Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Life with Apple: Podcasts move to streaming only

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In a move that feels as inevitable as death and taxes, Apple has made podcasts effectively streaming only. The same thing is likely to happe...
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Sunday, September 03, 2017

Photos.app is as stupid about JPEG Export as iPhoto and Aperture.

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Try this experiment. 1. Import a camera produced JPEG into Photos.app. Check the size. Let’s say it’s 6.8MB. 2. Don’t edit the image. Expo...

Annals of iOS inconsistency: Contacts vs Notes vs Reminders - backup and sharing

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https://www.icloud.com/#settings  currently shows an “Advanced” subsection for restoring Contacts. It provides options to restore an iCloud ...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Facebook won't let you use the email '+' extension as a new email address

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Gmail, and some other systems, support a very old email standard that needs a name. Gmail will treat myname+123@gmail.com as though it were ...
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Monday, August 28, 2017

Getting around Koodo's (Canada) password reset bug - use incognito browser

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Americans think Comcast customer service is bad. It is true that Comcast is not great — though it is better than it was. Compared to Canada...
Sunday, August 06, 2017

After macOS 10.12.6 a lot of apps are doing the "quit unexpectedly"

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Scrivener is the 3rd app today to “quit unexpectedly”. It’s been like this since 10.12.6 went in. Restarts aren’t helping …
Sunday, June 25, 2017

How I plan to test my Aperture Library against Sierra

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It’s almost time for me to move to macOS Sierra, now that the usual post-release beta testing is drawing to a close. This is what I am doin...