Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Apple's App Store Apple Account balance: updated due to transition to Apple Cash

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Update 5/1/2023 - a few months after writing this I realized Apple is in the midst of a very poorly documented multi-year transition. There ...
Monday, March 20, 2023

Basic bicycle kit list with some notes on flats

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I put a basic bike kit together for my daughter (currently in college with her bike) including a companion shared iCloud Note. I think the n...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Apple Family Sharing and reviewing family member charges

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Apple's family sharing is complex and problematic. Family member charges are paid first from the Apple Account balance then secondarily ...
Monday, March 13, 2023

Google Apps (Workspace) email failing? How to check DKIM and update in your DNS settings if needed.

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When I travel every bit of IT in our family starts to malfunction. On a recent trip this included Emily's emails, they were intermittent...
Monday, February 27, 2023

Managing sync issues in the Apple Notes app - what I do

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I use Apple's Notes app fairly often. It's come a long way from early days but it has its share of bugs. The two I run into most oft...
Saturday, February 18, 2023

Apple Watch Sleep App: Reinstallation and setup

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My son has an Apple Watch SE running watchOS 9.3.1 (current). I'd never touched an Apple Watch but we wanted to get some data on sleep i...
Sunday, February 05, 2023

Family member not getting iCloud+ family subscription for 2TB storage - "Use Family Storage" in Settings (Family Sharing)

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A family member was seeing only the default 5GB of storage. I prepared to the usual fixes like restart phone, upgrade iOS, leave and restore...