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It's been a while. The last time mynetx.net was regularly updated, I was a Microsoft MVP writing about Windows and Mac from Germany. A lot has changed since then. I now live in...
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Internet
My Internet setup in the Gambia: Making 4Mbps work
When people hear I work remotely as a developer from The Gambia, the first question is usually about the internet. Fair enough — it's the thing that makes or breaks remote work...
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Apple
How to Install macOS Monterey on your Mac
macOS Monterey is the latest macOS operating system from Apple. It's a public beta and it enables you to get access to all of macOS features before they are released. In this...
Read moreSet default font for adding text to PDFs
PDF files are an easy way to distribute print content over the web. Sometimes, printing and viewing PDF docs isn’t enough though. With Acrobat, I can add text to existing PDFs...
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Internet
Help me, I deleted the Internet!
Imagine you starting your computer one day to open a website—but it just won’t work. There is no network connection. Drivers? Cable? Internet provider? Might be the culprits, but...
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Apple
Use social media on the Apple Watch
Yes, I am testing it, the Apple Watch. But there’s no browser, and also no official Watch apps for Twitter, Instagram nor WhatsApp. So, how can you Tweet, stare at kitten pics and...
Read moreUse Excel tables within Word docs
I know, you all Excel in using Word and writing documents. However, sometimes a teenage featured Word table is just not enough for all your advanced needs. That's when you grab a...
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Apple
A first glimpse at macOS 10.15 Catalina
With the start of this year’s Apple developer conference #WWDC19, Apple boss Tim Cook introduced the new version of the Mac operating system in his keynote speech. What’s new,...
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Developer
curl: Resume broken downloads
With the Unix curl command, you can perform basically every web request that might come to your mind. It can even download files to your disk. But what can you do if you started a...
Read moreWelcome back!
When this site started more than 10 years ago, Messenger was a thing, and Twitter had only just been invented. Today, many people don’t even know what Windows Live was. We can’t...
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Microsoft
Office 2010 reaches RTM
Office 2010 reaches RTM 17 April 2010 by J.M. Today, Daniel Melanchthon, working at Microsoft, has officially confirmed that Office 2010 has reached Release-to-Manufacturing...
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Microsoft
Windows Live Essentials 2009 QFE2: What is new?
Windows Live Essentials 2009 QFE2: What is new? 26 August 2009 by J.M. “QFE” is short for Quick Fix Engineering—and that is exactly what the latest Windows Live Essentials updates...
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Microsoft
How to: Launch Windows Defender
How to: Launch Windows Defender 21 December 2013 by J.M. Keep your computer secure by using Windows Defender. What is Defender, and how to open the program? Windows Defender is...
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Microsoft
How to: Move the SkyDrive folder in Windows 8.1
How to: Move the SkyDrive folder in Windows 8.1 22 December 2013 by J.M. The cloud disk SkyDrive is tightly integrated into Windows 8.1. The cloud data are stored in the SkyDrive...
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Microsoft
Windows 8 to ship in October 2012
On the Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto (Canada), Microsoft announced that Windows 8 will get released in October 2012. The RTM version will be compiled in August....
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Apps
Facebook: Undo automatic e-mail address change in your profile
Myriads of people from all over the world are complaining about Facebook’s newest work. The reason? Without asking the users and without any announcement, the social network has...
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Microsoft
Microsoft is touching the Surface
In an all-secret press event at the Milk Studios in L.A. today (18 June 2012), Microsoft has revealed a new tablet computer. Specifically designed for Windows 8, this tablet runs...
Read moreThree years later...
Three years ago, I wrote about new instant messaging networks for Windows Live. Back then, this was only meant to be an April Fool’s joke. Yet, what we have right now is just what...
Read moreHow-to: Open file or folder properties without context menu
Normally you would access the properties of a file or folder by right-clicking it, then selecting Properties from the appearing context menu. Did you know that you can open these...
Read more140 characters that change the world
140 characters—that seems to be quite a limit for publishing a story. Yet, Twitter has changed how people communicate. Twitter Stories is a fine example for just that. The...
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