Problem to be solved: You’ve found an image in Apple Photos you want to edit in Affinity Photo, so you use the extension to open in Affinity Photo. You make some adjustments, add some layers, and then want to save in the native Affinity Photo format. However because you opened through the extension, Save will […]
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iCloud Services Verification Failed – SOLVED
The problem to be solved here is your iCloud credentials are fine (you can log into icloud.com without issue), but you can’t log into iCloud services natively on your Mac. The places this error will show up include: Logging into iCloud via the System Preference Launching Mac App Store applications Viewing files in iCloud Drive […]
Continue readingHow to Disable Apple’s Two-Step Verification and Enable Two-Factor Authentication
I signed up for the extra level of security Apple offered called Two-Step Verification. With the advent of iOS 9, Apple started offering Two-Factor Authentication. If you want to read about the differences, I’ve listed the two Apple support articles about the offerings. The main difference between the two is that Two-Step Verification relied on […]
Continue readingDropShadow App Made With Automator and ImageMagick
Have you ever had a favorite piece of software be abandoned by the developer? I’m not even talking about Apple or Google here, but maybe some nifty little utility that does exactly what you want. For years I have been adding a pretty little drop shadow to all images I post on the blog with […]
Continue readingHow to Upgrade Apple Airport Firmware
If you see an amber light blinking on your Airport Extreme, it may be an indication that there is a firmware update required. These quick instructions show you how to find out if there is an update, and how to do the update. I suspect the process is essentially the same on an Apple Time […]
Continue readingiCloud Photo Sharing to Non-Apple Users
Problem to be solved: You have people with whom you’d like to share photos but they don’t have Apple devices so iCloud Photo Sharing doesn’t work for them. Solution: Create a shared album and generate a URL through which they can view the images in a web browser Note – I’m pretty sure this only […]
Continue readingHow to Reduce the File Size of a PDF Using Preview
Ever created a PDF with images only to discover the file was huge? Using Preview you can shrink the file easily but the quality fo the images will be dreadful. Back in 2012, Josef Habr figured out a clever way to edit some System-level Library files to improve the quality of the images when using […]
Continue readingHow to Create Address Labels from macOS Contacts
1. Introduction – Problem to be Solved In this short tutorial we’ll work through how to use your Contacts application in OSX to print cute address labels for your holiday cards. Every time I go through this I make a lot of mistakes, so I’m actually going to show you how to do it wrong […]
Continue readingCreate Cute Address Labels on the Mac – New and Improved
Some of my most popular tutorials over the years on podfeet.com have been the ones explaining how to make address labels during the holidays. Years ago it involved using Excel to organize the labels, exporting them to a csv file, and then using Word to do a mail merge to make the labels. I remember […]
Continue readingHow to Check Bluetooth Headphone Battery Status Using iOS 9
Problem to be solved: You’ve got your awesome Bluetooth headphones but you don’t remember how long it’s been since you charged them. You hate to go out for a run or cycle and halfway through get that dreaded battery low alert. In iOS 9 for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, you can quickly find the […]
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