Author: Stephen

Providing IT support and solution to small and medium businesses. Servicing Edinburgh, Livingston, Fife and surrounding areas. Responsive, Flexible, Professional and friendly local support.

Phone System – Its not too late to switch.

About us! Based in Livingston Mear Technology believe in offering a customer focused experience. We offer a range of IT Support services that we tailor to our customers need’s. We are a one-stop provider for your IT need (support, sales, broadband and telecoms).  If you are interested in us reviewing all your IT overheads, we…
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How to organise a meeting in Corvid Times. Microsoft FindTime

It’s fair to say that 2019 has been a difficult year for business and for life. A plethora of tools have been many business saving graces. Tools like Teams and zoom have allowed small business to  adapt and adjust. I am sure that if you are reading this post you have had a scenario when…
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We are hiring

IT Support Engineer £22,000 to £28,000 dependent on experience Full-Time Initially Working from Home Mear Technology Ltd are looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic IT Support Engineer.  We provide B2B support to SMB primarily across central Scotland. Our The role will be based at our main office in Livingston, however due to the current pandemic situation this…
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OneDrive – Files on Demand option missing

We recently discovered a  an issue with the OneDrive client on a few clients PC’s. The Files on demand option was completely missing. Assuming you have checked all the minimum criteria for Files On-Demand OneDrive Files On-Demand requires: Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709 or later) or Windows Server 2019 OneDrive build 17.3.7064.1005 or…
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Convert more website visits to sales

For many businesses our website are brochures, a modern day shop window. Offering a gimps into what our business can do for them. Getting visitors to your site is one thing but how do you get them to move beyond just browsing your page to actually walking in and buying something. Simple! Talk to them.…
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Video Tips on getting better with Teams

I came across a series of videos by a Microsoft Employee Kevin Stratvert who posts regular videos relating to Microsoft Products.   He has recently posted some Teams specific ones I wanted to share with you. Did you you know that Mear Technology can supply your Office 365 licences on a 30 day rolling contract for…
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Tip for Working from home – Mute your mic and speakers with one press

Like many we at Mear Technology are working from home. That in itself is not a problem we have all we need. We spend our day with a teams video chat on all day which is fine until one of us takes a call on our desk phones or mobiles. Then we have to mute…
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Rural Internet Speed boost with Mobile Internet

Quite a rewarding project. We have a client in a rural area struggling with slow internet connections. Internet has become a necessity in modern life whether it is for entertainment, communicating or shopping.  Unfortunately choices for this particular client were limited. FTTC as not available ADSL estimated speed was 0.5Mbps. Leaving Satellite or Cellar. The…
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Charity Case Study

Case Study: Scottish Disability Sport – IT Support – Physical Server to Office 365 Migration – Hardware refresh

We are pleased to post another case study today. We have been working with Scottish Disability Sport and our pleased to be part of their current operating requirements. To read about the case study clink the link below and see how we helped look beyond the scope of a Tender and deliver a solution that…
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Watch “Plan and schedule a live event in Microsoft Teams” on YouTube

In this new ditial working environment it has been a steep learning curve for many home workers. Microsoft put together this useful video tutorial on using teams for webmeetings. A top tip, did you you can join an event without creating a Microsoft account. Especially useful to know if joining on your mobile device. Download…
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