Kiran has a MacBook Air which we just purchased as both high-school graduation (2019) and birthday gift (November). We did the same for her sibling in 2017. When she starts college next year I want her to be somewhat self-sufficient when it comes to tech support. I was thinking through the options for backing up her MacBook Air, and I realised that a Time Capsule would not be a viable solution. Based on our visit to the college tour, we…
DNS has, unfortunately, always had some inherent weaknesses because it’s transported in plain text. DNSSEC has never attempted to address that (crazy, I know). Encrypting all DNS traffic means a fundamental change to the security of the system on the whole and a strong improvement.It doesn’t work at all on my Mac connected via my Time Capsule. Perhaps it was meant to be used on public Wi-Fi hotspots? Encrypting DNS…
Graceful Flavor’s Jeff Ventura has a recent post about his tech setup. I have no issues explaining what I do for a living — I work in IT security appears to be easily understood by most — and I’m not often asked about my tech. Either I don’t come across as a nerd or no one gives a damn. In any case, inspired by Jeff, I’ve decided to share this with you. Work I work in the information security and service…
Last year my friend had to deliver some distressing news to his wife. The external hard drive on which he had been storing their family photos failed. The problem had started a few weeks earlier when his wife mentioned that the hard drive was making some strange noises. My friend had planned on backing up the disk to DVD but being a busy IT manager he just never got around to it. At that time I remember thinking smugly to…
Everyone has predictions for MacWorld 2008. The pundits are making more predictions about possible or probable Apple product announcements than actual Apple product announcement in 2007 and 2008 combined. So let me enter the fray. Here are my predictions (completely based on other predictions I have read).…
