Gordon's Tech
Tech tips and notes with a bit of commentary. macOS and iOS mostly.
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
The state of iOS parental mobile device management is bad
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I recently reviewed Qustodio and found it unusable because the mandatory VPN is not compatible with modern encrypted connections (https) . ...
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Qustodio parental control software for iOS is obsolete.
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I did a review of Qustodio’s parental control product for iOS on my special needs blog . It wasn’t a positive review. The product routes all...
Tuesday, January 02, 2018
Salvaging the wreck of iOS Podcasts.app
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iOS 11 Podcasts.app isn’t as broken as i Tunes mediated iPad photo transfer or the US government, but it’s not far behind. The current vers...
Saturday, December 30, 2017
iTunes Mac to iPad photo sync is broken
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I had a longish holiday break this year, so naturally I spent part of it fighting with another technology regression . This regression was...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
How to maybe stop Sierra from preferentially auto-connecting to XFINITY WiFi.
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My Mac insists on connecting to my neighbors Comcast/XFINITY WiFi rather than my home wifi. The usual recommendations didn’t work. (Note, ...
Can't remove last "App" from the App Bar in iOS 11.2.1 iMessage.app? Turn screen to landscape mode.
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On my iPhone 8 with iOS 11.2.1 I was unable to toggle off the last App (YouTube by alpha sort) in my plug-in list ( what I mean ). I turned ...
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
My Instagram account was hacked -- the follow-up is interesting
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I signed up for Instagram before Facebook bought them. Back then it was a curiosity of low value and I used my throwaway password. That’s th...
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