Posts Tagged ‘amsys’

To continue the theme started by my colleague Darren who celebrated his 10th year at Amsys. I thought I’d double it and blog about my 20 years at Amsys! Yes, earlier on this year (in May) I celebrated spending 2 whole decades working for Amsys – spreading the Apple love. For those that may be interested in my story, which is obviously a long one, I’ll attempt to condense it into just the highlights. Way back in May 1995 My story starts way back in May 1995, before the words ‘Google it’, ‘blog’, ‘Tweet’, ‘Facebook Timeline’ or ‘tagging’ were a… read more →

An inevitable by-product of Apple’s success is the emergence of people looking to target any vulnerabilities they can discover. Over the last month or so two new serious vulnerabilities that could affect your Mac have come to light. The first vulnerability is a computer worm named “Thunderstrike 2”. This worm is a proof of concept that exploits 5 firmware vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities were researched and discovered by Xeno Kovah and Trammell Hudson, who are set to discuss their findings at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on 6th of August. Thunderstrike 2 works by targeting the firmware on… read more →

Want your Mac repaired or serviced but need it for an important deadline or presentation? We’ve got you covered. It’s been a few months since the launch of our Apple walk-in repair centre in Soho. Along the way, we have looked at how we can increase our service offering and continue to provide a high-quality level of service and experience to our customers. Earlier this month, we launched a new rental service for our walk-in repair customers… an idea which came from our Senior Apple Technician, Hugo Cortes. Many of our walk-in repair clients are busy, working professionals or students… read more →

Hi all. As I sit here, at a hotel in the Cotswolds (another ‘stay away’ consultancy project), drinking a locally brewed Ale (Stroud Brewery’s Budding Pale Ale, should you ask) I find myself contemplating spending almost ten years of my life at Amsys. Come the 4th July 2015, I’ll hit that milestone. In case you’ve not guessed, this is another slightly different blog to my usual. I still find it amazing that I found a junior Apple Hardware Engineer posting in the local paper, and through sheer laziness (OK and possibly some ability), I’m still here now at the same… read more →

Earlier in the year I met with a friend of mine from digital transformation experts Adapt2digital. I was greatly impressed with what they were doing, even though I was slightly baffled. I completed a Digital Engagement Map (DEM), which is a piece of software they have created to assess digital competence, readiness and identify actions and initiatives for the transformation of your business. It was very enlightening. I must confess when we first met, the concept I struggled with most was the meaning of the word ‘digital’. I suspect I am not alone. At the ‘Accelerating Growth In A Digital… read more →

Remember your server’s internal IPv4 address 10.0.0.1? How about FE80::1 or even 2001:ACAD:DB8:A::1/64? Don’t panic. It’s not that bad! Let me explain. The so familiar IPv4 addresses like 192.168.1.1 will be around for a very long time be we start seeing these FE80::290:2BFF:FE23:4381 along with them. This is an automatically assigned IPv6 address. It is not routable and will only be used to connect devices on the local network. The good thing about it is that the device generated it itself and the network administrator did not have to worry about it – as it is unique. I will try… read more →

Hi all, A slightly different blog this time.  As some of you will know, this week it’s National Apprenticeship Week; a governmental initiative celebrating the positive impact that apprenticeships have on businesses and individuals. So I thought I’d share the path that I took with Amsys; from Apprentice to Director. My Story Leaving school, I followed in the family tradition and pursued a career in catering.  This took me from college, to a few different bakeries and onto working in a number of London’s restaurants. Things were progressing but not quite as I would have liked.  I knew that catering… read more →

If like me you regularly access System Preferences to change settings then the following tip may help you open System Preferences quicker. Open System Preferences using Keyboard Shortcuts: On your keyboard use ALT + F2, which opens up the Display system pane. Then use CMD + L, which will change from the Display system pane to the main System Preferences. Open System Preferences using Spotlight: On your keyboard use CMD + SPACE to display the Spotlight search (top-right menubar) where you can simply type the keyword sys which should then display and select System Preferences, and then hit the RETURN… read more →

I have found myself recently experiencing a couple of Macs which would not allow me to repair the directory or permissions in Disk Utility, or erase/partition the drive with an error such as: ‘Disc erase failed couldn’t unmount disc’ or ‘Disk Erase failed with the error: Couldn’t unmount disk.’ Even trying to use Network Deployment tools such as Apple’s Netinstall service or DeployStudio have also failed to deploy due to these errors. Normally, any ‘Couldn’t Unmount Disk’ error is attributed to circumstances where the boot drive is being modified or is being used by an application or process. So the… read more →

By Richard Mallion We are delighted to announce this years Amsys Macintosh System Administrators Conference. The event aims to bring together technical support professionals from Apple and cross platform environments to share news and views and discuss everyone’s favourite technology! The Macintosh System Administrators Conference will be held over a full day and will incorporate a mixture of seminars and discussions. We will have machines ready for demos as well as having access to Amsys technical staff for face to face discussions. This years event will focus on Mac OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion. Mountain Lion brings over 200 new features as… read more →