It was a rainy day in New York City. I emerged from the 1 train at 79th St, for an appointment with EW. She had spent two hours on the phone with Apple, and two hours with Verizon. She was at her wits' end. Her mail was sometimes disappearing before her eyes from her iPad and iPhone, as if a ...
Apple Watch can’t display battery level when you need it
So, get this: If you have an Apple Watch that has been reset to factory state, you can't do anything with it until you pair it. In order to pair it with an iPhone running a current version of iOS, its own watchOS version must also be current. If you need to update watchOS, you need to use the ...
Why you might run older versions of macOS
macOS (or OS X, or Mac OS X, as it has been variously called) has had 13 major versions. Each brings with it new capabilities, but each also drops some older ones as well. Here is a non-comprehensive list of some of the things I might use an old version of macOS for: 10.0 Cheetah, 10.1 Puma, 10.2 ...
Migration Assistant and the MacBook 12″
The MacBook 12" is a truly elegant computer: it's ridiculously thin and weighs only two pounds, and has a beautiful screen. It's underpowered in most other regards -- it has one lonely USB-C port for both power and devices, and is generally kinda pokey -- but if you want the ultimate portable Mac, ...
How I organize apps on my iPhone
I've got a ton of apps on my iPhone, and even though I don't need most of them all that often, some I need all the time. Everyone's going to have a different approach to how they organize their iPhone, but I thought I'd share mine, in case it offers any ideas. It all comes down to priority. The ...
Use a Time Capsule without attaching it to a router
Every now and then, you need to back up to a Time Capsule, but you don't have access to the router, or a wired network jack. You've got to go 100% wireless. I discovered a way to set it up 100% wirelessly, with no cables attached. You'll need: a Time Capsule (any model; an AirPort Extreme with ...