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Average sales, Jan-Dec 2021 68,
copies per issue.Issue 633 • 8 – 21 June 20220800 018 8354
Microsoft’s UK phone
number for activating
Office - p1.5 million
Number of apps in
Google and Apple
stores that haven’t been
updated in two years - pOne thing I always ask our writers to do is
show the impact on their own computers
of any programs they recommend. It’s the
closest we come to ‘dogfooding’, which in
the slang of software developers means
using your own products (or eating your
own dog food) before inflicting it upon the
public.
Running with that analogy, Nik Rawlinson
chomped through several tins of Pedigree
Chum while writing our Cover Feature. He
found 125GB of old files using TreeSize
Free; encrypted 50MB of documents using
VeraCrypt; backed up 633 files usingFolder2Iso; and slashed his
working memory by 25 per
cent using Mem Reduct.
These are just four of the 16 tasks he
explains, all of which are vital if you want
a fit, fast and secure computer. Treat
yourself to a Scooby Snack if you get
through them all.
Daniel Booth
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