Friday, April 22, 2016

Apple Touch ID is dangerous.

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Many iOS apps, including Apple secure Notes and banking apps and 1Password.app and Apple Pay provide an option to use Touch ID for authentic...
Monday, April 18, 2016

Force Mac Chrome to open for a specific user profile - as of April 2016

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I’ve been trying to get Chrome to open in one of my 15 user profiles since at least 2012 . I have visited an open SuperUser question on this...

Scrivener - the book compiler. Review.

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I'm using Scrivener to write  Smartphones for All - Using iPhone and Android to build independence for atypical minds . It’s brilliant ...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

The new and old and obsolete and confusing ways Mac OS X starts code running.

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Windows added uninstallers at least 15 years ago. MacClassic OS didn’t need them, but Mac OS X sadly does. Indeed, it needs them more as Mac...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Mac thunderbolt 2 drive dropping -- remember ScanSnap AOUMonitor and don't touch Amazon Cloud Drive.

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After months of reliable use my Elgato Thunderbolt 2 hub is dropping my USB3 external SSD; just like the OWC T2 hub did in my initial testin...
Tuesday, April 05, 2016

iOS 9.x spotlight bug explained: It's the RAM.

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Spotlight has been failing for me since I updated to iOS 9 - no results appear. It got much worse with 9.3. Force-quitting background apps, ...
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Saturday, April 02, 2016

iOS 9 secure notes with Touch ID are no more secure than your device passcode

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If you enable Touch ID access to an iOS 9.3 Note.app Secure Note, the password on the note doesn’t matter. The note is no more secure than y...