Sunday, May 15, 2022

iMessage not synchronizing - your store ID matters too

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Based on some issues I've seen with my daughter's devices I think that Apple Message sync will only work when both Apple ID for &quo...

How to leave Google Apps / G Suite / Google Workspace

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UPDATE : As of early May 2022 Google has relented and will allow continued personal use of legacy G Suite domains . You need to login to you...

Carbon Copy Cloner won't create sparse bundle disk image (grayed out) - Mojave

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On Mojave as of May 2022 CCC v 5.whatever wouldn't create a sparse bundle disk image for me when I selected new disk image as destinatio...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Universal Clipboard (Handoff, Continuity) not working, endless spinning in iCloud Notes (Mojave)

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 Recently I've had two issues: Mojave Universal Clipboard stopped working between Mojave and iOS 15.4.1 Mojave notes iCloud synced but a...
Sunday, March 13, 2022

When iCloud Keychain stops working (No more Safari passwords) - Mojave

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I'm buying tickets for an event and suddenly there's no password autocomplete in Mojave Safari. Safari Preferences Passwords shows 3...
Sunday, March 06, 2022

What happens when you have an Apple ID without an email address and you change it? (And much more about Apple ID hell.)

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I'll provide some back story below, but it's tedious and a bit ranty so I'll put the most useful stuff up front. For *reasons* (...
Saturday, March 05, 2022

The AT&T / Apple eSIM activation fee scam: $30 "discount" and a $30 activation fee

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This is what you see when you go to buy an iPhone from Apple these days and pay full price: You can choose "Connect to a carrier now&qu...
Friday, February 25, 2022

Impressions of the Eero 6

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In retrospect my AirPort Extreme was probably flaky for a while. It's hard to diagnose router failure issues, but my son complained his ...
Sunday, February 20, 2022

1Password WiFi broke with my new iPhone - how I fixed it (for now)

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I pay about $4 or so every month to 1Password because I have not yet been able to replace it. Reason enough to dislike them, but there's...
Friday, February 18, 2022

Can you edit photos in Halide App? (No, you can't)

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Halide  is a popular image app. I've had it for a while but only with my iPhone 13 Pro did it feel worth using. The manual focus in par...
Monday, February 14, 2022

Surprising things in my upgrade from an iPhone 8 to an iPhone 13 Pro (mostly bad)

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 This is what surprised me: The 13 Pro is  chunk. Compared to the i8 it feels heavy and big. It's thicker than I expected. The lenses po...
Sunday, February 13, 2022

How do Facebook Messenger (and Instagram Message) Link scams work?

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Every day large numbers of Facebook users receive a message that appears to be from a friend that invites them to click a link. If they clic...
Friday, February 11, 2022

Things I learned switching from Spotify to Apple Music

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I'll keep adding to this list. For historic reasons going back over 10 years all my owned music is under one Apple ID and my iCloud serv...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

How to add an Apple Store order to your Apple ID after purchasing as guest

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I finally ordered my iPhone 13 Pro -- but even though the Apple Store web view showed a link to my account the order was processed as a gues...
Saturday, February 05, 2022

Relentless beeping when plug iPhone into MacBook USB port -- it's maybe iTunes?

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When I plug my iPhone 8 into my MacBook Air's USB port I get relentless beeping and the iPhone power icon flashes. Sometimes iTunes thro...