Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts
Thursday, July 09, 2026

Managing a corrupted Notes.app encrypted Note that cannot be deleted

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So this can happen. An Apple Notes.app phrase-encrypted Note can throw up an error message saying it hit some internal storage limit. If you...
Thursday, June 18, 2026

Migrating from Microsoft To Do to Apple Reminders

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I've used Microsoft's To Do app for several years but Microsoft has failed to fix a number of annoying bugs. Meanwhile Apple Reminde...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Face-name assignment in macOS Photos app is only local, not synchronized to iCloud

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Apple's photo management software is a great illustration of Apple's decline. Anyway, just so you know, the assignment of Face/Pet i...
Monday, January 12, 2026

Sharing with iCloud Links: working around a bug in macOS Sequoia Photos

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I don't write many posts about Apple bugs in the modern era. If I did I'd be putting out several every day. I cannot use a modern ma...
Monday, August 04, 2025

Apple's ai opportunity is context

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I use Perplexity as my $20/m answer engine -- and for generic ai tasks. I don't want Perplexity as a longterm ai provider, but I do like...
Monday, April 21, 2025

Managing the incredibly annoying Apple Wallet notifications on Sequoia

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I loathe Apple's notifications center on macOS. The notifications constantly get in the way of my work, and the most unstoppable ones ar...
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...