Glebe Mac Consulting

30/04/2026

Just for the LOLs

25/11/2025

External drives regardless of whether they’re rotational or SSD need to be used occasionally (and may still fail). I’d generally recommend at least once every 6 months

SSDs aren't ideal for long-term data storage

21/09/2025

A couple of days into owning and using them in hearing aid mode… they are definitely a step up from AirPods Pro 2 so as to make them suitable for “all day” assistance to my “challenged” hearing

All-in-one hearing health experience: scientifically-validated Hearing Test, clinical-grade Hearing Aid and Loud Sound Reduction.

11/08/2025

Your own domain with your own email address and web site helps prevent your online presence from arbitrarily disappearing: "We would advise businesses to be careful about having all your eggs in the Meta basket"

Small businesses across regional WA say they have been hit with incorrect allegations their social media pages have disseminated child abuse and other explicit material.

02/08/2025

There’s an indirect relationship to how busy I’ve been in the last couple of weeks and the pending deadline for Windows 10. Yes, I also help folks that use that “other” operating system!

Windows 10 support ends on October 14, 2025. Upgrade to Windows 11 now to ensure continued security and feature updates. Learn more about the transition.

29/04/2025

Please stay sceptical… this is phishing and the message being delivered via iMessage is itself suspicious. Report it as spam to Apple.

27/03/2025

An example of a scam SMS that includes instructions to try and bypass the iOS protection that causes embedded links to be inactive if it is an unknown sender

23/03/2025

I commonly say to my clients that if you get a pop-up message you don’t understand… “choose the negative option, or close the window, or quit the app, or force shut down the computer”

The attack attempts to get a user to enter their username and password by making them think their Mac is compromised.

01/02/2025

iPhones & iOS have lots of “hidden” features. One that I use *every day* is medication reminders - in the Health app. Not uncommon for me to forget my morning tablets until I see the reminder on my screen.

26/01/2025

“Hamburger icon” is a term I often use when trying to help somebody over the phone. It’s only obvious once you’ve been told. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger_button