Personal tech support for people in the Northern Rivers I can come to you,
or you can come to my office
1/53 Tamar St, Ballina, NSW Local business in the Northern Rivers

My Geek Mate provides personal tech support to bamboozled bipeds in the Northern Rivers area of NSW, Australia.

Some things I can help you with…

This is by no means an exhaustive list, it’s just to give you an idea of what I do:

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Parental Control


Help with using technology


Help with backing up your data


Travel with technology


Technology advocacy


Being sustainable with technology


Digital Security

Helping humans - not machines

  • My Geek Mate helps humans to use machines

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