Importing documents and structure from Scrivener to MaxQDA
Here’s my triumph of the day: getting Scrivener to export about 400 separate documents into a single file that you can then import into MaxQDA with a code that will…
IT tip: how to stop Guardian links from displaying 404 in Facebook posts
I can’t remember when this started, but for a while now, if you paste a link into Facebook from the Guardian, you get the 404 page above as a thumbnail.…
Missing wordpress posts? Can’t update old pages? Try this
Yesterday I had the first and only WordPress crisis ever since I installed it several years ago. When I tried to update an old post, the post would just revert…
Peachnote for all your classical ‘name-that-tune’ problems
Here was today’s musical problem – what’s the tune that Deanna Durbin singing in this film? I need the score immediately for a recording. I know it’s Strauss, but which…
How to sync voice memos from your iPhone
The Voice Memos app on the iPhone is one of its most useful features, but for maybe a year, it’s proved impossible to get voice recordings from my iPhone and…
IT tips: how to stop Chrome opening your pdfs
I love Chrome, but I hate the way it takes over your pdfs and opens them in the browser. I also hate the way this isn’t straightforwardly configurable on the…