Category Archives: Operating System

An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs ( Wikipedia )

Mac OS X Clipboard to File to Datauri Primer Tutorial

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Today’s tutorial is a lot about the image two below the one above. It looks pretty much like any other image on this web page, I’m sure, at first glance, you’d say?! But the fact is, this image does not … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Cortana Primer Tutorial

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In the area of robotics and artificial intelligence, perhaps the best known concept to we “mere mortals” is “voice recognition”. Perhaps because research into it goes back to 1932, before the Second World War … and 66 years before the … Continue reading →

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Windows File History Backup Primer Tutorial

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Before and after major upgrades of operating systems, it is tempting to backup your systems. With Windows, before Windows 8, the word to look for was “Backup”, but from Windows 8 and up, the term “File History” will be encountered … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Upgrade Primer Tutorial

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This coming Friday, 29th July 2016 marks the cut off day for free upgrades to Windows 10 from Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1 or Windows 9 operating systems, as you can read about here. Why do this? Read … Continue reading →

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Android Disk to MacBook Pro Disk Tutorial

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We love it here when we can tell you of something that works across the “big brands”, and what we mean by the two “big brands” today is Google (regarding their Android mobile phone operating system) and Apple (regarding their … Continue reading →

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Linux File Recovery Primer Tutorial

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We’re creating a Korn Shell program today for use with the Mac OS X command line, or for use with Linux or unix, in posing the following individual file restore or recovery scenario … #! /bin/ksh # copy_depending.ksh # If … Continue reading →

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Mac iTunes Primer Tutorial

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If there was a questionairre asking what the two best catered for “concepts” in day-to-day computing are I’d pick: the “where” of life … geospatial applications … think of Google Maps and Google Earth and huge number of mobile apps … Continue reading →

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Windows Virus Protection Primer Tutorial

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Windows users will almost always have considered the issue of Virus protection. The term “Virus Protection” encompasses, for many of us, so much more these days. Terminology that springs to mind with regards to that general concept of “protecting your … Continue reading →

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