Restart your Mac properly

Overview To keep your Mac running at its best, a restart often helps to set things straight. If your Mac is managed by an IT admin, e.g. via jamf, Mosyle or our own RADAR service, it is crucial to restart your Mac before you leave for the day, so the management system can do its … Read more

Microsoft 2FA Authentication

To setup 2FA on your Microsoft Account, do the following… 1. login to the following: https://mysignins.microsoft.com/security-info 2. when prompted choose Work account (unless you know you have a School or Personal Account); 3. you may be promoted to also reset your password – if not please ignore this step; 4. on the next window, click … Read more

ARCHICAD 26 replacement icon(s)

Please enjoy our alternative / replacement icons for Archicad 26. As usual all icons are available for free and as always in full Retina Display glory… Click here to download. To install, simply replace the original Archicad logo in: /Applications/GRAPHISOFT/Archicad 26/Archicad 26.app/Contents/Resources/Archicad.icns Please note the above was also posted on AC-talk.

ARCHICAD 25 replacement icon(s)

Gone is the circle from last years rebranding – again in blue but still no version number! Please enjoy our alternative / replacement icons for ARCHICAD 25. As usual all icons are available for free and as always in full Retina Display glory… Click here to download. To install, simply replace the original ARCHICAD logo … Read more

Social Media and two-factor authentication

In addition to using strong passwords we strongly encourage you to enable two-factor authentication wherever you can. Please find below some links to instructions for various social media and email platforms: Discord > https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/219576828-Setting-up-Two-Factor-Authentication Facebook > https://www.facebook.com/help/148233965247823 Google > https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185839?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid Instagram > https://help.instagram.com/566810106808145 LinkedIn > https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/544/turn-two-step-verification-on-and-off?lang=en Microsoft > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/how-to-use-two-step-verification-with-your-microsoft-account-c7910146-672f-01e9-50a0-93b4585e7eb4 Slack > https://slack.com/intl/en-au/help/articles/204509068-Set-up-two-factor-authentication Snapchat > https://support.snapchat.com/en-US/a/enable-login-verification … Read more

Apple vs PC hardware cost comparison

[04/05/2022 > updated with latest prices in AUD] As Apple’s lineup recently has changed significantly we thought we check, how the new ‘Macs’ compare to PC hardware… [asideguide type=”note”]As Apple Silicon is highly optimised, RAM capacity is not easily comparable, i.e. 32GB of RAM with a M1 type processor should provide better overall performance as the … Read more

Smart Archicad Work Environments

As part of the annual development of our Smart Template for Archicad, we also provide continuously refined Work Environments. One to reduce interface clutter enabling focussed work on sketch designs and the other for quick access to all important tools for efficient drafting. Please note our Smart Template also includes a set of sketch design … Read more

Improve your home network

check your internet speed… use your Internet Service Providers speed test – some of the more common ISPs speedtests are listed below: http://speed.aussiebroadband.com.au http://tpg.speedtestcustom.com https://speedtest.telstra.com On a good NBN connection you should see at least 20 Mbps for both UP and DOWNLOADS – obviously depending on what you actually pay for. move your router… particularly … Read more