It seems to be a common problem that people want to stop accidentally making a request to Siri or using the voice control when the phone is locked. I’ve been in meetings when at least four different people have checked their iphone, launched Siri and then had their phone announce to the room ‘I’m sorry … Read more
I just upgraded my wifes Macbook from Mavericks -> Yosemite and it started crashing constantly. I found that it was com.sophos.kext.sav (9.2.50) which precipitated the problem. Here’s what I did to fix the issue: Step 1 – Restart into safemode Restarting in safemode stops the computer restarting and allows you to actually do something to … Read more
I’ve been using Google Drive and Dropbox alongside one another for several months. There are a number of subtle differences between Dropbox and Google Drive which don’t seem to be covered in other comparisons. My conclusion (as of December 2015) is that Dropbox is a much better tool for pure file syncing and backup. Google … Read more
I hate companies that don’t provide pricing up front on their website and get a software sales person to call you. To stop you having to give them your details they charge – $300 per month for up to 25 hosts. Over 25 hosts – they make up the price each time based on your … Read more
I needed to remove the first and last pages of a hold lot of .pdf files on a Mac. It wasn’t that easy to find solutions and so I thought I would document the process: 1 – Install pdftk server which rather helpfully has a Mac installer: https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-server/ Run the commands To remove the first … Read more
I’ve just scanned in some old copies of Trail walking magazine. I had around 150 .pdf files in a directors and needed to break the split them every two pages. I thought my python script might be useful to someone. It used pypdf which you easierly install using: The script is as follows: I hope … Read more
I need to install HP support package on Ubuntu Trust / 14.04. Add the following line to: Add the following line: Update the apt-get cache: You can see the list of packaging in this repository by using this command: Hope this helps someone.
My wife accidentally dropped her Macbook Pro off the sofa and broke the screen. Amazingly the computer was still running but she could no longer interact with it because the screen was completely blank. She was just finishing some work and didn’t have a backup. I think that the best thing to do in this … Read more
There isn’t a clear way to uninstall the Synology Cloud Station client on Ubuntu from the GUI. The only ways seems to be from the command line and it took me a while to find it. Cloud Station is installed in your home directory in a hidden folder called ./Cloudstation. There is an uninstall script … Read more
I host a couple of WordPress sites on Ubuntu hosted on Digital Ocean droplets. I use their standard WordPress application (pre built WordPress on Ubuntu) with the smallest size Droplet possible. It has just 512MB Ram and 20GB SSD Disk and 1 logical core – i.e. it isn’t very quick. Anyhow, I started to have … Read more