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Hardware issue

Posted on September 21, 2022 by JJS

The [ENTER] button on my iMac wireless’ keyboard no longer works. I have another wireless keyboard but as opposed to the QWERTY I need, it is a QWERTZ set up which makes entering my password impossible. And for some inexplicable … Continue reading →

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Local Confinement Daily – December 14th 2020

Posted on December 14, 2020 by JJS

Satire Statistics Weather Info bits Hiking Day 45 of the second confinement & 11 days left till 🌲Christmas 🌲 🔷🔷🔷 I started without a problem, the only thing was that the fan was running at full speed. I tried many … Continue reading →

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Computer down

Posted on July 20, 2020 by JJS

My main computer won’t start. Only goes as far as a blank page. I went through all recovery procedures I know but to no avail so far. Quite frustrating. I have a full back-up version so I just need for … Continue reading →

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Pencil II

Posted on June 9, 2020 by JJS

Had earlier on the scheduled call from Apple Care regarding my defective brand new pencil. The call came from Ireland, which is hardly surprising, and took more than 45 minutes. Anyway all is solved to my satisfaction. I shall get … Continue reading →

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Pencil

Posted on June 4, 2020 by JJS

Quite a disappointment. The Apple Pencil I received 48 hours ago together with the new 2020 iPad Pro 12.9″ stopped working last evening. It simply does stay connected to the bluetooth network more than 5 seconds. I spent an hour … Continue reading →

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Free advertising

Posted on March 3, 2020 by JJS

I am not sure most people realise that they are advertising their telephone or tablet brand when sending emails using them. Most messages / emails sent automatically signs “Sent from my iPhone”. The same is valid for Samsung, Huawei etc. … Continue reading →

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Safari

Posted on October 20, 2019 by JJS

Since Apple’s last IOS release, the extension of my favorite search engine “Qwant” is no longer supported. Of course you can define Qwant as the first page to open when starting Safari but it is not the same and furthermore … Continue reading →

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New release

Posted on October 14, 2019 by JJS

It took a couple of hours last night but I downloaded and installed the latest Apple operating system IOS Catalina on my MacBook Air. I always feel quite uncomfortable doing that with the fear of messing things up. Of course … Continue reading →

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Where is winter?

Posted on January 3, 2014 by JJS

Looking around the world with cold freezes and snow in North East USA, England & Scotland being battered with high winds and rain since weeks, north Italy covered in deep snow I wonder why we have such a non event … Continue reading →

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