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05/06/2024

For anyone using MyQ garage opener and wants a way to automate it with Siri, et. al

Fixing what MyQ, SimpleCommands et. al have broken As most of us are aware, Chamberlain and MyQ has screwed most who have the MyQ garage opener. And, sadly, the easiest workaround which used the SimpleCommands app, is now dead. There's been little to help in this area over the last couple of years.....

11/01/2022

Have you upgraded your iPhone to iOS 16 or your iPad to iPadOS 16 only to find your randomize wallpaper shortcut is broken? Me, too!! I used a shortcut to change the Wallpaper daily at Sunrise. I have a Photos album called Wallpapers (which I use instead of the Recent Items in the original shortcut. You can choose any album in your Photos Library.), the automation runs every day, and the wallpaper would be something new each day....

Have you upgraded your iPhone to iOS 16 or your iPad to iPadOS 16 only to find your randomize wallpaper shortcut is broken? Me, too!! I used a shortcut to change the Wallpaper daily at Sunrise. I have a Photos album called Wallpapers (which I use instead of the Recent Items in the original shortcut.

09/29/2021

If you know folks with Android phones, please share this with them:

Researchers say the infections are generating millions of dollars a month in recurring revenue.

09/25/2021

Make sure you are running the latest OS for your device. And, this is a great tool for checking your device from your Mac or PC.

iMazing's spyware detection tool is available as a free feature in iMazing 2.14 and above. It can be used to detect signs of infection by NSO's Pegasus and has the potential to evolve to detect other threats. The methodology implemented closely mirrors that of the open-source Mobile Verification Kit...

08/19/2021

One for the funny papers.

New client calls yesterday. Says she has an old PowerMac G4 with an equally old Sony Trinitron CRT monitor. When she turns it on (last time was at least five or more years ago) the monitor displays ‘Out of scan range’. I tell her it’s a maybe with 20+ year old equipment. She wants the HD erased before sending it to recycle.

I look for and find my old Panther, Tiger, OS 9 HD. Put it in my bag. Today, after reading some Sony pages, I try four or five PRAM resets. No joy. I’m about to try TDM (target disk mode), just so we might have a chance at a quick review of the HD before wiping it. I find my old drive. Plug it in to the FW 400 port, hold down Option, lo and behold all my partitions are available to boot from. Boot to Tiger. She looks at the internal HD and after being sure she doesn’t need anything from it, open DU (Disk Utility), reparation the drive a couple of times and try to boot again (no OS) from the internal drive. This time, no out of range message.

She’s happy. I’m paid. Another day.

07/28/2021

Having trouble with Alexa, SimpleCommands and MyQ garage openers. We did too. Here's the fix:

If you’ve read and used the previous post on using Alexa with MyQ, you may have noticed the integration with SimpleCommands has broken over the last couple of weeks. This is not the first tim…

09/09/2020

This article on using Assistive Touch on iOS is the bomb!

You're using your iPhone all wrong.

07/27/2020

Ever visit some website, then have info from that turn up in your FB feed? Here's how to turn it off:

You can see and control data that apps and websites share with the platform using the Off-Facebook Activity tool.

07/18/2020

Transitioning from Google Play Music to YouTube Music

As Google prepares to do away with Google Play Music in favor of YouTube Music there are things you should be aware of BEFORE you take that plunge.

07/14/2020

If you owned an iPhone 6 (any) or iPhone 7 (any) and had performance issues, including replacing the battery, you can submit a claim. (You'll need your serial number, so if you don't have the device any longer, check your emails. Likely if you had the battery replaced, you have an email from Apple with the serial number for the work done.)

If you are or were a U.S. owner of an iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, and/or SE device that ran iOS 10.2.1 or later before December 21, 2017, and/or a U.S. owner of an iPhone 7 or 7 Plus device that ran iOS 11.2 or later before December 21, 2017, you could be entitled to benefits under a class action...

07/13/2020

https://www.wsj.com/articles/quit-chrome-safari-and-edge-are-just-better-browsers-for-you-and-your-computer-11594558801

Could this be the year when you pack up your bookmarks and switch from Google Chrome to another browser? Joanna Stern weighs alternatives like Microsoft’s Edge and Apple’s Safari.

07/11/2020

My friend, Paul Suh is writing a series of articles on LinkedIn about Privacy & Security. I particularly like the one on protecting the queries one sends through DNS (Domain Name Service)

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whos-snooping-you-4-paul-l-suh/?trackingId=cPc7WxBpT16pJs6kpKgUGg%3D%3D

You can find a good list of DNS providers here:
https://www.privacytools.io/providers/dns/

Cloudflare is a good general choice.

And, if you use an iPhone or iPad this is a good app to install:
https://apps.apple.com/app/id1452162351

Let’s keep going and look at how encrypted DNS changes the picture. We still have some leaks, but it’s not as bad as it was.