To ensure you can easily verify a sender is the actual sender of an Email in Apple Mail (macOS only) you can choose to always show the sender’s email address. To enable this do the following: Open Mail > Preferences > Viewing > untick “Use Smart Addresses” checkbox. If it is unchecked already and sender’s … Read more
[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
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
Over the last few years we have come across some 3d printers that are being more or less successfully used in the architectural design workflow. Below are a couple of lessons that we have learnt along the way: think carefully before splurging on a 3d printer, e.g. where does it fit into your workflow and … Read more
If your business premises are frequented daily by clients and visitors, you must comply with COVID-Safe business requirements and collect individuals details for eventual contract tracing. This is an essential part of becoming a COVID-Safe business – for details also refer to the following: www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/covid-safe-businesses/qr-codes-and-contactless-record-keeping An easy and zero-cost solution to set this up is … Read more
Below some best practice principles on how to setup and use WhatsApp (by Facebook). [asideguide type=”alert”]If you are concerned about privacy do not use WhatsApp, albeit convenient it is owned by Facebook which has a very bad privacy record… use Apple Messages or Signal instead.[/asideguide] A. Setup the following to avoid your account being hijacked: … Read more
Received an invitation to yet another Conferencing system? Do the below to join an external meeting in a browser, without installing the app or signing up for another account. Microsoft Teams Copy and paste the meeting link into the google chrome browser. [asideguide type=”alert”]When copying URLs from invitations, make sure to exclude any leading … Read more
How do you provide staff the choice / ability to work flexibly either from the office or from home (or even any other place they may choose)? The main risks with such a setup are generally network and data safety. To ensure these are mitigated we recommend a combination of the following: regular online threat … Read more
If you find either Adobe Acrobat Reader or the full Adobe Acrobat DC version to be terribly slow adjust the following settings to improve performance: Preferences > General > untick ‘Make Hand tool read articles’ – and whilst you are at it, untick most other items… Preferences > Accessibility > Other Accessibility Options, untick ‘Enable … Read more
ever since we got our first ipad 2 we have been testing various setups and apps – as usual with the architectural community in mind.