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Problems with Apple Mail, Office 365/Microsoft hosted mailboxes and older Mac OS?

Posted on October 24, 2022

If you’re running an older version of Mac OS (such as 10.13 or earlier) and use Apple Mail as your desktop email client you’re likely to having increasing issues when attempting to connect to Office365 or GMail hosted mailboxes. Put … Continue reading →

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Why is my iMac so slow and how can I fix it?

Posted on August 13, 2020

Over the last couple of months we’ve had an increasing number of people contacting us asking why their iMac is so slow. This seems to be particularly common for people with a “slimline” iMac who have upgraded to OS X … Continue reading →

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MacBook Pro Retina battery replacement service

Posted on June 1, 2020

The first MacBook Pro Retina was released in late 2012 and there are now large numbers of them with failing or failed batteries that need replacing. However, unlike every previous Apple laptop, replacing the battery is not a trivial task … Continue reading →

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Which Apple products are worth buying in 2019?

Posted on November 30, 2019

I was speaking to a customer in Bradford-on -Avon today about replacement options for their venerable MacBook Pro 15″ 2011, which has once again succumbed to a failing GPU. The discussion came round to what they should replace it with, … Continue reading →

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How to safely apply Apple system and OS updates to a Hackintosh

Posted on October 10, 2019

If you have an Apple Mac, installing minor versions of System updates, Security updates and updates of Apple supplied applications is a generally* trouble free experience. Whilst that’s often also true if you have a Hackintosh, installing updates is not … Continue reading →

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Upgrading 2011 to 2015 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacPro, MacMini or iMac with a larger SSDs

Posted on September 17, 2019

Solid State Hard Drives ( SSDs ) are great. They make all the difference between a computer being painfully slow or feeling snappy and responsive. However they do have one significant downside. You get a lot less storage capacity for … Continue reading →

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Mac mini 2018 RAM upgrade service

Posted on August 23, 2019

One pleasant surprise about the 2018 Mac mini is that the RAM* is once again upgradeable and you can fit up to 64GB RAM. This makes it potentially a good choice of machine for musicians, programmers and anyone else needing … Continue reading →

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MacBook Air and MacBook Pro keyboard repair

Posted on October 31, 2018

One of the more common problems we encounter is Macbook Airs and Macbook Pros with faulty keyboards, and almost without exception it’s because of liquid getting spilled on the keyboard. This typically means replacing the entire top case assembly, which … Continue reading →

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Macbook trackpad won’t click, respond or is broken? Beware…

Posted on July 13, 2017

A customer from Devizes recently gave me a MacBook Pro with a broken trackpad that now wouldn’t start up. Alarm bells immediately go off when I see a trackpad that won’t click, or is becoming increasingly hard to click… When Li-ion … Continue reading →

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Can a Hackintosh really replace an Apple Mac?

Posted on June 10, 2017

You’re probably aware that Apple computers are built using the same standard parts that are used to create Windows PCs. You might not be aware that a standard PC can run the macOS, a so called ‘Hackintosh‘. An increasingly popular option for … Continue reading →

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