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Posted on May 23, 2024June 30, 2026

How to master your Mac menubar

Something I think many Mac users don’t bother with doing. It is customisable, and some subtle changes could make it much more usable and useful to you.

Posted on May 23, 2024June 30, 2026

What is ChatGPT and how does it work

A useful explanation of the technology that started the move towards Generative AI.

Posted on April 25, 2024June 10, 2026

Using Windows Backup to move from an old to a new machine

There must be many ways of doing this, but this article details how you might be able to do the transfer successfully.

Posted on April 25, 2024June 30, 2026

Thinking of moving from Windows to MacOS

For me, the problem is the other way round of course, but I know a lot of people are put off switching to Apple because they think it might be too different, and therefore difficult for them to pick up.

Here’s an “explainer” that shows some of the most common differences and explains the comparable names and facilities between the two systems.

Posted on April 25, 2024June 30, 2026

Losing your Apple ID could be a disaster!!!!

I must look into this one as well, as I use my Apple ID for lots of things, and I really wouldn’t want to lose it …

Posted on February 22, 2024June 10, 2026

Which authenticator app to use for 2FA

A comparison of the available tools to provide Two-factor Authentication for accessing websites – Microsoft Authenticator vs Google Authenticator.

Posted on February 22, 2024June 30, 2026

Using Windows Copilot app on MacOS

Here’s how to use Microsoft’s Copilot app on your Mac desktop.

Posted on February 22, 2024June 10, 2026

Securing your email account

Some tips to make your email account more secure

Posted on February 22, 2024June 30, 2026

Your Apple ID hacked? Here’s what to do …

I hope it never happens but here’s some guidance, if i does.

Posted on February 22, 2024June 30, 2026

Using Gemini on the iPhone

How to use Google’s Gemini (Bard replacement) app on an iPhone.

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Index to Blog posts

  • How does the Internet work?
  • Getting photos to the cloud(s) and back
  • iCloud Photos, Photos on Apple Devices and iCloud Drive
  • Stolen phone & SIM locking
  • Browsers and Search Engines – 2022
  • Where’s my media?
  • What a surprise!
  • A welcome addition to Signal – usernames as well as telephone numbers
  • Switch-off of analogue PSTN
  • Zoom with a view!
  • Well I never – Gmail Archive
  • In Case of Emergency (ICE)
  • WhatsApp, my position
  • On-Line Reading.
  • Google Photos
  • How do you delete photos from Google Photos?
  • Changes to Google Storage
  • Home networks – some notes
  • The right way to change Ts&Cs – Google learnt it’s lesson
  • Moving to Signal [Updated – Jan 16th]
  • The new WhatsApp Terms and Conditions of Use
  • Why do I dislike Facebook (Fb)?
  • The new WhatsApp Terms and Conditions of Use [Clarification – Jan 21st]
  • How do I know that a Password manager is not just a phishing site?
  • How safe are iPads and other tablets without additional software protection?
  • You, groups, flickr and privacy
  • So you want a new laptop? [from Which?]
  • Screenshots on Windows and Macs
  • URL Shorteners
  • Open Source and “free” software
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