Indholdsfortegnelse for March 2021 i TechLife

All work and no play makes Homer – and most of us – go a little crazy, so finding ways to do the maximum amount of work in the minimum amount of time is an important skill. And in the age of COVID, it’s even more so, especially if you’re now part of the cohort of newly-minted work-from-home types. Like me! Time was, if you needed some advice on how to do something a bit tricky in Word or Excel, you could ask the office expert, but in an office of one that’s a little harder. So it’s a great opportunity to brush up on what makes Office and Windows tick. There’s a lot more, of course. We help solve some common Mac problems, and we gaze into our crystal…

Microsoft has confirmed some important changes to how it processes voice recordings. From now on, users of the company’s voice-enabled services like Cortana can decide whether their audio recordings are stored and analysed by the company to improve speech recognition or not. “If customers choose to opt-in, people may review these voice clips to improve the performance of Microsoft’s artificial intelligence systems across a diversity of people, speaking styles, accents, dialects, and acoustic environments,” John Roach, Microsoft’s Executive Architect of Digital Transformation Services, explained. “The goal is to make Microsoft’s speech recognition technologies more inclusive by making them easier and more natural to interact with… Customers who do not choose to contribute their voice clips for review by people will still be able to use all of Microsoft’s voice-enabled products…

But recent research has revealed another level of complexity to his drawings: a hidden world of tiny life forms. The findings could help build a microbiome ‘catalogue’ for artwork. Each of the pieces had a unique-enough collection of microbes that researchers could identify it again later purely from a study of its microscopic biology. And the drawings’ microbiomes had enough key elements in common to help researchers spot counterfeits based on differences in their microbiomes, or even authentic drawings that had been stored in different conditions over the centuries. The researchers also showed that da Vinci’s drawings had a significantly different microbiome than expected, with lots of bacteria and human DNA, likely a consequence of centuries of handling by art restorers and other people. Microbes known to make paper degrade…

Can tech improve my central heating? Gary Martin This may be preaching to the choir a little, since you are (of course) a regular reader, with (naturally) a subscription to the mag and a vast collection of smart technology cluttering up your every corner. But yes, tech can improve your central heating. It’ll get you super-toasty, and save you money too. Or, at least, kinda, usually. See, the thing with smart thermostats is that they tend to be at their best when they’re using their proximity detection functions to work out when you’re home and adjust themselves accordingly. You have noticed, Guru is sure, that you are home a lot more often these days, so one might not necessarily come into its own until you’re able to go and frolic…

New report suggests CDPR staff knew Cyberpunk 2077 wasn’t ready for release Bloomberg reports that a number of current and former CDPR staff “depict a development process marred by unchecked ambition, poor planning, and technical shortcomings”, alleging the team was aware of the issues ahead of release. It further alleges that the 2018 E3 demo was “almost entirely fake”. Subnautica: Below Zero listed for PS5, Xbox Series X, and more Subnautica: Below Zero might well be coming to current and next-gen consoles alike. Last month an ESRB rating for Subnautica: Below Zero appeared online (as first reported by Gematsu). What’s noteworthy about the ratings page is that Subnautica is listed for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S, despite having only been previously announced for PC…

An official announcement from LucasFilm Games’ VP Douglas Reilly posted on StarWars.com points to the studio looking throughout the gaming galaxy for future partnerships. “We’re looking to work with best-in-class teams that can make great games across all of our IP. We’ve got a team of professionals here at Lucasfilm Games who can work with the developers, shape the stories, shape the creative, shape the games, to make them really resonate with fans and deliver across a breadth of platforms, genres, and experiences so that all of our fans can enjoy the IPs that they know and love,” writes Reilly. EA and Disney reportedly cut a ten-year deal back in 2013 granting the studio exclusive rights to Star Wars games, but it seems like that partnership won’t be re-upped. The…

US$19.99, Switch, PS4, 3DS, Xbox, www.omori-game.com There’s a weird reputation surrounding games made in RPGmaker. The game engine is known for spawning a mix of your basic clunky demakes of classic RPGs and cult horror hits like Yume Nikki, Lisa: The Painful, Mad Father, and The Witch’s House – games that surfaced on the fringes of game forums and quietly received overwhelmingly positive reviews on steam. The RPGmaker scene has dwindled over the years, which is why Omori almost feels like the ghost of a bygone era. Even though seeing the game’s blocky visuals is like a blast from the past, this psychological RPG has all the makings of being a modern cult classic. Omori follows the childhood antics of a group of kids during the Summer break, but instead…

From $3,799, www.lenovo.com When we first looked at the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold at CES 2020, we definitely saw it as the direction mobile computing was going to take in the coming years, and that is still very much the case – the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold just isn’t it. There is a lot about the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold that we like – even love – but the kind of radical innovation it accomplishes comes at a very steep cost both in terms of price as well as performance and battery life. Design As the world’s first foldable laptop, it’s hard to quite know how to describe the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold. With the keyboard and stylus, it’s a fully functional laptop, but that doesn’t quite capture it. Without…

$748.99, www.dell.com The Dell 4K S3221QS curved monitor is unique among its peers. Though most displays have kept up with ever-increasing refresh rates and higher resolutions, their aesthetic has been, frankly, lacking. In fact, other than a logo or maybe some RGB lighting, most monitors could best be described as homogenous. That’s not the case with the Dell 4K S3221QS, which seems to draw inspiration from the arctic white Dell XPS. Of course, it offers more than just a pretty design. The Dell 4K S3221QS curved monitor matches its aesthetic with a quality high-resolution panel and unique multitasking features ideal for productivity-minded users. Add in surprisingly decent built-in audio, and this display is almost perfect for any office setup. The monitor does come with some unfortunate flaws for one seemingly…

$1,099, www8.hp.com The HP Reverb G2 is quite possibly the most exciting virtual reality headset on the market right now. That may come as a surprise to people expecting the likes of HTC, Oculus or Valve to be the ones to push VR forward, but the HP Reverb G2 achieves that by bringing one important revolutionary change: high-resolution lenses. We’re really not joking when we say the HP Reverb G2’s 2160 x 2160 resolution per eye is a game-changer. It takes immersion to a whole new level by eliminating the ‘screen door’ effect pretty much completely. The screen door effect occurs in lower-resolution headsets, where you can make out the gaps between pixels. Once you notice it it’s hard to ignore; it creates the appearance of looking through a fine…

CPU temperature fluctuation I’ve been using Open Hardware Monitor to control my CPU fan. This was the only app I could find that controlled it. I have an Asus ROG Strix B450-F motherboard, AMD Ryzen 5 3600 overclocked to 4,150MHz, and the stock AMD CPU cooler. I tried to control the fan from the motherboard, but it didn’t work. I also have two NVMe SSDs, two SATA SSDs, ODD, three 140mm case fans, and a 120mm case fan, all fans blowing inward, all housed in a Corsair 110R case. My question is why does the temperature in the processor vary over a six-hour period when the voltage, fan speed, and room temp don’t change? Do I need a better cooler? Check out the six-hour graph I have attached, and you’ll…

Apple likes to keep your iOS device firmly locked down, and for the most part that’s fine. After all, most of us aren’t interested in jailbreaking our devices and the risks that come with that. But gaining more control doesn’t have to entail risks – with iMazing 2 you can take a deep dive into your device and keep it well-maintained in a safe and easy way. The various tools provided in iMazing allow you to do several useful things that Apple won’t let you do, whether that’s through Finder or in the Music, Podcasts, and TV apps. For instance, iMazing adds features like a profile manager and file system browser that are simply not available from Apple. These provide an extra level of functionality for managing and maintaining your…

To most people, a router is a mysterious box that makes the internet work. In reality, the routers you buy are just low powered PCs with a built-in switch and some fancy antennas. The routing stuff is actually all in the software, and it’s entirely possible to quite easily turn a regular PC into a router. You can use your current PC as a router and wireless access point very easily now, and if you’re feeling hardcore you could even turn an old PC into an extremely powerful dedicated router with enterprise-class features. Let’s walk through how you can achieve both of these aims. Just a wireless hotspot Let’s just say you want to share your PC’s internet connection with other devices around the home or wherever you are. If…

Framed iPhone Patent Print US$30 | retropatents.com There will come a day where the black turtlenecks, round spectacles and entirely void living spaces surrounding you just won’t be enough to remind you that you are an undiscovered genius that is just about to break through into Silicon Valley’s upper echelons. If these tried and tested messiah character traits aren’t providing you the intravenous injection of inner peace they once did, then it’s time to look into forking out for a giant framed copy of the original iPhone patent. This bold statement piece will remind you of that time just before the only other person as smart as you,hit the big time. Razer Project Hazel $TBC | razer.com/concepts/razer-project-hazel While you might think that your gaming station is the safest place in…

Stratolaunch has begun construction on a prototype hypersonic vehicle designed to launch from the world’s biggest aeroplane. Pictures the company shared show a prelude of the sleek Talon-A reusable hypersonic vehicle coming together in a manufacturing facility. “The upper skin layup tool and prototype upper skin are giving us a peek at what’s to come. One. Step. Closer,” Stratolaunch tweeted. In March 2020, Stratolaunch announced it would pivot its services to building, testing and operating vehicles that fly at Mach 5, five-times faster than the speed of sound. “Our hypersonic testbeds will serve as a catalyst in sparking a renaissance in hypersonic technologies for our government, the commercial sector and academia,” CEO W. Jean Floyd said. Talon will be 8.5 metres long with a mass of 2,700 kilograms, and will…

The number of mummy-filled coffins found in a series of burial shafts at Saqqara in Egypt keeps growing. At the start of September 2020, a team of archaeologists had found 13 coffins with mummies inside. By the beginning of October that number had risen to 59, and now the number is over 100. People are “asking how many coffins did we find. The answer is I don’t know yet,” said Mustafa Waziri, the secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. Inside the burial shafts, the team also found 40 statues depicting the deity Ptah-Soker. This deity is an amalgamation of Ptah, who was the god of Memphis, and Soker, who was the god of Saqqara. Archaeologists also found 20 wooden boxes showing depictions of Horus, an Egyptian sky god with…

$2,995, www.lg.com The LG BX OLED occupies a tense position in LG’s 2020 OLED TV range. As the cheapest of the lineup, it marks a more affordable entry point for those looking to switch to OLED. However, the model with the lowest specification, it somewhat compromises the advantages of an OLED screen. The question, as ever, is whether the trade-offs the LG BX makes are worth the price. The answer is, almost certainly, a yes. Design The LG BX OLED doesn’t differ much from its 2019 counterpart, the B9. You’ll find the same slim OLED panel and thin bezel – and even if it doesn’t reach the heights of Samsung’s zero-bezel infinity screen on the Q950TS, it’s still a television with a negligible outline. The TV stand is relatively easy…

A Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney bot is turning Reddit arguments into courtroom scenes from the game. The bot was created by YouTuber Micah who uploaded a video of it in action, using the r/confession subreddit as an example. In the video, defence attorney Phoenix Wright and prosecutor Miles Edgeworth play out an argument found in the comments of a post. Maya Fey even makes an appearance as another user who has jumped into the thread. Micah explains how the bot works at the end of his video stating that: The bot first checks for the most common Redditors in the comment chain, and applies the most common one to Phoenix, and the second most common to Edgeworth. It then loops through all the comments in the chain and checks the…

US$15, Switch, PS4, PC, Xbox www.ubisoft.com The graphic novel’s plot lays the perfect foundation for an old-school beat-em-up, and it’s one that this game shakily builds on. Whatever character you initially choose – you’ve got a choice between Scott, Ramona, Stephen Stills, Kim Pine, and included DLC extras in Wallace Wells and Knives Chau – has the same basic moveset and stats, which you level up by beating chumps up and buying stat boosts from stores dotted around the places you wander through. It’s a rudimentary system that wants to add depth to the experience, which it eventually does, but not without introducing a fair amount of grinding to begin with. The main issue stems from what your fighter can and can’t do at the start of the game. While you’d…

US$29.99, Switch, PS, Xbox, PC www.modusgames.com To understand what Override 2 is, it helps to understand what it isn’t. It’s a beat ‘em up and, sure, that immediately tells you a lot about the experience. Given the clear influence certain Japanese movies and TV shows have had (this sequel wears its heart on its huge metal sleeve with Ultraman DLC), you’d be forgiven for expecting something akin to an anime beat ‘em up. The speed is a far cry from the lightning pace of such games, however; and while 20 mechs to choose from is a decent selection, it’s not a patch on the encyclopedic cast of, say, a Naruto title. It’s no Street Fighter, either. Generally speaking, each mech is limited to four to six special moves and an…

$3,799, razer.com/au-en While we’ve often considered the Blade Stealth 13 to be Razer’s productivity-focused laptop, it’s always been offered with a discreet gaming-capable GPU, which was an unnecessary expense for anyone looking exclusively for a work laptop. But Razer is finally branching out into the ‘strictly business’ space with the new Book 13 line by ditching the discrete GPU and slashing the price. It’s a solid move, but with Apple and Dell both offering price cuts on their Ultrabook offerings this year, the Book 13’s starting price of $2,199 isn’t as competitive as we’d hoped. For that starting price you’ll get a non-touch 13.4-inch 16-by-10 display at FullHD+ 60Hz, an Intel Core i5-1135G7 CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD, which is a couple of hundred dollars less than…

$339, Shop.westerndigital.com Sandisk has rolled out a third version of its award-winning Extreme portable rugged solid state drive, one that sports a distinct orange carabiner loop. Confusingly, it looks exactly the same as the other Extreme products, the original Extreme Portable and the original Extreme Pro Portable. The model that we received is the Extreme Pro Portable SSD v2 (SDSSDE81-1T00-G25) with a 1TB capacity and a USB 3.2 Gen2x2 interface, making it, in theory, the fastest rugged USB storage to date. No surprise here, the Extreme Pro adopts the same form factor and material as the Extreme and the Extreme Pro. Designers used a forged aluminum chassis-silicon shell combination to offer what Sandisk calls “a premium feel with added protection”. The textured skin gives it a sporty look while the…

$79, www.hyperxgaming.com Wireless earbuds come in different forms, but the neckband variety aren’t quite as popular as others tend to be. That extra piece that rests around the neck still serves a functional purpose, and if you’re in that camp, there are cheaper options available. The HyperX Cloud Buds Wireless don’t come with a heavy price tag, but are tastefully designed and built to work for longer stretches. It’s a brand better known for making gaming headphones and peripherals, yet these headphones aren’t really aiming for that audience. They’re for anyone and everyone, but should that include you as well? While they are neckband earbuds, the Cloud Buds Wireless don’t use a thick neckband that adds extra weight. The cable resting on the neck is indeed thicker and more rigid…

SKILL LEVEL Anyone can do it SUITABLE FOR… Windows 10 Jargon buster! MICROSOFT ACCOUNT A quick and easy sign-in option which uses your email address and password to give you access to a range of Microsoft services from Windows 10 and Skype, to OneDrive and Office. LOCAL ACCOUNT Also known as an offline account, a local account is a traditional type of Windows user account which is not linked to an email address. SYNCHRONISATION A technique of copying data between computers to keep files and settings the same across two or more machines you use. Best tip! Sign into Edge with your Microsoft account and you will be able to sync your web-related settings. There are many benefits to signing into Windows 10 with a Microsoft account rather than a…

Focusing in fast-paced conditions is always a challenge for lovers of action photography. When a subject is moving erratically and at high speed, it draws on all of your camera skill and subject knowledge to correctly cover the main zones of the scene by the focus plane. You have to work quickly with settings, while maintaining the same level of precision as you would do when shooting in more static conditions. Learning to predict the movement of subjects can really help to capture fast-moving objects, as you’ll already be in place with the focus set on a predetermined spot before the action takes place in the frame. Professional sports and wildlife photographers often employ function customisation to assign camera and lens controls to better fit the shooting situation. They also…

Last October Adobe released the latest version of Photoshop. One of Photoshop CC 2021’s headline features is the new Sky Replacement Tool, which uses machine learning to automatically recognise the sky in your outdoor photos, isolate it and drop in another sky of your choice. You can now replace a dull sky with a few clicks. Of course, there’s a whole debate around whether the act of sky replacement tarnishes landscape photography, diminishing the joy of capturing a real-life scene. But leaving that aside, this new tool is astonishingly good at what it does. It’s able to isolate even difficult areas of sky, like the gaps between the pier in our example, or other intricate details like tree branches and buildings. This release also introduces Neural Filters, which – among…

$TBC, www.lenovo.com/au/en/pc The Lenovo Yoga 9i comes in strong at the tail end of 2020 as one of the best laptops of the year, giving us an early look at what Intel Evo is capable of while keeping things stylish and functional. Though it’s a bit on the pricey side – especially with higher-end specs – it’s hard to argue that the extra expense is pretty justified given the price. The Lenovo Yoga 9i is available now in the US and UK, with an Australian release coming soon but no specific date is set at this time. It’s hard to argue with the design of the Yoga 9i, which is definitely one of the most stylish laptops we’ve seen this year, battling it out with the Dell XPS 13 (2020)…

Kids being walking germ-spreaders is enough of a problem at the best of times, let alone during a global pandemic. Classrooms have become major sticking points for governments aiming to limit the spread of Covid-19, but Acer has done its best to alleviate some of those concerns with the arrival of its new Chromebooks for education. Five new models are entering schools in the next few months, and those with touch displays – dubbed “Spin” devices with near-360 degree hinges for flexibility – will be fronted by antimicrobial Gorilla Glass and come equipped with a bacteria-resistant coating for the keyboard, touchpad, and palm-rest surfaces. Acer has made no bold claims regarding the effectiveness of the coating, but antimicrobial wipes, gels and surfaces are typically repellent against most common viruses, Covid-19…

This epic rainy spell, known now as the Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE), occurred roughly 233 million years ago and was a stark shift from the typically arid conditions of the late Triassic Period. But storms weren’t the only change Earth was facing. Recent fossil evidence suggests the CPE was a major extinction event, driven by volcanic eruptions and climate change, that resulted in the deaths of one-third of all marine species, plus a significant number of plants and animals. This ‘lost’ extinction event doesn’t quite reach the death toll of the five major mass extinctions typically discussed by the scientific community – the Permian-Triassic extinction event, which occurred just 20 million years earlier, may have wiped out 90 per cent of living species, for example. However, the CPE isn’t just…

$769, www.asus.com Asus makes a wide range of routers and mesh networking systems designed for home users, but it also owns the separate RoG brand – Republic Of Gamers – that specialises in high-performance gaming PCs and graphics cards, as well as a range of routers that focus on high-end performance for really dedicated gamers. The Rapture GT-AX1100 is Asus’ top-of-the-range router for gamers, although it’s also aimed at people who need to run servers, or simply have a house full of the latest smart gadgets. Design and features One look at the Asus Rapture GT-AX1100 tells you that it means business. Even before you attach the eight separate antennae, the bulky square router with its sharp, angular edges looks like something out of Battlestar Galactica. It measures 250mm wide…

Apart from a VR controlled robot and Panasonic’s new steampunk HDR VR-goggles, the entire ET segment is dominated again by AI. It’s for good reason when you consider that AI is helping researchers discover illegal logging roads in the Amazon, and Google built a large language model four times faster than its current AI algorithm. Sadly there’s more negative AI development than ever this month with the instatement of a puppet AI oversight authority in the US, racially discriminatory facial recognition tech developed by Huawei and a news article condenser that means Facebook users don’t have to read more than bullet points anymore. XR Panasonic steampunk VR goggles VR Glasses offer HDR colour. $TBC | na.panasonic.com/explore/spotlight/vr-glasses Panasonic has updated its yet-to-be-released VR goggles that lean heavily on the design aesthetic…

Battlefield 6 may be “heavily influenced” by Battlefield 3, according to industry insider Tom Henderson. In a recent YouTube video (via altchar), Henderson summarises all of the details they claim to know so far about the next Battlefield game. Speculating that it will either be called Battlefield 6 or simply Battlefield, Henderson says that the next title is “heavily influenced by Battlefield 3” and will be “somewhat of a soft reboot”. As pointed out in the video, Henderson has made the same claim in the past on Twitter, alleging that Battlefield 6 will return to its modern-day setting on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X, as well as PS4 and Xbox One. While the suggestion is made that it will be a soft reboot, Henderson addresses rumours doing the rounds…

$37.99, PC, www.airbornekingdom.com I have built a lot of cities over the years, and I’ve given my citizens plenty of reasons to flee them. In Cities: Skylines, I flooded their homes in liquid poo; In Surviving Mars, I left them to suffocate; In Anno 1800 – and this is the one that’s left me most ashamed – I failed to provide them with enough sausages. Airborne Kingdom, however, is the first city builder where I’ve lost people because the city was leaning too much. Before this became a review, my plan was to play an hour of Airborne Kingdom to get some gifs, but instead it ended up stealing most of a day, with me finally leaving my floating metropolis at midnight. And then I kept coming back. I’m an…

Marvel: Realm of Champions BRAWLIN, BRAWLIN, BRAWLIN. Free with IAP If there was an award for proliferation of mobile games from a single brand, Marvel would certainly be right up there. Not a month or two goes by without some way to tap your screen with a Hulk, or Iron Man flavour attributed to it. Unfortunately, such a phenomenal IP is truly wasted on the vast majority of what is relegated to poorly designed, overly monetised, basic experiences. Unlike the impressive, yet almost wholly ignored, Marvel MOBA I reviewed a few issues ago, Realm of Champions is a massively dumbed down yet moderately pretty brawler – the differences being a significantly smaller map, a convoluted equipment system, no story and far too many bots. On the surface it seems quite…

$1,199, www.samsung.com The Galaxy Z Flip introduces the flip phone to the smartphone generation thanks to Samsung’s bold rethink of how foldable screens work: it collapses in half vertically. This means the Z Flip (and newer Z Flip 5G) has a big traditional-looking 6.7-inch display that packs up into an incredibly compact clamshell form factor. It instantly has a comforting throwback vibe to it, and yet feels cutting-edge, too. As neat as it is, Z Flip is a first-generation device, one that’s sure to be refined in an inevitable Galaxy Z Flip 2 in 2021. Our biggest hangup is the 1.1-inch Cover Display on the front; it doesn’t offer much info when the phone is closed and sitting on a desk. It has the basics – notifications, the time and…

$639, www.oculus.com The Oculus Quest 2 is one of the top options around for beginners and seasoned VR veterans alike if you want to buy a VR headset and don’t have the budget for a PC-based VR setup, which requires more money, wires and fuss. This mobile VR device brings you easy access to everything that makes VR special, offering high-quality virtual reality experiences at a fair price. The Quest 2 allows you to literally step inside gaming worlds, as well as access 360-degree video content and apps, this is an immersive gadget that even the most tech-shy members of your family can have a blast with. It’s similar to the original Oculus Quest – being a battery-powered, standalone headset that allows you to freely roam around your physical and…

$225, au.yamaha.com Yamaha has plenty of expertise where soundbars are concerned, and in updating its entry-level models it’s reasserted its proficiency. Here’s a tidily proportioned, expertly finished soundbar that’s able to put a rocket up the sound quality most mainstream TVs are capable of. Wired and wireless inputs are available, and the Yamaha SR-B20A Sound Bar is able to deliver DTS Virtual:X soundtracks, which is a definite step towards the sort of ‘3D’ surround sound that’s all the rage among more expensive soundbars at the moment. It’s also configured to be equally happy sitting flat on a TV stand or hanging on the wall beneath a television. The Yamaha is able to work in either orientation because of its driver layout. Viewed in its wall-mounted position, the top of the…

Are you experiencing problems with your Mac? If so, don’t be scared and freak out because there may be a quick and easy way to solve the problem. Over the following pages, we cover the most common problems that people experience with their Macs and outline possible solutions to fix them. Of course, nothing is 100 per cent guaranteed to work perfectly, and you may have to try multiple work-throughs to solve a particular issue, but hopefully we have all of the possible solutions outlined here in some shape or form. Before you do anything, though, try working through the quick-fix solutions on the right, as often something as simple as restarting your Mac can resolve certain problems, especially if you aren’t in the habit of doing so. Not having…

There are several ways to run Windows-only apps on your Mac, but only one allows you to run them directly from your Mac desktop, and that’s Wine (winehq. org). Its command-line nature makes it fiddly, but thankfully more user-friendly variants exist. Of these, CrossOver for Mac 19.0 (bit.ly/cwwindonmac) is by far the best way to get Windows apps working on your Mac, but it’s not free: prices start from around US$41. Luckily, there are several free alternatives; they’re not quite as user-friendly, but of these Porting Kit (portingkit.com) still manages to take a lot of hassle out of the process. One fly in the ointment is that you’ll have to disable System Integrity Protection (SIP) to use it in macOS Catalina. This requirement is likely to be removed from later…

Backup is the OG security solution, the cure to most of what ails you even today. And yet, so many of us neglect this simple process and just trust that nothing will happen. After all, it just doesn’t seem worth the effort… until it does. Both Windows and MacOS have backup solutions built in, but they’re not particularly great (MacOS having the better of the two in Time Machine, thanks to its integration with iCloud). But neither is a match for many third party solutions. The safest solution for any kind of home backup is to use a cloud backup solution, which provides physical security in addition to defence against issues like malware, ransomware and data corruption. Cloud services do have downsides, however. They’re bandwidth suckers, for a start, and…