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Tom Hain AKA Mr Macintosh, has been supporting Apple Macintosh clients in the Byron Shire for the last 16 years.
I have built up a loyal clientele who appreciate personal service and quick solutions to the common situations that arise in the day to day life of the Mac computer, iPhone and iPad user. Catch up on my blog below, register for monthly updates and to sell your 2nd hand computers and peripherals and look in the How To pages for common assistance in setting up and using your Mac computer.
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What Will Apple Do Next?
Whatever Apple does affects everyone in the modern connected world whether you use iPhones or other brands, or whether you use a Mac or a PC. It is so influential not because it has class leading hardware and software integration or the newest features – indeed other platforms often add…
El Capitan Has Launched
The new operating system for recent Mac computers is now available for free from the App Store in your Mac's Applications folder.
It's called El Capitan, OSX 10.11 and first reports are favourable. Some new features including more comprehensive Notes should keep everyone happy. Mail has been completely re-written, a necessary fix as the last…
Encryption By Default
Apple has refused to hand text messages over to the US government because it says it can't! They have been encrypted by default. So Apple are the good guys for a change.
This is an increasingly fraught area of technology where governments all over the world want access to text…
Does Mail Need a Re-write?
Ever since Yosemite Mac OS X 10 has been with us there have been persistent reports of problems with the Mail app. This is not for everyone—I’ve had no issues—but plenty of people have had plenty of strife.
Apple have heard the yells and are re-writing Mail for the new…
Will You Choose Apple Music Over Spotify?
Apple Music will debut Tuesday US time. Does it have enough to get people to pay $10 per month? We shall see, but it helps that there is a 3 month free trial period so you can try it and decide.
Then it's a question of the difference between Spotify, Pandora and Apple Music. This article suggests, among other things that Siri is the key.
http://www.cnet.com/au/news/siri-why-apple-musics-silliest-feature-may-be-the-crucial-one/
Falling Out of Love With Google
We’ve all being using Google for so long that it’s become a verb, ubiquitous. We so loved the search giant with its ‘don’t do evil’ motto that we didn’t really notice the changes that had crept into our search results: advertisements. And as seems to happen with even the best…
Scams: Email and Telephone
I am getting a lot of calls and emails in regard to the authenticy of both emails that look as though they have come from Gmail and phone calls from someone telling you that your computer is in need of attention.
There have been regular campaigns of emails…
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