If you host your blog yourself, you will need some commands from time to time. To avoid having to google it every time, I created this overview that serves several purposes. It can be used no matter ...
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If you use an AVM Fritz!Box, you can also use it to control suitable Smarthome devices, especially smart radiator valves. The disadvantage: AVM does not support Homekit integration out of the box, so practical functions like turning off the heating after everyone in the household ...
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Anyone who wants to work on the move rather than just in a home office needs reliable Internet access. Although many Airbnbs are equipped with Wi-Fi, it is usually not possible to reliably determine in advance whether this meets the requirements. Still ...
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The 2021 generation of the MacBook Pro 14″ and 16″ can reach a maximum brightness of 1,600 nits selectively and 1,000 nits over the entire surface - at least with HDR content. In regular use, the brightness is ...
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If you want to calibrate an external monitor on a Mac with Apple M1 (Pro & Max are also affected) using DisplayCAL and a colorimeter like a datacolor Spyder 5, you will soon face the problem that DisplayCAL does not ...
Continue readingGoogle G Suite becomes chargeable: what are alternatives?
For many years, you could use G Suite with your own domain free of charge - but that will end in the summer of 2022, and subscriptions that have been running up to now will have to be converted or can no longer be used. At some point, even ...
Continue readingMagentaEINS Plus: Roaming in country group 3 or why Unlimited is not a fully-fledged alternative
"Welcome to the United Arab Emirates. In price group 3, you can use the MagentaEINS Plus SIM card and Community Card incl. Community advantage at no additional cost for 1 GB data volume with max. 256 KBit/s down- and ...
Continue readingSamsung GT-S5300: what else can be done with Android 2.3.6 in 2021?
By chance, a Samsung GT-S5300 smartphone fell into my hands, which also has a working battery - reason enough to put a SIM card into an adapter and see what ...
Continue readingEmail archiving under macOS with Mailbackup X
Unlike for Windows with Mailstore, there is no corresponding free solution for macOS (or I didn't find it despite a long search) - Mailbackup X is a paid alternative. The functionality is ...
Continue readingHost WordPress blog at home in 3 steps
If you run a small private blog like this one and have a fast enough internet connection (especially the upload is important), you can consider hosting it directly at home. This has some advantages, ...
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