Gordon's Tech
Tech tips and notes with a bit of commentary. macOS and iOS mostly.
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Apple Manage Devices / Associated Devices is still kind of broken
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If multiple devices share a Store Apple ID they will show up in Apple ID Devices . They will also show in iTunes (for that Store Apple ID),...
iOS 12 Family Sharing: Purchase Sharing supports changing Apple ID and UI could support future multiple Apple IDs.
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One of Apple’s “ original sins ” is the proliferation of Apple IDs and the inability to merge or manage them. I have four that I know of wi...
iOS 12 Parental Controls / Restrictions / Screen Time: Parental Controls (Passcode restricted) is not always compatible with "Share Across Devices"
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Experimenting with Screen Time I enabled a passcode on my personal iPad after I’d enabled “Share Across Devices” [1]. I then found I could d...
iOS 12: It's now possible to remove/change Restriction / Screen Time passcode without removing restrictions
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Prior to iOS 12 if you’d set a restriction passcode the only way to change it was to remove restrictions — which deleted things like blackli...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
iOS 12: "family sharing" is still for children only -- ask to buy disabled at age 18 in US
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The “Share purchases on iPad with family members” chapter of my iOS 12 iPad user guide tells me Family Sharing is still limited to children,...
iOS 12 Books will not sync to Sierra or High Sierra Books
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I updated my iPad to iOS 12. Books gave me this notification: Changes you make to your library on this device sync only to devices running...
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Sunday, August 26, 2018
AT&T mobile app: A bug with data usage display and an unexpected feature
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We share 6GB of A&TT mobile data between four of us [1]. Normally this is enough, but this month #1 son went over his quota. He pays for...
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