Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts
Friday, July 12, 2024

Sharing an iPad with "Family Sharing" and a unique "Family" Apple ID.

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Nobody expects Apple to bring Apple ID switching to iPadOS -- even though there's a version of it for managed devices . Technical and re...
Wednesday, March 06, 2024

Aperture will launch on an M2 Air running Ventura 13.6.3 and will browse an existing Aperture Library.

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This was a bit of a shock. Aperture won't run on Intel Monterey without an OS hack (Retroactive). I was cleaning up an M1 Air that had a...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Not receiving SMS two factor authentication codes for Facebook, Instagram, others: remove blocked numbers

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A friend was not receiving Facebook SMS two factor authentication codes on his iPhone. I removed all his blocked numbers and he received the...
Wednesday, January 03, 2024

Photos lethal bug: non-repairable library corruption when click on Shared Album changes for standalone library, "The library could not be opened"

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Nobody asks an Apple customer user why they despise Apple. There are so many reasons. My latest reason to hate Apple is a bug in Ventura 13....
Thursday, July 06, 2023

Converting from Aperture to Apple Photos: Personal results Jan 2022 through March 2024.

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Preface This blog post was written during conversion of my Aperture local and Photos.app iCloud (System) Libraries to a single integrated Ph...
Friday, April 28, 2023

iOS App Update hangs without an error message in infinite download: a general approach

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Apple's FairPlay DRM management is notoriously fragile. It can be confused by family sharing, Screen Time controls, payment method chang...
Saturday, April 22, 2023

iPhone Recovery Key attack vector kills your iCloud access: Workarounds pending an Apple fix including Apple ID protection

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Someone who has your iPhone passcode can lock you out of your Apple iCloud and Apple ID services -- as well as take control of your iPhone a...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Apple's App Store Apple Account balance: updated due to transition to Apple Cash

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Update 5/1/2023 - a few months after writing this I realized Apple is in the midst of a very poorly documented multi-year transition. There ...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Apple Family Sharing and reviewing family member charges

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Apple's family sharing is complex and problematic. Family member charges are paid first from the Apple Account balance then secondarily ...
Monday, February 27, 2023

Managing sync issues in the Apple Notes app - what I do

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I use Apple's Notes app fairly often. It's come a long way from early days but it has its share of bugs. The two I run into most oft...
Saturday, February 18, 2023

Apple Watch Sleep App: Reinstallation and setup

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My son has an Apple Watch SE running watchOS 9.3.1 (current). I'd never touched an Apple Watch but we wanted to get some data on sleep i...