Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Google's phishing vigilance and the risk of blog comments

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I got a notice from Google yesterday. tech.kateva.org had been quarantined as a phishing vector. Visitors would be warned away. I had a shor...
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Sunday, November 26, 2017

Apple's Apple ID fiasco is getting worse -- declining support for Apple Store ID that is not iCloud ID

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Like many veteran geeks I have a different iCloud ID and Apple store ID. This used to be a supported configuration. In my case it was essent...
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Saturday, November 25, 2017

Podcasts.app - sync Stations between iTunes and iPhone via iCloud, not via iTunes sync

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Apple removed playlists from iOS 11 podcasts.app. I loved playlists. They were a beautiful user friendly query building tool. Instead we ha...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Progress of sorts - integrating my simplenote memory extensions with gDrive

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Nine years ago I wrote  What my blogs are for: memory management and the Google-Gordon geek-mind fusion . It’s hard to believe now, but in t...
Saturday, November 11, 2017

Selling or retiring an iPhone -- I hope you disconnected Google Authenticator and Google Prompt first.

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Wipe that iPhone to give to your child or sell? I’m sure you remembered to launch Google Authenticator and remove the device from your trust...
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Saturday, November 04, 2017

The Internet Lied: Apple's 3.5 mm to lightning adapter does support audio in -- for Apple's EarPods.

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I was deceived. Prior to buying my iPhone 8 I read that Apple’s 3.5mm to lightning adapter didn’t support audio in for earphones with a mic...
Friday, November 03, 2017

Did iOS 11.1 (partly) fix iTunes photo sync?

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I’m back to wired sync for photo transfer after giving up on iCloud Shared Albums . The simplicity is a relief — except with 11.0 it wasn’t ...