I wanted to clean up my Sent Items folder in my email - I don't have time to go through and manually sort them, nor do I have time to delete some and keep others. My main aim was to...
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FileMaker Server 13 Conflicts with Web Services Ports
FileMaker Server 13 is a bit of a pain to install - it absolutely insists with no option to change it that it MUST listen to ports 80 and 443 on whatever it's installed on. This is a big problem...
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How To Enable 2 Factor Authentication on your iCloud Account
Apple now have enabled 2 factor verification for iCloud - 2 factor means you need two things, such as a password and a code sent to your phone, to access your account. Enabling 2 factor authentication also means that your...
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Can’t sysprep a Windows machine more than 3 times
It seems my Windows-fu is lacking a bit in my sysprep knowledge. As it turns out, you can't sysprep a Windows machine more than three times. Unfortunately you get no warning about this until you've run sysprep for the 3rd...
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Troubleshooting iCal/Calendar app issues on OS X
Taken from https://github.com/trevor/calendarserver/blob/master/doc/Client-Server/calendar-client.rst and put here so I can find it later... Additional debug logging is available by setting some preferenecs keys in the com.apple.CalendarAgent domain. The logs are sent to the standard system logging facility, ASL, and may be viewed with...
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Issues installing Windows 8 on a new Retina MacBook Pro
I've spent too long this morning trying to install Windows 8 on a new Retina MacBook Pro. The first error I received was that "Windows can't be installed in drive 0 partition 4" with more detail giving the error message "The selected disk...
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Product Review: Otterbox iPad Defender Case
I have something to confess. This is the first Otterbox I've owned. I've long known about their cases for mobile devices and have always meant to check them out, but never got around to it, until recently. As some readers may...
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Fix issues with downloading apps from the App Store
You'll occasionally get errors downloading apps or updates from the App Store that are rather vague and difficult to fix. Errors like Xcode failed to download. Use the Purchases page to try again or even less helpful An Error Has...
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Delete hiberfil.sys on Windows 7
Quick tip to allow you to delete hiberfil.sys on a Windows system. Run CMD as Administrator and enter power cfg /hibernate off If this doesn't automatically delete C:\hiberfil.sys then you can go in and delete it manually. Why do you...
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Product Review – Qi Wireless Charger
OK, let me say this up front - people we are living in the future. This is it, wireless power. What I have here in front of me is simply magic. It's an iPhone 5S Case that lets you charge...
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