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20 years at Amsys – the inside story

To continue the theme started by my colleague Darren who celebrated his 10th year at Amsys. I thought I’d double it and blog about my 20 years at Amsys! Yes, earlier on this year (in May) I celebrated spending 2

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What you need to know about Thunderstrike 2

An inevitable by-product of Apple’s success is the emergence of people looking to target any vulnerabilities they can discover. Over the last month or so two new serious vulnerabilities that could affect your Mac have come to light. The first

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Mac rental service launched for Amsys walk-in repair clients

Want your Mac repaired or serviced but need it for an important deadline or presentation? We’ve got you covered. It’s been a few months since the launch of our Apple walk-in repair centre in Soho. Along the way, we have

10 years at Amsys

Hi all. As I sit here, at a hotel in the Cotswolds (another ‘stay away’ consultancy project), drinking a locally brewed Ale (Stroud Brewery’s Budding Pale Ale, should you ask) I find myself contemplating spending almost ten years of my

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When is it OK to stop using the word “Digital”?

Earlier in the year I met with a friend of mine from digital transformation experts Adapt2digital. I was greatly impressed with what they were doing, even though I was slightly baffled. I completed a Digital Engagement Map (DEM), which is

IPV6 – What you need to know

Remember your server’s internal IPv4 address 10.0.0.1? How about FE80::1 or even 2001:ACAD:DB8:A::1/64? Don’t panic. It’s not that bad! Let me explain. The so familiar IPv4 addresses like 192.168.1.1 will be around for a very long time be we start

National Apprenticeship Week: From Apprentice to Director

Hi all, A slightly different blog this time.  As some of you will know, this week it’s National Apprenticeship Week; a governmental initiative celebrating the positive impact that apprenticeships have on businesses and individuals. So I thought I’d share the

National Apprenticeship Week: From Apprentice to Director

Hi all, A slightly different blog this time.  As some of you will know, this week it’s National Apprenticeship Week; a governmental initiative celebrating the positive impact that apprenticeships have on businesses and individuals. So I thought I’d share the

Quick Tip: How to open System Preferences quickly

If like me you regularly access System Preferences to change settings then the following tip may help you open System Preferences quicker. Open System Preferences using Keyboard Shortcuts: On your keyboard use ALT + F2, which opens up the Display

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Disk utility tip: Fix 'couldn’t unmount disk' errors

I have found myself recently experiencing a couple of Macs which would not allow me to repair the directory or permissions in Disk Utility, or erase/partition the drive with an error such as: ‘Disc erase failed couldn’t unmount disc’ or