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So we had this crappy WiFi router at work, and yesterday my boss bought a new Apple Airport Express base station. I disconnected the old WiFi router and installed the Airport Express, giving the WiFi network the same name and password as the old one.
This morning my MacBook Pro and my boss's MacBook Air did not automatically connect to the new Airport Express, but we connected manually just fine. But my iPad doesn't have internet access, despite connecting to the new Airport Express. I tried having it forget the WiFi network, then rebooted the iPad and logging back into the WiFi network. It connects, but I my apps still tell me I don't have internet access.
The iPad connects fine to my home network. Any ideas?
OK, question--when synching my iphone, it shows how much space I'm using for audio, video, photos, apps...and "other". Other is suddenly taking up over 2 gigs--anyone know what other might be? I can't figure it out.
Could be pdf's from mail, or Goodreader. Any files you created in an office type app. Maps in a non-free GPS (Navigon or TomTom, for example). Game saves. Game data. I think ringtones?? Not positive on that one.
The iPad connects fine to my home network. Any ideas?
Proxy?
Static Gateway or DNS Server set on iPad?
Are you getting an IP Address from the Airports DHCP?
Thanks, Gud. The Airport hadn't been set up with the correct DNS. Apparently my MacBook Pro and my boss's MacBook Air still remembered the DNS setting from the old WiFi router, which is how they could still connect to the intertubes.
I want to store my itunes library on a small (purse-sized) external hard drive and I need it to be about 70-128 gigs.
I was thinking about flash drive, but I am not sure how good they are past 60 gigs.
anyone have recommendations for a small drive (like credit card size or smaller) in this range?
I don't feel confident about the security--no overt reason, but I'm coming over a bit Liese, you know?
As is right and proper.
I think I need to sit down and have a good think about how I want to be managing all my converging security stuff. There is definitely a balance to be struck between security and convenience, and I'm no longer sure where that is. I'm letting an awful lot of stuff just sort of happen, because somehow the phone feels different, security-wise, when really, it's much worse, because, you know, I carry it around and lay it down places.
I use pattern access control on both my tablet and phone, which was funny as shit, because I wanted to give my sister access and she just couldn't get what I was doing. But I also use facial recognition on my phone, and I have a sneaking (Better Off Ted-inspired) suspicion that she can get in with her lovely mug anyway.
I use pattern access control, but I'm pretty sure you could just look at the grease smear across my touchscreen and access it.
Ugh, meara, that is some fuckery. I had the opposite experience with T-Mobile. When I went on my road trip down to L.A. a few years ago, I realized I was sending a bunch of texts to coordinate things, so it was cheaper for me to just add messaging for a month rather than get charged individually. When I called, I wasn't sure what I'd be able to do, but the woman not only backdated the messaging plan to the beginning of my billing cycle so that all the texts I'd already used would be covered, she
also
set it so the messaging plan would automatically cancel at the end of that billing cycle. I was astounded.
There was another time when they were giving me free texts for being a loyal user or something, and I asked if I could defer them to July because I didn't need them at the time, but I would use them at Comic-Con, and they totally accommodated me.
Evernote gurus--I'm trying to work out if I can usefully forward from Apple Mail to Evernote. Currently everything's ending up in the main itamoon notebook. I can see where the forwarding rule lets me add text in the body of email, but not the subject, which is how I control the location for Evernote.
Are you achieving that? I'm wondering if I pull out my bills and purchases emails and just make them forwardsers to Gmail and try an IFTTT recipe? Can I do that magic? Or maybe forward more flexibly from Google (and at least serversside? I got a lotta historicals (typed hystericals--there is my mind right now) in both email accounts. Want them filed. Also want the promotion emails I actually might use once in a while filed away from email.
I'm trying to expand my ebay clothing alerts to text me if someone is selling something that looks like what I want on LA craigslist. Step #2 closer to internet becoming personal shopper.
Come on! Someone has already done this, and it doesn't cost more than $19.99 tops. Where is it????
