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What’s on my desk? 2021 second edition!
It’s only been 4 months since I last did this, but so much has changed since it seemed appropriate to repeat the exercise. I’ve been working from home now for over 4.5 years now and this is my most spartan set-up yet, but also my tidiest, in terms of cable management.
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iPhone vs iPhone Pro – Should I switch?
I had the fortune to be asked yesterday to take part in this week’s live recording of the PC Pro podcast, during which I reviewed the iPhone 13 Pro. The conclusion – it’s a hot phone with relatively iterative updates, a lot of which I’m not bothered about. Essentially, if you have a recent iPhone,…
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How a new iPhone purchase went disastrously wrong
The new iPhone 13 became available yesterday and, for the first time, I was in the queue to get one. I’m on the iPhone Upgrade Programme, which means I get a sparkly new one each year (technically, every 11 months). This year’s iPhone launched early so I was due for a new phone on… Thursday.…
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Safari Tab Groups – Great Idea, Poor Execution
I was excited for Safari implementing tab groups in MacOS. Other browsers have add-ons for easy ways to group and save tabs but I couldn’t find anything suitable for Apple’s browser. Instead, I have such groups saved in bookmark folders – Safari then gives you an option to open all links within a folder, which…
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Why is changing your email address so tricky for some websites?
It usually doesn’t happen very often but sometimes we need to change our email address. Whether it’s a change of name, circumstance or, for varied reason, have lost access to our original email, it can happen. It could be for personal safety reasons. I’ve just done this and switching email was painless. However, letting every…