Category Archives for Under the hood

How to kill DropboxMacUpdate

Dropbox is a great tool. I’ve been using it for over a decade and it’s part of my core digital toolset but I use a Macbook Pro and the auto-update service, DropboxMacUpdate causes me much pain. So the DropboxMacUpdate killer or dmu-killer was born. TLDR Get DropboxMacUpdate killer from github What is DropboxMacUpdate? DropboxMacUpdate is […]

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Under the hood: Hyperlinks explained

Loads of people use the Internet to carry out everyday tasks without really understanding how it’s linked together or how it works and that’s fine as a passive consumer but when you start out as an active contributor with a website then it helps to understand a little bit more about how it all hangs […]

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Under the hood: Domain names explained

We all know about web addresses right? But what do we know about domain names? This is the first in a series of under the hood articles for those who’d like a more in depth knowledge and understanding of how the Internet works on a more technical level. This article seeks to demystify the world […]

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