Hidden Bar - menu bar management for macOS
Mac menu bar utiities are great for quick access to apps that perform simple tasks and that don’t need to sit in the dock or occupy space on your desktop how...
Mac menu bar utiities are great for quick access to apps that perform simple tasks and that don’t need to sit in the dock or occupy space on your desktop how...
MacBook Air Update
This would look really nice alongside all my old Macs…
OMG !
I haven’t had a MacBook now for the last couple of years (after I selflessly handed my 13” MacBook Pro onto my eldest daughter…). My Mac computing needs have...
Ryan Block on AirPods Pro vs. Bose QuietComfort 35 Headphones
Apple has pulled the latest HomePod update and is warning users not to reset their speaker, lest they render it inoperable.
CarPlay in iOS 13 is a huge upgrade
Siri: How to add an item to specific Reminders list AND set a reminder time? - Ask Different — Read on apple.stackexchange.com/questions/235719/siri-how-to-...
A long time coming but I have finally had to make the jump to the next level of iCloud storage ( 2TB ). The 200Mb subscription has lasted a while but has fin...
My normal approach when a new version of OS X is released is to backup ( create a Carbon Copy Cloner image of my main drive ) and then do a clean install ( ...
Monosnap is a free utility for OS X and Windows that can quickly and easily capture screenshots and save them for editing and annotation, ideal for grabbing ...
Over the last couple of days there has been a lot written about the Smile Software decision to move to a subscription model for version 6 of TextExpandermo...
Near Lock is a new pair of apps for iOS and OS X that allows you to unlock your Mac with your iPhone or Apple Watch. Once installed and configured the app ca...
The Pixo is an interesting looking Kickstarter project to create a magnetic mounting for iPads/tablets to attach to the side or top of your desktop screen/i...
Copied has recently become one of my favourite apps for iOS and OS X. It is a slick and useful clipboard manager that makes cut/copy and paste on iPhone,iPad...
One of my favourite quick-fix games at the moment is 2 Cars from Ketchapp. It is a very simple top to bottom scroller where the objective is to steer your ...
I recently bought the excellent Logitech K380 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard to share between my iPad, Work laptop and iPhone. It’s a great little keyboard...
Macworld writer Christopher Phin takes a fond look back at what is probably one of the most iconic Macs ever made, the iMac G4. more>This was—and is—Ap...
It seems the recent reported problems with iOS 9.3 and older iPads isn’t the only issue with the latest release.
Interestingrumour from MacRumors.com
Not at all surprising to hear reports coming through that there are buckets of iPhones being held by US authorities in readiness for the potential flood gat...
FreshBackMac is a small utility written by Arkanath Pathak, a Computer Science student from eastern India, that refreshes your Mac desktop wallpaper at regul...
A little while ago I looked at a device called the Nifty MiniDrive a neat little MicroSD card carrier that fits completely snuggly into the SD slot on MacBo...
Itsycal is a tiny menu bar application for OS X that gives rapid access to a pop up view of the current month of the calendar.
Ars technica has this interesting article about a planned new keyboard from Microsoft that will potentially make one handed typing on larger iPhones more pr...
One of my pet peeves is the number of plastic cards I have to carry in my wallet. Most of the time I tend to strip the contents to the essential debit cards ...
Duet Display is a slick app developed by ex-Apple employees designed to allow your iPad to function as a second monitor on your laptop or iMac using a lightn...
One of the big missing features of the new Apple TV was the inability to play music from Apple Music using Siri. Clearly Apple held this back for good reason...
The team in the marketing department at Quartsoft have produced this lovely animated video timeline of Steve Jobs life. Click on this link to go to the Qua...
It seems that Amazon was serious with recent threats to pull ads for media streaming devices that don’t support their own Prime Video service from the Amazo...
This is actually pretty cool looking….
This article ( the coming podcast surplus ) by Seth Godin describes a problem ( of the third world variety ) that I have experienced for some time and I sus...
Twelve South are a brand well known to Mac users for their laptop and iPhone/iPad stands amongst other products.
This is a lovely clean and minimal Mac setup clearly setup for a small group of designers. Plenty of light and wooden surfaces give this a Scandinavian look ...
The new Apple TV announced at last months iPhone and iPad Pro event is due to start shipping next week. UK pricing is still not available on the Apple site ...
According to this articleon TechCrunch Facebook have confirmed that they are aware of a problem with their iOS app causing excessive battery drain even when...
According to many popular sites it is being reported that Apple Music has already reached 10 million subscribers ( Appleinsider ). This is of course an arti...
Unless you have a background in IT the chances are that the only time you have ever considered backups of your information was just after you found out you h...
Last night my MacBook’s iTunes was updated with the latest release ( 12.2.1.16 ) and when it restarted I was prompted with the invitation to Join Apple Music...
Infinite Loop is my latest go to iPhone game for instant gratification or the gamers equivalent of meditation. Jonas Lekevicious has created a beautiful puzz...
In the days before the Internet I was a regular magazine subscriber and the shelves in my home office used to groan under the weight of all those glossy page...
I am currently advertising my Apple Bluetooth Keyboard and Apple Trackpad on eBay if anyone is interested. Both in good working order.
Just this afternoon I was involved in a discussion about how hackers exploit the most difficult to find holes in operating systems, networks and hardware to ...
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ImageOptim is a small free utility for Mac OS X that does one thing well. It compresses image files but without reducing image quality. On test files I have ...
Sam Soffes released a small app onto the Mac App Store this week and was shocked to find it quickly elevated into the top grossing apps list, so you can imag...
iMac Desk Lamp
Some serious monitor real estate..
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GifGrabber is a free utility available from the App Store that lets you easily create animated GIFs by capturing a user definable area of the screen. It is t...
Thoughts on VS Code as Jekyll/Github editor.
A day battling with Exchange Online mail rules and spam filters
MacBook Air Update
I converted to the new Microsoft Edge browser what seems like an age ago now and one of the things I was eager to see rolled out was the history and open tab...
Probably doomed to failure before I start but I am going to try and start a daily blog post again ( I know seen it before ! ).
Customize the Office 365 encryption Message
What’s New in Microsoft Teams- Ignite 2019
So I just came across another one of Microsofts seemingly arbitrary limitations in using policies to manage Windows 10. This one is another example where the...
The latest Edge Insider release includes a new feature for users to configure the default new tab to include the Recommended and Recent sections from the def...
I have recently started setting up Room Resources in our Office 365 tenant and quickly discovered that that rooms are only available Monday to Friday 08:00 t...
Just found this article on the Lazy Administrator that describes how to enforce a Windows lock screen wallpaper on Windows 10 for all editions ( not just E...
How to zoom into a shared screen contents in Teams meeting
Teams and Flow
This Microsoft guide explains how to add attachments in a PowerApps form to a Sharepoint list.
A quick list of some of the blogs I have used recently for guides and how to’s on Microsoft products.
I have previously setup a script to push simple shortcuts to Desktop with Intune but this guide from Nicolonsky Tech is much better. Will re-create mine usi...
This is a Microsoft guide I need to use fairly regularly ! Wish connection to Exchange Online and Sharepoint Online from Powershell was a little easier to co...
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Powershell
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So I setup this Jekyll blog a few months ago and as usual after getting it going I promptly let it languish. One of the issues I guess is that unlike Wordpre...
This actually looks pretty nice. Expensive but nice….
Fab spoof from Apple on the whole “working at home” thing… Must see.
Shootout: Best Wireless In-Ear Charging Case Lid Sound Competition
Show Me Yours is a wonderful tongue in cheek video featuring comedian Olivia Lee in which she is seen walking up to strangers in the street asking to see wh...
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Markdown is the plain text markup syntax developed by John Gruber of Daring Fireball over 10 years ago to help bloggers write in a readable format that cou...
Todays featured Mac Setup is another simple minimalist style workspace in a Nordic style and comes complete with instructions on how to Do It Yourself ! The ...
Today the crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) held a press conference to celebrate 15 years that the satellite has been orbiting the earth. An ...
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I just happened across this tidbit and though its not really Mac or Apple related I thought it was worth posting a quick note about it because I expect many ...
If you have a Facebook or Twitter account you can’t have missed seeing this article or one of the many variants reported all over the web in the last week o...
Thoughts on VS Code as Jekyll/Github editor.
This would look really nice alongside all my old Macs…
OMG !
I haven’t had a MacBook now for the last couple of years (after I selflessly handed my 13” MacBook Pro onto my eldest daughter…). My Mac computing needs have...
Tour of the Bridge Towns
So I setup this Jekyll blog a few months ago and as usual after getting it going I promptly let it languish. One of the issues I guess is that unlike Wordpre...
This actually looks pretty nice. Expensive but nice….
As is often the case when learning something new I have run into a problem and the fix for it is alluding me at the moment. In this case it is RSS feeds in J...
Now I have got a barebones Jekyll site running, DNS sorted and old Wordpress posts migrated its time to do a bit of personalisation. Like a lot of Jekyll blo...
UKMac.net is now live on Github Pages !
Fab spoof from Apple on the whole “working at home” thing… Must see.
After many years of on and off dabbling with Wordpress blogs I have decided to make the move to Jekyll and Github Pages for hosting. Jekyll is very different...
A belated Happy Christmas greeting to anyone unfortunate enough to be reading this blog, hope yours went as well as could be given the world in which we find...
I have seen this guys Strava rides online before and am amazed at how he manages to “paint” pictures by cycling routes on Strava. Very cool.
Thoughts on VS Code as Jekyll/Github editor.
Tour of the Bridge Towns
This weekend I was supposed to be taking part in a 65 mile sponsored bike ride from Stourbridge to Lydney in Gloucestershire as part of the 65th anniversary ...
Today I took a break from Zwift and headed out early to do a ride round the lanes near to home. I had planned a 50 loop on Komoot parts of which we familiar ...
Over the last few weeks I have been working my way through the Zwift Achievements and so far have managed to complete 61% of the routes ( 46 out of 76 ), obv...
One more Zwift route complete tonight, this time the New York route Knickerbocker
Yesterday was a big day on Zwift for me. Finally after about 18 months of rides I passed the 50,000m climbing needed to be awarded the Zwift Concept Z1 bette...
Louisiana declares emergency over cyberattacks targeting schools
The rise in the prevelance of Ransomware hasn’t really impacted on Mac Users as it has with the Windows community so far… moreOf course the Mac has benefit...