Fred's Home Technical Services

06/06/2026

Fred's Home Technical Services can now do bulk scanning of your hard copy photos into digital form onto a USB.
Don't let those photos deteriorate before its too late.
Photos need to be delivered in boxes or envelopes - not in albums.
You can organise your photos into dates or topics and they will be saved into these groups or you can have them scanned and saved as a bulk group and you can sort in your own time.

Pricing
Minimum Cost $50
0 - 200 photos $50
201 - 500 photos $100
501 - 750 photos $150
750 - 1000 photos $200
For larger numbers contact for a price

27/04/2026

Just had a client over to transfer their data from their old iPhone to their new one, a phone that her partner had purchased for her from an overseas site, they said they couldn't get the data transfer to
Work, I backed up her old iPhone and then when I went to retore to her new one iTunes would not recognize it.
So I rebooted the iPhone, while holding power down and volume down Chi use writing appeared on the iPhone, something I have seen before in blue writing which I know is an Android menu. So it was
Not an ios system. Its a Gake IPhone with a System that looks very much like an iPhone but is not, amazing how it was so much in comparison to a
Genuine one, watch video below.

69K likes, 3.7K comments. "How To Spot A Fake iPhone"

22/04/2026

I will always recommend hard wired cameras over wifi ones.
POE works very well supplying power to your cameras via Network cable.
Wifi cameras can be interfered with, have a read of article below.
https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/crime/chilling-new-tactic-used-by-young-criminals-in-melbourne/news-story/6cec348ad0cf4979d30e7aabded825f0?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&utm_source=News.com.au&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_content=SocialBakers&fbclid=IwY2xjawRVhiFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6uOmAFZOS6vcBphpKKBmf_YaXsrD3Kg9RvjZRWyQhoNTHQpOyEUEbXijEpsg_aem_ufQZQhOtFRWo2UJiLq6Npg

Home invasions across Melbourne are nothing new, but the way they are being carried out is changing.

26/01/2026

My Home Battery loading up from both Panels & Free from the Grid, ( 11am to 2pm I get free power )
this then can keep my Air Con running at home all day no charge via Sun and then at 6pm I feed a little back into the grid for peak paypack at .12cents per KW, I also get $1 back for not using Peak power while the Day rate is $1.276. I don't need to feed much back to cover my day rate and battery runs all night if I get my % of feedback right...

21/01/2026

Some free apps that work very well
https://www.howtogeek.com/replace-your-microsoft-365-subscription-with-these-5-free-open-source-apps-i-actually-use/

30/12/2025

Thunderbird now suppprts exchange without any add-ons or costs
Read article below

This update has solved a problem we had accepted as normal.

28/12/2025

Currently on a Little break for another few days.
with the kids enjoying a bit of time.

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas to you all out there.
Hope the New year ahead is the best yet for you all.

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12/12/2025

NVR Storage Upgrade for Extra Recording...
Original 2 TB Plus a 6TB that was installed From New and Now also a 12 TB
NVR was also Upgraded to a 36 Chanel Model
Thats 20TB of Security Camera Footage storage for 5 cameras in Clients Home....
Recording kept for Months..