Family members' Apple Music tastes kept mixing under one Apple One plan. The fix is two settings that must match. Here's how to untangle it.
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I recently upgraded to macOS Monterey on my MacBook Pro. Unfortunately, I immediately had an issue in Mail.app where I was seeing "Your network preferences prevent content from loading privately."
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Apple TV can't log in to hotel captive portal WiFi. How to get it online by spoofing its MAC address from a Mac in Terminal, step by step.
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How to recover a lost Admin account on macOS when you have FileVault 2 enabled
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Apple removed telnet and ftp from macOS Mojave. How to restore the old Sierra binaries or use netcat to port-check devices instead.
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How to reclaim disk space with macOS High Sierra's Storage Manager. Deleting old .ipa files and iOS backups freed over 100GB for me.
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Safari Intelligent Tracking Prevention, encrypted Messages sync, anonymized HomePod data. Why Apple's WWDC 2017 privacy moves keep me all in.
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How to triple boot a MacBook Pro with macOS, Windows 10, and Kali Linux using Boot Camp and the rEFInd boot manager, without bricking it.
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My review of Serial for macOS, a $29.99 terminal emulator that talks to USB serial adapters with no drivers needed. Five stars.
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Apple's iOS 10.2 TV app promises unified streaming, but Comcast, Spectrum, and AT&T Uverse skipped single sign-on. Why that dooms cable.
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Keyspan's driver died under OS X 10.9 Mavericks. How to get PL2303 USB serial adapters like the ATEN UC232A working with an open source kext.
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How to detect when a phone joins or leaves your home network using arp, a Python script, Lingon, and Hazel on OS X. Know when the kids get home.
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Bluetooth audio on OS X crackles and skips because Apple sets the bitpool quality low. One defaults write command fixes the sound.
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How to flash a Google Nexus 7 back to the stock Android ROM from OS X using the Android SDK, fastboot, and Google's factory images.
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