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Category Archive: Technology

Q&A: Missing devices from Finder

My new iMac does not show my LG phone, DVDs, or an external hard disk. How can I fix them?

November 26, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Windows is a pale comparison – adjusting Boot Camp brightness

How can I adjust my Apple HD 23 inch display brightness when running Windows under Boot Camp?

November 26, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Can’t install a kernel extension

Why can’t I install a kernel extension in El Capitan?

November 25, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Lost preferences

Where has the preference settings file for the Energy Saver pane gone?

November 25, 2015 Macs, Technology

Generic troubleshooting: how to fix something that doesn’t work

Eight steps to fix software which doesn’t work the way that it should: be your own Q&A expert.

November 25, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Greyed out external drive

The icon for my 2 TB external drive is greyed out in Disk Utility, and I can do nothing with it. How can I restore its normal function?

November 24, 2015 Macs, Technology

How modern encryption works: iOS encryption, and AES

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Accessible explanations of how AES encryption is performed, and how encryption works in iPhones and iPads.

November 24, 2015 Macs, Technology

Unexpected cucumbers and online services

When is the last time that an online service caused you to have an unexpected cucumber experience?

November 24, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Lost in translation: an amusing ad

Machine translation has come on leaps and bounds, but there are still times when Google Translate and other […]

November 23, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Grey messages and tiny type

Some deleted messages stay in my Inbox but become greyed out; others are received and shown in tiny type.

November 23, 2015 Macs, Technology

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