Showing posts with label bug. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bug. Show all posts
Sunday, July 20, 2025

Tip: Let your ai tell you what's new and novel in an iOS or macOS release

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I like to wait a month (iOS) or six months (macOS) before applying major updates. By the time I apply them all the useful tips and tricks I ...
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Bug in iOS 18.5 eSIM removal - you have to let it update your contacts

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When Tello failed to transfer my CenturyLink number I canceled their service. I then tried to remove their eSIM from my phone. Apple's i...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Move your existing Greenlight account to the free US Bank option: you can't do it on macOS desktop

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If you have a GreenLight family debit card and are a US Bank checking customer, you can, in theory, link the GreenLight account to the US B...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

RIP Simplenote -- data freedom and the painless plaintext migration to Notes

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[UPDATE: Simplenote tech support is working on a fix for the bug that manifested with 15.3.1. I have migrated for several reasons so I will ...
Friday, June 07, 2024

No message sound for one iMessage correspondent? User message thread can be both silenced and not silenced.

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I thought I'd fixed Emily's messages not generating a tone or haptic notification as per my 4/29/2024 post below. Then the bug recur...
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...
Saturday, May 27, 2023

Microsoft OneDrive automatic update disables OneDrive on Catalina and Mojave. Catalina fixed but Microsoft has dropped Mojave support.

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My attempt to fix Microsoft Update disables OneDrive on Catalina and Mojave (and perhaps more) is in process.  Fix from Microsoft Answers 1....
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...
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...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Apple Numbers appears to display a + instead of a / or ÷ for the division formula

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I'm on Mojave for a while (Aperture) so I get to use an old version of Apple's spreadsheet - Numbers 10.1 (6913). It think this is s...