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Apps

Monosnap - Free Screen Capture for Images and Video

April 11, 2016

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 ...

TextExpander Alternatives for Disgruntled Smile Customers

April 7, 2016

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 - Unlock your Mac with your iPhone or Apple Watch

April 6, 2016

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 - Sync your clipboard for iOS and OS X

April 6, 2016

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...

Game of the day - 2 Cars

April 4, 2016

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 ...

Fresh Background Wallpapers for your Mac

February 22, 2016

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 for OS X - Minimal Calendar Utility

February 14, 2016

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.

Stocard - All your loyalty cards on your iPhone

January 18, 2016

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 ...

Using Duet Display As A Primary Monitor

January 3, 2016

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...

Facebook App Draining iPhone Batteries

October 20, 2015

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...

How do you backup your digital data ?

July 26, 2015

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 - Lovely Relaxing Game for iOS

June 25, 2015

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...

How to Access Magazines on Zinio for Free

June 24, 2015

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 - An Excellent Free Image Compressor for Mac

May 11, 2015

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 ...

How Much Do You Think A Top Grossing App in Mac App Store Makes Its Author ?

May 10, 2015

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...

Capture Animated GIFs using free GifGrabber

May 6, 2015

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...

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Mac Setups

Nordic Workspace

January 26, 2016

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 ...

Dual Screen Wallpapers for Macs

October 25, 2015

Twelve South are a brand well known to Mac users for their laptop and iPhone/iPad stands amongst other products.

Stunning Minimal Loft Space

October 24, 2015

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 ...

Super Minimal Mac Pro Setup

June 21, 2015

A Minimal Desk With A View

June 2, 2015

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Minimal Desk with iMac

May 16, 2015

Cablox Cable Organiser

May 13, 2015

Gorgeous Tiny Office

May 12, 2015

Another Minimal Floating Desk

May 11, 2015

Serious Screen Real Estate

May 9, 2015

Some serious monitor real estate..

Extreme Minimalist Mac Desk

May 9, 2015

Sweet and Wide…

April 30, 2015

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Videos

Working from home - Apples take… Permalink

July 19, 2020

Fab spoof from Apple on the whole “working at home” thing… Must see.

Show Me Yours - A New Campaign Video from Liberty Human Rights Group

May 6, 2016

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...

CassetteBoy vs Jeremy Hunt

April 28, 2016

[embed](https://youtu.be/uK7DRJx9nbU}

CassetteBoy Vs The Snooper’s Charter

April 10, 2016

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...

ISS Celebrates 15 Years Orbiting The Earth

November 2, 2015

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 ...

Animated History Of Steve Jobs

October 30, 2015

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...

Think Same !

October 20, 2015

https://youtu.be/yeiI8cd5rO4

Say no to Pakisaurus - Hilarious Rant by Guzzy Bear

June 19, 2015

[embed]https://youtu.be/xd4ygI0GHV8[/embed]

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement address, 2005

May 6, 2015

[embed]https://youtu.be/Hd_ptbiPoXM[/embed]

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates - Walt Mossberg Interview

May 6, 2015

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sw8x7ASpRIY[/embed]

South Park Mac vs PC

May 6, 2015

[embed]https://youtu.be/Id_kGL3M5Cg[/embed]

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Hints and tips

On How I Lost Then Found Trackpad Options in El Capitan

April 23, 2016

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 - Sync your clipboard for iOS and OS X

April 6, 2016

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...

Swapping Between Hardware and On Screen Keyboards on iOS

April 3, 2016

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...

Free Markdown Video Tutorial Series

March 29, 2016

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...

Using Duet Display As A Primary Monitor

January 3, 2016

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...

How do you backup your digital data ?

July 26, 2015

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...

For You Disappearing from iTunes after recent update

July 15, 2015

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...

How to Access Magazines on Zinio for Free

June 24, 2015

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...

Calls To 0800 Numbers Free From Mobiles Starting 1st July (UK)

June 19, 2015

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 ...

Capture Animated GIFs using free GifGrabber

May 6, 2015

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...

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iOS

CarPlay in iOS 13

August 25, 2019

CarPlay in iOS 13 is a huge upgrade

How to add an item to specific Reminders list AND set a reminder time? - Ask Different

October 7, 2018

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-...

TextExpander Alternatives for Disgruntled Smile Customers

April 7, 2016

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 - Unlock your Mac with your iPhone or Apple Watch

April 6, 2016

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 - Sync your clipboard for iOS and OS X

April 6, 2016

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...

Game of the day - 2 Cars

April 4, 2016

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 ...

Swapping Between Hardware and On Screen Keyboards on iOS

April 3, 2016

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...

Microsoft to release curved keyboard for iOS

January 26, 2016

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...

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Humour

Working from home - Apples take… Permalink

July 19, 2020

Fab spoof from Apple on the whole “working at home” thing… Must see.

ROFL

November 1, 2019

Shootout: Best Wireless In-Ear Charging Case Lid Sound Competition

Show Me Yours - A New Campaign Video from Liberty Human Rights Group

May 6, 2016

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...

CassetteBoy vs Jeremy Hunt

April 28, 2016

[embed](https://youtu.be/uK7DRJx9nbU}

Spoof Letters Published In Metro Newspaper

April 10, 2016

This article from Mashable is a few days old so apologies if you have already seen it. Definitely worth a scan !

Say no to Pakisaurus - Hilarious Rant by Guzzy Bear

June 19, 2015

[embed]https://youtu.be/xd4ygI0GHV8[/embed]

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iPhone

CarPlay in iOS 13

August 25, 2019

CarPlay in iOS 13 is a huge upgrade

iPhone unlocks - Flood gates holding up… For now…

February 23, 2016

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...

Microsoft to release curved keyboard for iOS

January 26, 2016

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...

Stocard - All your loyalty cards on your iPhone

January 18, 2016

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 ...

New Apple Force Touch Table

October 29, 2015

This is actually pretty cool looking….

Facebook App Draining iPhone Batteries

October 20, 2015

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...

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Mac Hardware

On How I Lost Then Found Trackpad Options in El Capitan

April 23, 2016

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 ( ...

Kickstarter - Pixo magnetic Tablet Mount

April 6, 2016

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...

They just don’t make ‘em like they used to

March 29, 2016

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...

Rumour - Ultra-thin 13” and 15” MacBooks due in June-July

March 26, 2016

Interestingrumour from MacRumors.com

TarDisk Pear - Grow your MacBook Hard drive !

February 15, 2016

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...

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Powershell

Customise the Office 365 encryption Message

December 9, 2019

Customize the Office 365 encryption Message

Customise Room Resource work hours in Office 365

September 18, 2019

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...

Setting Lock Screen Wallpaper with InTune

September 2, 2019

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...

Powershell connection from MFA Account

July 31, 2019

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...

Daily Log - Tuesday 23 July 2019

July 23, 2019

Powershell

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Apple Music

Apple warns HomePod users of potentially fatal iOS 13.2 flaw

October 29, 2019

Apple has pulled the latest HomePod update and is warning users not to reset their speaker, lest they render it inoperable.

Apple TV Updated - Search Apple Music with Siri

December 9, 2015

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...

Apple Music has 10M new subscribers but will they stay ?

July 28, 2015

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...

For You Disappearing from iTunes after recent update

July 15, 2015

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...

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PowerApps

Add attachments in PowerApps

August 19, 2019

This Microsoft guide explains how to add attachments in a PowerApps form to a Sharepoint list.

Powershell connection from MFA Account

July 31, 2019

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...

Sunday 28 July 2019

July 28, 2019

##PowerApps

Monday 22 July 2019

July 22, 2019

##PowerApps

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Intune

What about Win 10 Pro ?

October 17, 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...

Setting Lock Screen Wallpaper with InTune

September 2, 2019

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...

Creating desktop shortcuts with Intune

August 9, 2019

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...

Daily Log - Tuesday 23 July 2019

July 23, 2019

Powershell

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Office 365

Customise the Office 365 encryption Message

December 9, 2019

Customize the Office 365 encryption Message

Customise Room Resource work hours in Office 365

September 18, 2019

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...

Adaptive Cards for Beginners

August 21, 2019

Teams and Flow

Wednesday 24 July 2019

July 24, 2019

##Microsoft Forms

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Jekyll

RSS Struggles

July 24, 2020

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...

Minimal Mistakes Blogs

July 21, 2020

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...

Jekyll Go Live Day

July 20, 2020

UKMac.net is now live on Github Pages !

Moving to Jekyll!

July 19, 2020

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...

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Pictures

Fresh Background Wallpapers for your Mac

February 22, 2016

FreshBackMac is a small utility written by Arkanath Pathak, a Computer Science student from eastern India, that refreshes your Mac desktop wallpaper at regul...

Where can I buy one of these ?

May 9, 2015

iMac Desk Lamp

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