German „traffic light”-coalition promises to strengthen the Open Source-idea The world of IT is in a constant changing process and with a new government in Germany, Open Source may finally be part of a modern…
How to migrate your Nextcloud database-backend from MySQL/MariaDB to PostgreSQL From the early beginnings, I used MySQL and — later — MariaDB as my database of choice.
I finally escaped Facebook — and I am happy with that Within 17 years, a lot changes in your life and while exposing everything at an early stage was nearly a must, life progresses and so do…
Nextcloud introduces authentication with passport supported by German government Speaking of digital sovereignty, Nextcloud is often mentioned as the possible tool of choice helping to achieve that. Now, the shadow…
Installing the latest version of PostgreSQL on Ubuntu Linux In this scenario given, my Ubuntu 20.04 doesn’t provide the latest PostgreSQL-version 14 which was released in late September. Working with…
How to implement Nextcloud’s High Performance Backend Nextcloud 21 introduced the „High Performance Backend” earlier this February. If you’re interested in optimizing the file handling…
Even with a new name, Facebook won’t be “The Metaverse” We all know that the Emperor’s new clothes rarely work well and while there already IS a real Metaverse, it may be questioned whether a new…
I am stuck — Writer’s Block or just Silly Season? After a week off in Norway, I still haven’t found my writing routine again. What has changed?
Is Apple’s construction of privacy crumbling? Last Thursday, Apple announced details of upcoming features designed to detect CSAM — and the world reacted.
WWDC 2021: Custom E-Mail-domains are coming to iCloud… finally! I don’t know how long I expected this feature to reach iCloud, but in the backwash of all those great iOS 15-features, custom E-Mail…
Apple: iCloud’s custom domain feature is — secretly — available now! Nearly two months after the feature of using custom E-Mail-domains in iCloud has been revealed, it can already be configured while Apple’s…
You are not your resume, you are your work „Work” is something that always took care of earning an honest penny but it’s also a story with up and downs.
There are no passengers on spaceship earth — we are all crew „Space” is a term that stands for many things but today, Marshall McLuhan’s statement is the best headline for reappointing our world of…
Death smiles at us all — all a man can do is smile back He is omnipresent and while it is part of our life in many ways, losing someone (or something) is always a struggle which isn’t on our…
The Return to Flanders Fields Keeping up with history is brutal and you never have a world-wide pandemic on your list when planning your tours.
Is our Post-Covid-working life here to stay? With the pandemic, life has changed and so did the way we work and even the way we love.
Sleeve: Stick the music you play right to your macOS-desktop As many tools, Sleeve (looking like the thing you put the old Vinyls into) is something you might have not missed until you discovered the…
Yet some additional and useful apps for your Mac-related life While I wrote about the „Useful apps to enlighten your daily Mac-routine a while ago”, I discovered that — humbled by the reader’s…
How to fix errors with missing subfolders on iOS and Android after doing a PST-import Sometimes, only the PST-Import-/Export-trick helps you to move E-Mail-data safely from one service to another. But what if you encounter…
Vladslo German Military Cemetery Two years after my first two trips throughout Flanders Fields, I was able to return and continue my journey on the WW1-gravesites in…
DisplayBuddy — Control external displays from your Mac menu bar While there are tons of additional useful Mac-tools out there, some shine out!
Nextcloud releases the digital office optimized for the post-pandemic workplace Barely five months after the release of version 21, the latest Nextcloud Hub 22 enters the stage.
Useful apps to enlighten your daily Mac-routine While macOS always comes along with a bunch of productivity tools (and always was a synonym for being productive and creative!) there is…
App-dated: TextSniper is aiming to put your images into words There are apps you may have never missed before but once you got to know them, you can hardly live without them.
Bartender 4: The best thing for a sense of order is a clean menu bar on macOS! As with each problem, there is a solution — before macOS Big Sur, this was Bartender in version 3 by developer surtees studios.
