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The curse of iTunes encrypted iPhone / iOS backups: the password is NOT your device password (and how to recover it from OS X Keychain) 27 Aug 2013 | 07:06 am
I've often restored iOS devices from encrypted backup, so when I swapped Emily's 20 month old shattered-screen-4S for a $200 refurb [1] I wasn't expecting any restore problems. When I got the passwo....
Google's Calendar Sync with Mountain Lion Calendar.app is now a flaming mess 24 Aug 2013 | 06:09 am
This is what Mountain Lion shows as my Calendars as of August 2013 after standard setup against my Gmail account: The accounts I see under "Google" are the set of Calendars my Gmail account has acces...
AT&T iPhone in Canada - 1GB 3G data and tethering with Virgin's prepaid mobile plan 13 Aug 2013 | 07:08 am
Dan Frommer's Roaming Report didn't work for me. When I went to a Virgin Mobile kiosk in Windsor Ontario, shortly after crossing the post-apocalyptically cool Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, their disinterest...
Using Calibre and DeDRM Plug-In to remove Adobe DRM from Google Play .ascm ePUB files 8 Aug 2013 | 08:53 am
I previously wrote EPUB and DeDRM: Why Google Play Store is the best eBookStore for iBooks fans. (Bonus: Fixing Adobe Digital Edition crash.), but my efforts to put the books I own on my personal devi...
Using AppleScript to create a plaintext list of upcoming events from OS X Calendar.app: A starter page. 5 Aug 2013 | 06:36 am
Yesterday I described several clumsy hacks to get a plaintext display of upcoming Calendar events from one or more Mac or Google Calendars. In today's post I look at what's possible with AppleScript [...
Using Automator to create a plaintext list of upcoming events from OS X Calendar.app 5 Aug 2013 | 03:07 am
This isn't the Using AppleScript to create a plaintext list of upcoming events from OS X Calendar.app solution I want (much less something built into Calendar.app), and it's not necessarily better tha...
Spotlight Calendar searches in Lion and Mountain Lion - kind of weird 5 Aug 2013 | 01:45 am
In Lion and Mountain Lion Apple gave this Spotlight search example: OS X Lion: Narrow down Spotlight search results: "meeting date:tomorrow searches for meetings you have planned for tomorrow." OS X...
How to get a reasonable plaintext listing of calendar events using Google Calendar 4 Aug 2013 | 09:34 am
I despise Outlook as much as any other geek, but, damn, there are things I miss when I'm on my Mac with Google Calendar and/or Mountain Lion Calendar. To put it delicately, calendaring on the Mac is ...
Kobo Glo: Mini-Review 2 Aug 2013 | 09:14 am
After much deliberation, and on the advice of @la and other appnetizens, I bought a Kobo Glo from, oddly enough, Common Good Books. I ended up with the Kobo Glo largely because I can't quite persuade...
More ePUB (eBook) management options: Google drive + iTunes Symlink, upload to Google Play 29 Jul 2013 | 05:14 am
I was a big fan of Google 1.0; Google 2.0 is bit of a rabid dog. Still, it has its uses. I've previously noted that the Google Play Store is the best eBookStore for iBooks fans. Since then I've learn...
