Gordon's Tech
Tech tips and notes with a bit of commentary. macOS and iOS mostly.
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Chrome: Default pjkljhegncpnkpknbcohdijeoejaedia quit unexpectedly
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For years I’ve launched gmail and gcalendar on my Mac using apps in my user/application folder I’d named gCal.app and gMail.app. I loved the...
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Getting Emily's iCloud photos -- you can multi-select in Photos.web (again)
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As recently as 2018, Apple had stopped supporting multi-select in iCloud Photos.web . It was really annoying. Today it works. I don’t know ...
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Screen Time old device bug: Dev used device ID as key, forgot Apple ID
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There’s a well known old-device bug with Screen Time. Once you’ve setup up Screen Time for a child’s device it will always show up under the...
Two new discoveries in iOS Screen Time (parental controls): Age 13 and Apple ID incompatible with Screen Time
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A reputable Twitter source recently wrote that “Screen Time” was "a rush job". It feels that way. As part of a book project I’ve ...
Sunday, April 28, 2019
How to clear Google Voice conditional call forwarding from an AT&T phone including iPhone
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Long ago I setup Google Voice as my son’s phone’s voicemail using “conditional call forwarding” on H2O Wireless mobile (very cheap, but also...
Saturday, April 27, 2019
How to open a tab delimited file in Apple macOS Numbers.app
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How do you open a tab delimited file in Apple macOS Numbers.app? Change the extension from .tab to .csv. Old Mac data exchange used tab de...
Thursday, April 04, 2019
Digitizing home video (once again)
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I have made (2000) several (2004) tries (2012) at digitizing our family video but my lost best effort only got about 10% done. I figure...
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