04 February, 2026

[PROBLEM] MacBook Air: Freeze when Outlook is running

The MacBook Air will often freeze when I use an external screen along side with Outlook. On Microsoft's page I've seen that it's a socalled "known problem". They give this advice:

  • Update your software
  • Try to downgrade Office
  • Update Office (!!)
  • Use another screen resolution on the external screen
By now I try the last option.

When I teach there is a similar problem with (not so)-Clevershare. Perhaps the solution is the same: use a somewhat smaller screen resolution.

[Solution] Visual Studio Code: very small letters in the OS windows



On my newly installed Ubuntu VSC's letters were too small. The settings in Ubuntu were tweaked and now they work all right. But VSC had it's own way of dispaying the windows.

After some duckduckgoing I found the solution: set the window zoom level to 2.

Perhaps this setting is usefull in other programs too?