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William Turrell

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Month: April 2020

Things I didn’t know: Excel can read HTML files

You just need an HTML file with a table in it (which can be named with an .xls extension) and Excel (or LibreOffice) will automatically convert it into rows and columns.

Author William TurrellPosted on April 27, 2020Categories BlogTags excel, html, spreadsheets

How to completely remove Zoom from a Mac

See also: list of all known Zoom security/privacy problems

Author William TurrellPosted on April 6, 2020Categories SecurityTags macOS, privacy, zoom

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  • (link) – Why we moved from Drupal to CodeIgniter
  • Tip: Mac SDHC/SDXC card readers wrongly showing cards as read only
  • Tip: When Amazon won’t cancel an order that’s “dispatching soon”
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  • You accidentally deleted your entire Apple Photos library. How to undelete it.
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