Beware the E-Mail Hacker

Yesterday, a couple of my clients had the unpleasant experience of having their email account hacked. Both happened to be customers of BT internet. BT’s email service is currently being […]

Finding Hidden Wallpaper in OSX Mountain Lion

Apple’s latest operating system, OS X Mountain Lion comes with 35 great desktop wallpapers pre-installed. That’s probably ample for most people, but what if that’s not enough to satisfy your […]

Multiple Dropbox Accounts

I love Dropbox for storing my important files out there in the cloud, being able to access them from anywhere and sharing them between all my devices. In fact, I […]

Secure Password Authentication – Error Message 0x800CCC18

If you get this error message popping up whenever you check your emails using a program such as Windows Mail, the chances are that you’ve got ‘Secure Password Authentication’ set […]

Turbocharge your Macbook

I’ve recently completed a hard drive upgrade on a 2010 Macbook Pro which has revolutionised its performance, replacing the traditional hard drive with a Samsung solid state drive (SSD). SSD’s […]

Put Google Maps back on your iPhone

If, like me, you’ve got an iPhone, the recent update to iOS 6 removed the old Google Maps app and replaced it with the new Apple Maps app, not without […]

Checking your microphone

Had a client the other day who rang me up to say that his Skype call had failed because the person he was talking to couldn’t hear him. Not a […]

Speed up your USB drive

If you have a laptop or PC that supports USB 2 or better still the faster 3 standard, but you find that transferring data to and from your USB device […]

Beefing up your netbook

Modern netbooks can be useful and cost effective alternatives to the tablet for people looking for a lightweight machine. They provide all the functionality and more at a fraction of […]

Migrating to a new Mac

You know the situation. The beloved old Macbook has finally begun to show its age and you’ve treated yourself to a shiny new 2012 model. Great. Trouble is, all your […]

Secure Deletion

Do you know how common it is to buy a secondhand hard drive from ebay or at a car boot sale only to find easily retrievable personal data left in […]

Data Rescue 3

I’ve recently been trying out Data Rescue 3 from Prosoft Engineering for the Mac.