Hardware
My Macbook Battery is Swollen, What’s Going On?
It’s a common problem with older Macbook’s. In fact, every single Macbook I’ve ever owned has had this problem, some more than once.
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How To Setup Arq 5 Backup on a Mac with Amazon Drive
Arq Backup provides a simple backup solution for your Mac that can run in the background, constantly keeping your important files backed up to your choice of cloud storage platform. It encrypts your files locally and regularly backs up your changes when you are connected to the internet. Since it is merely a tool that
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Odrive or ExpanDrive for Cloud Unification?
17/12/2017 UPDATE: This comparison was based on ExpanDrive 5. ExpanDrive 6 has been released with some big changes. Check out my review! I’ll be updating this article soon to represent a comparison between Odrive and ExpanDrive 6 That is the question I am presently trying to work out, but to what end? Well, Odrive and ExpanDrive
How Do You Move Apple Photos to Dropbox or an External Hard Drive in OS X El Capitan?
A good question. I recently needed to move my iCloud connected Apple Photos library to an external hard drive as it was taking up too much space on my laptop. Since I was doing that anyway I decided to also put it in my Dropbox so that I could get an extra backup of it … Read more
Optus Huawei E5573 4G Plus Wifi Modem Unboxing and Assembly Video
I recently picked up one of the Optus Huawei E5573 4G+ Wifi Modem’s. It’s a pretty straight forward assembly and only takes a few minutes to get you connected to the internet. Check out the video below to see the assembly process: One thing to keep in mind, your wifi SSID and password are both … Read more
Need to add an external hard drive to your Mac Time Machine backup?
I’ve moved my Dropbox onto an external hard drive because it’s just too big to store all the files I use regularly on my local hard drive. However, I like to keep a local backup in addition to the Dropbox backup, so I wanted to add it to my Time Machine which has more than … Read more
How To: Export OP1a compliant MXF video files in Adobe Premiere for Channel 7
In Australia, one of the formats commonly used for television broadcast files is OP1a compliant MXF. Channel 7 has very specific requirements for how the file should be formatted for their primary and all their secondary channels. MXF is essentially a container, and inside it is the video content, the audio content, and it can
Why I Stopped Sleeping With My Phone (and other tech)
When I switched from a Blackberry to an iPhone I quickly noticed a difference between silent mode on the Blackberry and ‘silent’ on the iPhone. In fact, when my iPhone was on silent mode, it still dinged every few minutes when new emails came in. Suffice to say my first few nights involved a lot … Read more
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Checking Your Pre-Paid Mobile Phone Balance with Our Telekom in the Solomon Islands
I spent ages hunting online for how to check my usage/remaining balanced with Our Telekom (Breeze) in the Solomon Islands, I couldn’t find anything anywhere though to tell me, and there wasn’t anything in the sim card pack I received either. So for anyone else looking, I ended up calling their customer service number who … Read more
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Mobile Phone Data Settings For Our Telekom / Breeze Mobile in the Solomon Islands
In most of the countries I have been to, my iPhone has automatically detected the carrier settings and configured itself for me. The Solomon Islands is to date the one exception. It worked fine for voice calls and text messages, but when it came to data usage, no go. After a little bit of hunting … Read more
