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Category Archive: Macs

Q&A: Leaping mouse

My mouse pointer keeps jumping to the top left corner of my screen, making work almost impossible. What is causing this?

June 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

Steganographic Slips

Some of our everyday applications employ steganography, usually behind our backs, and without our knowledge or consent.

June 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Opening PageMaker documents

How can we open two documents created using Adobe PageMaker running on an old eMac under Mac OS 9.2?

June 18, 2015 Macs, Technology

WiFi Witchfinders

Any school or other organisation that refuses to use wireless networking on grounds of health risk or safety is making a public declaration that their understanding of science is medieval at best.

June 18, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Q&A: restoring firmware after interrupted firmware update

After an interrupted firmware update, my iMac refuses to start up. What can I do?

June 17, 2015 Macs, Technology

Free speech and common sense: Delfi AS v Estonia

It is time for those who publish offensive content, albeit written by others, to shoulder their responsibilities and protect the rights of those who may be damaged by such content.

June 17, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Bully Off

All too commonly those who should square up to bullies fail to do so.

June 17, 2015 General, Life, Macs

In the Dock: custom shortcuts

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Up to OS X Tiger, we could group collections of shortcuts to folders under a single item in the Dock. This went, then returned. Here is how to use it.

June 16, 2015 Macs

Q&A: Insecure Startup Item

Every time that I start my new Mac up, I see a message about an insecure Startup Item being disabled. How can I remove that?

June 16, 2015 Macs, Technology

Heroic Age of the Internet

It would be a great tragedy if a major cultural activity of the early 21st century were to pass into oblivion because no-one remembered to collect it properly.

June 16, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Technology

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