Category: Cloud

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, and more—over the internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale. Instead of owning and maintaining physical hardware, users can access computing resources on demand and pay only for what they use.

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Copilot Cursor is it annoying

So Copilot from Microsoft is live the feature for Mac version of Office is turned on.

What is Copilot ?

Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered assistant developed by Microsoft to enhance productivity across its suite of applications and services. Unlike GitHub Copilot, which focuses on code completion, Microsoft Copilot integrates into various Microsoft products to assist with tasks, content creation, and data analysis.​

Basically like Chat GPT you can open the window up and type in your message and it will go away and source a response from its AI sources.

For those of you who have started to encounter the delightful light grey message when you open a new word document on your Mac “select the icon or press +L to draft with copilot” don’t panic it is a feature from Microsoft to help you work. For those who want to remove this option its relatively simple to do.

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VPN Issues with Watchguards connection on L2TP

If your on a Mac and VPN to a watchguard due to the ongoing issue with IKEv2 connections for Macs running Sonoma and above kicking the user off at 24 or 48 minutes depending on the configuration within the Watchguard the workarounds are limited. For some the easy option is if the hardware is staying put you can move from IKEv2 to L2TP.

There has been a few issues with the Watchguard allowing connections through the firewall. Fortunately there is an easy fix on the mac’s with the issue.

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Uninstall Sophos Endpoint on Mac

To uninstall Sophos your first point would be to see if you locate Remove Sophos Endpoint. This can be either run from launchpad or type it in spotlight. When you run that app it should then go away and uninstall the programme. It would be best to reboot the machine once the exercise is complete. I have found it does sometimes error out or fails but on a reboot this will tell you if you have managed to uninstall it. Help file link.

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Microsoft issues working on a Mac

Due to the universe not being fair when it comes to applications and web interface you have to look at why things on a Mac that are linked to Microsoft empire struggle to do the basic tasks from emails, Sharepoint web browser compatibility issues to name just a few.

We can counter some of the annoying issues by cheating like using Safari but in developer mode faking the browser is edge even though its safari but in developers mode to using multi web browsers like Firefox or Chrome. As for the other Apps like the Office package or Sharepoint or OneDrive packages you have to accept lots of compatibility issues.

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Microsoft Office 365 Family: A Comprehensive Guide

Microsoft Office 365 Family is a premium subscription-based service designed to provide users with access to a suite of productivity tools, cloud storage, and advanced security features. It is ideal for families and households that require multiple users to have access to Microsoft’s top-tier applications on various devices.

Features and Benefits

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Legacy Version of OneDrive for macOS

For anyone working on a Legacy version of the macOS running Office 365 though there is a work around for Office OneDrive is a different story.

​Microsoft phased out support for older versions of macOS in its OneDrive sync app since August 2024, the minimum required macOS version is macOS 13. When you install say build 16.88 (last know version for Monterey) it installs the latest version of OneDrive which then has the no entry sign in the apps folder.

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