This has now happened several times with the frequent updates to Mac OS and Catalina in particular. The problem is that even though you close everything before the upgrade and then you launch Xcode after the upgrade completes – Xcode will not launch correctly. When you start xcode for the first time after the update […]
A client called with an issue extracting a section from a large (1000+ page) pdf document. They has asked a colleague to try this and using the Windows 10 feature Print to Pdf they could generate a new document with the required pages. The client was using Cute PDF (not on Windows 10) for normal […]
In the past I have used Keepass and the various mobile and windows based variants to transfer and record credentials. Recently had issues with MiniKeepass and IOS 13 where it lost the ability to directly open keepass format databases. I had developed a workaround but it wasn’t feasible for users to generally use. So it […]
Over the years I have used a wide variety of backup solutions – some more useful than others. When reviewing requirements for client who I was refreshing or replacing the internal infrastructure for I wanted something cost effective, innovative and reliable. After looking at various options – some that included hardware appliances I settled on […]
First some background – Envirotxt is a plug-in sensor that monitors power outages & temperature. Envirotxt uses a SIM card to send real time text message alerts over the GSM (mobile) network. Envirotxt is simple to install and very easy to use, just plug it in and send it a text message .. it’s as […]
Apologies to Blue Öyster Cult – I couldn’t resist. The beaver is question is DBeaver. I was recently looking at a client issue and needed to import some data into a mariadb database on a hosted platform we use. This was not on my normal development machine where I would have a range of tools […]
This problem appeared on 3 machines within a day of each other and despite quite a bit of googling didn’t appear to have much info about it or why it had suddenly appeared. Creating a new profile which used cached mode provided a workaround but it wasn’t a good solution especially if you use Outlook […]
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