Saturday, August 31, 2013

Annals of the unexpected: My 2009 iMac runs better off an external drive than its original (cursed) internal Seagate

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This was unexpected -- in a good way. I posted about it on  posted about it via Apple Discussions  but I'll share a revised post here. T...

Kiosk mode browser for Mac - not many options

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For reasons related to special needs adolescence I researched the use of a kiosk-mode browser on a Mac. The short answer is - there are no f...
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Friday, August 30, 2013

End "To open PluginProcess, you need a Java runtime" in Safari.

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Each time my son ran Safari in his parental controlled Lion account he got this error message: To open PluginProcess, you need a Java runt...
Monday, August 26, 2013

The curse of iTunes encrypted iPhone / iOS backups: the password is NOT your device password (and how to recover it from OS X Keychain)

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I've often restored iOS devices from encrypted backup, so when I swapped Emily's 20 month old shattered-screen-4S for a $200 refurb ...
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Sunday, August 25, 2013

How to view your Apple hardware purchases (purchase history) : iPhone and Mac

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It took me a while to find this page again, so I think it's worth a blog post. This My Support Profile page is the best way to vie...
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Friday, August 23, 2013

Google's Calendar Sync with Mountain Lion through Yosemite Calendar.app is a flaming mess

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[This is unchanged in Yosemite and I suspect is also true of El Capitan.] This is what Mountain Lion shows as my Calendars as of August 201...
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Monday, August 12, 2013

AT&T iPhone in Canada - 1GB 3G data and tethering with Virgin Mobile's prepaid mobile plan

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Dan Frommer's Roaming Report  didn't work for me. When I went to a Virgin Mobile kiosk in Windsor Ontario, shortly after crossing th...