Wednesday, April 15, 2015

iCloud Family Sharing: you can mix old style and new style sharing, but there's at least one bug

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My family does old school iOS media sharing. Everyone has their own Apple ID for iCloud, but we all use my App Store ID [1]. So we can all ...
Monday, April 13, 2015

iOS 8.3 took away one of my favorite parental controls

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With iOS 8.3 Apple made an undocumented change that will make a few kids happy. No, not the post-update dialog that will lead many parents ...
Saturday, April 11, 2015

How to upgrade to Yosemite Aperture when migrating from Mavericks

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Via Macintouch: Applications … if you’re upgrading from Mavericks to Yosemite, the previous versions of Aperture (3.5.1) and iPhoto (9.5....
Thursday, April 09, 2015

iOS and OS X Reminders can be shared among family members

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We need a way to remind #1 of certain tasks he has trouble remembering.  Yeah, a lot of kids have trouble remembering things, but #1 has a ...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Google password works on Gmail but nowhere else? Congratulations. You're enrolled in Google Advanced Security.

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Ugh. File this on under #FirstMilleniumComputingRIP or #YosemiteRequired or #iOSForEveryone or #aWatchFuture. A friend got an email a few w...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

H2O Wireless - getting a nano SIM for your upgraded phone - and keeping your old H2O number.

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H2O Wireless is a rock bottom ultra-cheap AT&T MVNO. We use it for the 3 kids and their iPhones, with very minimal data services (Find ...
Saturday, March 07, 2015

Transferring eNom domain with associated Google Apps services to Dreamhost: 2015 Edition

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It’s hard to imagine now, but once upon a time Google gave big stuff away. Until Dec 2012 anyone could get extended family Google Apps serv...