using Courier.
Microsoft have recently changed the default font in Office to Aptos. Apart from the visual changes, this seems to cause problems with Acrobat Distiller and creating PDFs from Office documents. When creating a PDF, instead of the PDF opening at...
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Fix Synology Universal Search (synoelasticd) with high CPU usage
I've got a few decently-specced Synology servers out there that seem to be constantly running with nearly 100% CPU usage caused by synoelasticd. This task is the main process behind Synology Universal Search. From what I've read, the issues often...
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Emails in Microsoft 365 landing in Inbox and then going to Deleted Items after a few seconds
I have a client with a strange, ongoing issue with their email. Particular emails – in this case invoices I send them from Xero, land in the Inbox and then a few seconds later they disappear and end up in...
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Fix an issue with an Apple Silicon MacBook Pro with incorrect date and time
I've seen a couple of Apple Silicon MacBook Pros recently with an incorrect date and time set, even though "Set time and date automatically" is switched on and pointed to a reliable time source, like time.asia.apple.com or time.apple.com. If you...
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Dropbox is finally native on Apple Silicon
As of December 2023, Dropbox have finally updated their app to run natively on Apple Silicon. They say that you're supposed to be updated to it automatically, but I checked my Mac and it was still running the Intel build....
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WireGuard macOS App without the App Store
WireGuard is an excellent, secure and fast VPN with full support for macOS. It is frustrating however that the official macOS app is only made available via the Mac App Store, necessitating an Apple ID to sign in with. Whilst...
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Allow non-admin users to use WireGuard on Windows
It's frustrating that out of the box WireGuard only allows admin users to open the main WireGuard window. The error you receive says "WireGuard may only be used by users who are a member of the Builtin Administrators group" Fortunately...
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