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Setting Users to Non Admin

For years, I’ve been running Mac deployment projects for companies and schools.  In a lot of cases, we’re asked to set the users to be non-admins.  Lots of people have said to me that setting users to be non-admins can

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Fixing Visual Voicemail for iPhone – Amsys

Last week I was experiencing a problem with my voicemail, and after speaking with a few people it seemed to be a common issue. So I’ve written this blog on fixing visual voicemail for iPhone The Problem: Voicemail shows that

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Apple Pay for the UK

Back in June at WWDC 2015, Apple announced that Apple Pay was finally coming to the UK sometime in July. The most likely date seems to be the 14th July. Apple Pay is Apple’s new payment system allowing you to

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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

The dreaded D word – Documentation (Part 2)

I’m back with part 2 of my thoughts and experiences on technical Documentation. This time, I’ll be looking the types of documentation, and a few tips I’ve picked up. Types The first point you will likely find is that there

My Apple Watch experience (Part 1)

Like many people, I was unsure of the amount of use I would find for the new Apple Watch beyond being able to tell the time (very accurately though might I add). After some to and fro, I decided that

How to use the Emoji Skin Tones in OS X & iOS

Apple recently released its OS X v10.10.3 and iOS v8.3 updates. Amongst the large list of bug fixes and improvements came “a redesigned Emoji keyboard with over 300 new characters”! Not just that, but there are now various skin tones

Microsoft, iOS and New Dev Tools

This week saw Microsoft host its developer conference and announced a host of exciting new tools for iOS and OS X developers. The first piece of news is that Microsoft will be adding a new toolkit to Visual Studio, which

The dreaded D word – Documentation (Part 1)

The dreaded D word – Documentation (Part 1) Yup, for most techies, the dreaded “D” word. Give most admins a new network or a new server to install and they’ll leap to the task. Ask them to document the work