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The New Air-Quality Sensors: CO2, VOC, NOx & PM

The New Air-Quality Sensors: CO2, VOC, NOx & PM

STCC4, SGP41, SEN66 and BME690 make it easier than ever to build a proper indoor air monitor Indoor air quality is one of the most

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Have I Been Pwned: Find out whether your data appears in known breaches

Have I Been Pwned: How to Check if Your Email Was in a Data Breach

Data breaches happen all the time, and there’s a good chance at least one of your email addresses has already been caught up in one.

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Do You Have a Backup? The Simple 3-2-1 Plan That Protects Your Files

Ask people whether they back up their computer and many will say “sort of” or “I’ve been meaning to.” But drives fail, laptops get stolen,

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Mac keyboard shortcuts for beginners

15 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts Every Beginner Should Know

Learning a handful of keyboard shortcuts is the single fastest way to feel at home on a Mac. You don’t need hundreds, these 15 cover

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How to Use Text Replacement on iPhone to Type Faster

How many times a week do you type your email address, home address or ‘I’ll call you back in 5 minutes’? Text Replacement lets you

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File Explorer Tips: 10 tips to find and manage files faster

10 File Explorer Tips for Windows 11 Everyone Should Know

File Explorer is the app you use to find, open and organise your files. You probably use it every day, but most people only scratch

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How to create a pivot table in Excel

How to Create a Pivot Table in Excel (Beginner’s Guide)

PivotTables have a reputation for being complicated, but they’re one of the easiest ways to make sense of a big spreadsheet. With a few clicks

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7-Zip: The free, open-source file archiver for Windows

7-Zip: The Free Way to Open ZIP, RAR and 7z Files on Windows

7-Zip is a free, open-source archiver that opens ZIP, RAR, 7z, ISO and more, and creates password-protected archives. Here’s how to use it and keep it safe.

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AppCleaner: Uninstall Mac Apps Properly (and Remove the Leftovers) for Free

AppCleaner is a free Mac uninstaller that finds and removes the settings, caches and support files apps leave behind when you drag them to the Bin. Here’s how to use it.

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How to add a header and footer in Excel

How to Add a Header and Footer in Word

Headers and footers are the areas at the very top and bottom of every page. Anything you put there — a title, your logo, a

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Windows 10 End of Support

Still on Windows 10? What the End of Support Means and What to Do Now

Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. Home users could sign up for a year of Extended Security Updates (ESU), but

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How to use Autofill in Excel

How to Use AutoFill in Excel (Stop Typing Lists by Hand)

Typing “January, February, March…” or numbering 500 rows by hand is the kind of job Excel was built to do for you. AutoFill spots the

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AI agents explained

AI Agents Are Leaving the Chat Window

For the last few years, most people’s experience of AI has been a chat box. You ask a question, it writes an answer, and you

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How to type special characters on mac

How to Type the Hash (#), Euro (€), Accents and Symbols on a Mac

“Where’s the hash key?” is one of the first questions UK Mac users ask. It isn’t printed on a UK Mac keyboard, but it’s there.

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How to factory reset a mac

How to Factory Reset a Mac Before Selling or Giving It Away

Before your Mac goes to a new owner, you need to remove everything personal from it and unlink it from your Apple Account. On modern

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How to use focus and do not disturb on Mac

How to Use Focus and Do Not Disturb on a Mac

Pings from Mail, Messages and a dozen other apps make it hard to concentrate. Focus lets you silence them, either completely or with exceptions for

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How to change your mac password

How to Change Your Mac Password (and What to Do If You Forget It)

Your Mac’s login password protects everything on it. It’s worth changing if someone else knows it, or if you’ve been using something far too simple.

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How to add a printer to mac

How to Add a Printer to a Mac

Most modern printers work with a Mac straight away, with no driver disc and no downloads. That’s thanks to AirPrint, which is built into almost

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How to update your Mac

How to Update Your Mac (macOS and Apps)

Updates fix security holes, squash bugs and sometimes add new features. Keeping your Mac up to date is one of the simplest ways to keep

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How to Customise the Dock on a Mac

The Dock is the row of icons along the bottom of your Mac’s screen. Out of the box it’s full of apps you may never

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John The Computer Man

John Crowhurst Proprietor t/a John the Computer Man
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St Leonards on Sea TN38 0NR

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Hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm

Hourly rate: £60 per hour

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