[22/06/2020 > updated with best cybersecurity practices] Best practice approach to cybersecurity Since any defence mechanism is only as strong as its weakest link (typically the human involved), we recommend everyone to follow the below principles: DO NOT click on links or download attachments from people: – you DO NOT know and/or – you are … Read more
Here is an easy way to sync multiple Dropbox accounts to one computer: 1. Start Automator. (Tip: To quickly start Applications press Command+Spacebar, Type the name & once found hit Enter!) 2. File>New and Choose “Workflow” 3. Locate “Run Shell Script” in the library list (Again, using the search feature saves time!) 4. Copy / … Read more
The contact management in normal Google and Google Apps accounts is somewhat painful as it does not necessarily work as expected – tips on how to get it working are e.g. available on lifehacker.com. If you use OSX & iOS and have ever suffered from disappearing contacts, here is what you can do: 1. login … Read more
Following up to a tweet on ‘Legal disclaimers: Spare us the e-mail yada-yada’ in the Economist, we have started to develop and implement a few signature principles, which we think more people and organisations should adopt.
ever had an email conversation with multiple replies and eventually lost the ‘thread’ after too many quote levels?
quotefix a little apple mail plugin fixes this problem, by giving you more control over how apple mail deals with quoted content.
you can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in mail, here are the ones we find the most useful: Create new compose window Command-N Open Activity Viewer Command-0 (zero) Add senders to Address Book Command-Y Attach file to message Command-Shift-A Increase quote level Command-‘ (single quote) Decrease quote level Command-Option-‘ (single quote) Send … Read more
ever wondered how you can setup an automated mailing list to organise e.g. your sports team? our problem: not getting enough numbers for our weekly team sport and having to go down to the park in vain! our solution: setup our mac mini running 10.6 using apple script to send an invitation, collect and count … Read more