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How you can now verify iMessage contacts

New with Sonoma 14.2, iOS 17.2, and watchOS 10.2 is a service that enables you to verify and put more trust in those you message. Full details here.

December 15, 2023 Macs, Technology

Serious bugs remain in macOS Sonoma 14.2

Two memory leaks in the Finder, inability to change password for encrypted sparse bundles, and a crashing bug in Contacts. Detailed and reported to Apple.

December 14, 2023 Macs, Technology

Problems with iCloud shared data: how to tackle them

What can you do when Notes, Contacts, Calendars or Reminders stop syncing properly via iCloud? Where to look?

April 26, 2018 Macs, Technology

This is what happens when Sierra’s backups become irregular

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When Sierra’s automatic backups stop or become irregular, other functions fail too. Here are some important and more obvious ones. Is this fixed in High Sierra, and does it affect iPhones too?

November 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Contacts in Sierra 10.12.5 can unexpectedly quit

Tread carefully in the Print dialog of Contacts: its liable to cause an unexpected quit.

May 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Controlling privacy in macOS Sierra

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How to get the best out of the Privacy tab in the Security & Privacy pane, and why Apple’s apps don’t bother to ask.

January 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Looking for an old phone number

How can I find an old phone number in my Time Machine backup?

October 24, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Putting an iPad’s address book into FileMaker Pro

How can I transfer Contacts from an iPad to build them into a FileMaker Pro database?

September 27, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Contacts stopped syncing

After creating a Smart Group in Contacts, it stopped syncing using SyncMate. What should I do?

September 11, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Lost addresses in Mail after migration

Could some problems of ‘lost’ addresses in Mail result from failure to migrate the ‘previous addresses’ which are stored by the Mail app?

August 4, 2015 Macs, Technology

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