I recently had a personal existential crisis. I planned a visit to one of the more popular fast-food outlets, so I whipped out my app on approach to place the order for the drive-through. On this app, I use “Sign in with Apple,” but it just didn’t want to sign in. It would bounce back to… Continue reading Sign in with Apple crisis
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A reminder about reminders
Over the last few years, I have experimented with non-Apple calendars, mail, notes, to-do, and read-later apps, such as Microsoft, Evernote, Trello, To Doist, and Goodlinks. Living in the Apple ecosystem, I sooner or later return to the included Apple apps. They just work, integrate with Siri, and have improved considerably in recent years. Further, new… Continue reading A reminder about reminders
Comms (video, audio, collaboration) for Apple Mac, iPad and iPhone users without and or Zoom, Teams, Meet, Slack and others
Picture: Courtesy of Apple A friend recently said 'I hate (Microsoft) Teams'. While I don't have the same level of angst, I get it. I rarely use Teams, Zoom and Meet as I use Facetime and WhatsApp for comms and collaboration across platforms - and they're all free! Facetime - Video and audio We all… Continue reading Comms (video, audio, collaboration) for Apple Mac, iPad and iPhone users without and or Zoom, Teams, Meet, Slack and others
My journey on Apple’s Time Machine
Since ‘day one’ (2007), I have used Apple’s Time Machine. In the 17 years since, I have had a handful of occasions where I have done full restores with it, more so in the days of spinning drives. Nonetheless, it’s a habit. I used Apple’s Time Capsules for years, first the ’squat’ one, then the… Continue reading My journey on Apple’s Time Machine