Archive for the 'As bad as a PC' Category

iTunes Library Access Problems Continue
Saturday, May 11th, 2013

Second Level Support for iTunes iTunes has not been able to open for months. I’ve been limping along: Now dull playlists Getting photos off phone through Dropbox app Buying new music from Amazon and listening through Amazon Cloud Player for iOS. Backing up the iPhone on a dedicated library and through the air. Somehow. Hopefully. Miles 877 416-4271 [...]

iPhone, App Store & iTunes problems
Friday, January 4th, 2013

Case 395129866 [Default email: Settings->email, etc.-> (scroll down)Default accounts] Apple Rep: “A lot of clutter in the Settings.” (30-pin connector is not standard across devices, i.e., audio output for iPod is not same as audio output for iPhone. That’s why iHome device did not work.) Battery issue: appt with store for swap out. …waiting issue: [...]

FaceTime app on MacBook Pro installed with bad sound settings
Saturday, October 6th, 2012

My first app from the OSX app store was FaceTime. It installed with the audio settings (which were in the Video menu, go figure) so that my audio was going to Soundbooth. Sheesh. Took a trip to the Genius Bar (or else it would have been a $50 support call) for Apple to uncover what [...]

Getting my iPhone back in shape
Monday, September 17th, 2012

Continuation of Case #348766445. iCloud backup of iPhone: automatically every 24 hours. Can do manually more frequently. 3rd Party Apps: All data is in settings, app can be downloaded again. If it’s not on the store, I have to wait until I’m back to my syncing machine to get it back The closed system that Apple [...]

Missing data after iPhone sync
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012

Case #348764965 – Hung up. Case #348766445 – Many apps wiped out: OmniFocus and 1Password are the main ones I noticed and that generated my call. iPhone backups on MacBook Pro and iMac are out-of-date. The best backup is in iCloud. Sr. Advisor: Able: “I would be weary too,” speaking of my iCloud backup reliability. [...]

Airport problems on MBPro
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

After a while, I lose my WiFi connection from my Apple Macbook Pro to the Apple Airport Express, or, seemingly, to the Internet. The only solution is a restart. 1. My first troubleshooting, which never works once I’ve lost connection, is to turn off the Airport. It does not work because then I am not [...]

Apple notifies faulty MagSafe owners of class-action settlement
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/08/apple_notifies_faulty_magsafe_owners_of_class_action_settlement.html

iPhone calendar problems
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Ship your phone to your IT department, have them do the fix.

iTunes library/iPhone/Airport Extreme debacle
Friday, June 17th, 2011

227269272 iMac support 10 mins Couldn’t help. Transfer me. Airport Extreme help to second-level support: Robert Article #: HT1449 42 minutes. no solution

Mobile Me wants to sync, even after I cancelled
Thursday, April 14th, 2011

215310978 I cancelled Mobile Me because it was nearly useless to me. I started getting a message that would not go away, so I got support on the line. They had me delete everything in my keychain, screwing up some things critical to running my business. To that I said, “How very Dell of you.” [...]