Synology- Where has all my drive space gone?

16th Jul 2021 | Tips

No, this isn’t a MySpace joke, we’re waaaay too old and sensible for that. I was browsing my Backup Synology and trying to figure out why it was showing no space available on a 30TB volume. I don’t have that many linux iso’s, do I? The answer...

State of The Mac 2021- Updated June 2021

21st Jun 2021 | Opinion, Reviews, Tips

We like Macs, but there are some er, less desirable models in the line up- so If you’re buying a new Mac this year, what specs to recommend? This post was originally written in March 2017, and since then Apple has updated everything- I have updated each of the...

MunkiReport/ MySQL export to Zoho Analytics

23rd May 2021 | Tips

I really wanted a new way of displaying outdated computers in MunkiReport (fantastic tool by the way, thanks to the authors/ contributors!) but I was deeply confused by the terminology, and this post is an attempt to write down my needs and prepare for getting it...

Can’t Delete Mac User Account

21st May 2021 | Tips

Just recently stumbled on this issue. Symptoms- despite having admin or root privileges, you can’t delete a user account in System Preferences/ Users & Groups. According to this-...

macOS Big Sur MySQL Time Zones

30th Apr 2021 | Tips

I realise my post titles are looking more and more like cries for help, but what can you do? Issue- Needed to connect a MySQL database to Zoho Analytics to torture some data. Zoho provides a connector for this which is (argh) Java based and also requires the Oracle...