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...
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...
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 ...
FreshBackMac is a small utility written by Arkanath Pathak, a Computer Science student from eastern India, that refreshes your Mac desktop wallpaper at regul...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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Some serious monitor real estate..
Fab spoof from Apple on the whole “working at home” thing… Must see.
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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Not directly Apple related but when I saw this excellent @CassetteBoy video cut to the music of the Police and Every Breath You Take I couldn’t resist sha...
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 ...
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...
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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 ( ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 ...
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...
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-...
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...
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...
It seems the recent reported problems with iOS 9.3 and older iPads isn’t the only issue with the latest release.
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...
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...
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...
[embed](https://youtu.be/uK7DRJx9nbU}
This article from Mashable is a few days old so apologies if you have already seen it. Definitely worth a scan !
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CarPlay in iOS 13 is a huge upgrade
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...
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 ...
This is actually pretty cool looking….
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...
A day battling with Exchange Online mail rules and spam filters
MacBook Air Update
Customize the Office 365 encryption Message
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...
Teams and Flow
##Microsoft Forms
Thoughts on VS Code as Jekyll/Github editor.
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...
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 !
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...
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 ( ...
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...
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...
Interestingrumour from MacRumors.com
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...
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 ! ).
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...
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...
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...
Powershell
Customize the Office 365 encryption Message
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...
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...
Powershell
Thoughts on VS Code as Jekyll/Github editor.
A day battling with Exchange Online mail rules and spam filters
MacBook Air Update
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 ! ).
This actually looks pretty nice. Expensive but nice….
Apple has pulled the latest HomePod update and is warning users not to reset their speaker, lest they render it inoperable.
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...
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...
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...
This Microsoft guide explains how to add attachments in a PowerApps form to a Sharepoint list.
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...
##PowerApps
##PowerApps
Thoughts on VS Code as Jekyll/Github editor.
A day battling with Exchange Online mail rules and spam filters
MacBook Air Update
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 ! ).
FreshBackMac is a small utility written by Arkanath Pathak, a Computer Science student from eastern India, that refreshes your Mac desktop wallpaper at regul...
iMac Desk Lamp
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
Thoughts on VS Code as Jekyll/Github editor.
What’s New in Microsoft Teams- Ignite 2019
How to zoom into a shared screen contents in Teams meeting
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...
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...
Twelve South are a brand well known to Mac users for their laptop and iPhone/iPad stands amongst other products.
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...
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...
This is actually pretty cool looking….
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...
Tour of the Bridge Towns
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 ...
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...
Tour of the Bridge Towns
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...
Teams and Flow
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...
Apple has pulled the latest HomePod update and is warning users not to reset their speaker, lest they render it inoperable.
Ryan Block on AirPods Pro vs. Bose QuietComfort 35 Headphones
Shootout: Best Wireless In-Ear Charging Case Lid Sound Competition
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 ...
This actually looks pretty nice. Expensive but nice….
Tour of the Bridge Towns