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7/2/2020 0 Comments When your Apple Watch keeps asking you to sign in to someone else's Apple ID ... I had a persistent issue recently, one that occurred 'out of the blue', whereby my Apple Watch was coming up with a request for me to sign in to my Apple ID - but where the Apple ID presented is someone else's Apple ID, someone I don't even know! Here's what I did to stop this.
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Are you someone who backs up your iPhone or iPad to your Mac using iTunes?
When you upgrade to macOS Catalina (have you done this yet?), you will find that you no longer have an iTunes app - replaced by the Music, TV and Podcasts apps. Here is a recent article about this: iTunes isn't dead, it's just being replaced. Here's what it means for your devices, music and movies This may leave you wondering how you can undertake any future backup and sync'ing of your i-Device with your Mac computer! Has the capability been removed completely? The good news is that the backup and sync capability has not been removed - it has just been moved. Read on to find out where it can be found. 7/10/2019 0 Comments "I received an unexpected iTunes charge of $18.49 per month!" How to cancel automatic payments Client Gwen S visited iTandCoffee recently asking for assistance with this problem: she had received an unexpected charge of over $18 per month for a Dropbox subscription that she didn't know she had agreed to, and didn't want.
She wanted to find out how this had happened, and how to stop any such charges in future.  This week, I got a very rude shock when I received a text message from Telstra saying that I had used up nearly all of my month's allowance of mobile data - with 9 days to go until the end of the billing cycle! I was not conscious of having done anything that could have used up that much data, so did a bit of detective work on my iPhone 7 Plus to see what was eating my data.  Uncovering the 'data gobbler' I found in Settings -> Mobile that one of the biggest consumers of my data was System Services. Normally, I only have a problem with my mobile data use when I have been using my 'personal hotspot' - which I had not done recently. Further investigation showed that the big user of my mobile data was iTunes Media Services and iTunes Accounts.  So it was obviously something to do with my music. I had been listening to music as I walked, and wondered if that was the issue. But that was not the problem. The problem was with an option I had turned on in Settings -> Music. My Mobile Data setting was on - as I wanted to ensure that I could stream music when not on Wi-Fi. What I hadn't noticed was that there are some further options in the Mobile Data option. Tapping on the Mobile Data option showed that I had the Downloads option turned on.
In addition to this, I also had the Automatic Download option enabled in Settings -> Music. This setting meant that any music that I added to my Library in Apple Music would be automatically downloaded to my iPhone (as long as there is space). I had recently added a couple of '70's Music' playlists, not realising they automatically downloaded - AND that, due to my setting in the Mobile Data, this downloading could happen using my mobile data. Needless to say, I have now turned off the Downloads option in the Mobile Data option of Settings -> Music. I suggest you all do the same, to avoid getting caught out like I did! Related Handy Hints and ArticlesHandy Hints (for iTandCoffee Club members only. Find out more here ») Blog Articles:
22/4/2017 0 Comments Extracting a record of your Messages (or other data) from your iPhone or an iTunes backup A client who visited iTandCoffee recently had a particular requirement. She needed to extract a record of her iPhone's Messages, so that she had a separate, permanent record - just in case something happened to her iPhone.
The good news for this client is that such a requirement can be relatively easily met. Not only is it possible to extract a record of the messages, but also the Contacts, Calendar entries, voice recordings, call history, photos, videos and more. It is even possible to determine a forgotten 'Restrictions' password. The Mac app that iTandCoffee uses to extract the above information is called 'iPhone Backup Extractor', one that has served our purposes for the past few years. How do you retrieve your music from an old iPod or iOS device? Here is an article that covers this particular topic.  A client this week asked how he could stop a Netflix subscription that was not really being used and was no longer needed. He had logged into his Netflix account, and tried to cancel it from there, but found that it gave him a message saying that the subscription was managed by iTunes, so it had to be cancelled there. This has been covered previously in this blog. Here is a link to the relevant iTandCoffee Handy Hint that shows how to turn off such iTunes subscriptions: How to turn off subscriptions from your iPad and iPhone. This is a members-only Handy Hint for iTandCoffee Club members. Find out more about The iTandCoffee Club here. Related Handy Hints and ArticlesHandy Hints (for iTandCoffee Club members only - find out more here)
Blog Articles 17/1/2016 2 Comments Purchased music won't download to my iPhone and my Apple TV doesn't show any music Are you totally confused about what is happening these days with your music on your iPhone, iPad or Apple TV?
I too found myself in this state during my summer break, when I went to play the Adele '25' album that I had purchased. At the time I was looking to play it, I had no internet service so needed to rely on my downloaded music. I knew I had downloaded Adele's album, but could not find the Album on my iPhone - despite it showing in my iTunes Store app that it had been downloaded. It was then that I discovered that all the music that I had previously sync'd to my iPhone from my computer had also disappeared, leaving me with nothing to listen to while 'offline'. Then, in setting up my new Apple TV, I couldn't get any music to show up in Apple Music - other than Apple Radio. I found that there are a couple of things to consider when sorting out issues with your Music under iOS 9, depending on whether you have turned on iCloud Music Library and whether you have an Apple Music subscription.
17/9/2015 0 Comments Backing up your iPad and iPhone in preparation for upgrade to iOS 9 or move to new device
Well, it's iOS upgrade time again. The latest version of iOS - iOS 9 - is now available for download and installation.
If you missed last week's article that outlined the content of iOS 9, here is the link. I wouldn't suggest everyone rush in and download immediately - perhaps let iOS 9 settle in for a week or so, to see if any major issues are reported. I will include an update on how it has been received in next week's newsletter. Before you even think about upgrading - or migrating to a brand new device - you need to be sure that you have a backup of your iPad and/or iPhone. While problems don't happen often, upgrades (and updates) can occasionally fail. If this occurs, you will want to be sure to have a backup from which you can restore your device. before re-attempting the upgrade/update. You have two options -
Backing up to iTunes Of course, to back up to iTunes, you need a computer running iTunes, a version that is compatible with your i-Device's iOS version. An iTunes backup is a much more comprehensive backup than an iCloud backup. It includes the full contents of your device, including the apps. Additionally, it does not require use of the internet - no upload/download data is used by this form of backup. If you have a computer, it is well worth doing an iTunes backup every now and then, even if you already backup to iCloud. Another important different with an iTunes backup is that, when you specify that you want to encrypt your iTunes backup, that backup will include any passwords used by your device, and will ensure these are restored to your device when you restore from the backup. An un-encrypted iTunes backup will not store passwords, so you will need to re-do these when your device is re-instated. Sometimes, this can cause quite a bit of grief - trying to remember all those key passwords. Backing up to iCloud An iCloud backup only backs up those things that are not already available for re-downloading from iCloud/iTunes and requires (of course) use of the internet to re-instate your device. And an iCloud backup will not back up passwords. Restoring from an iCloud backup requires an internet connection and, depending on how much data is stored on your device, may use up a significant amount of your monthly data allowance. Need help with backups or upgrades? The whole area of backups and upgrades can get quite overwhelming for many. If you need help with either of these, please don't hesitate to contact iTandCoffee on 1300 885 420 or email [email protected] Below are some past articles and handy hints on the topic or backups and iCloud, for those who feel like doing some further reading. Here also is a good article from MacWorld on this topic. Related Articles and Handy Hints
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Just this week, I found my little 11-inch Macbook Air was bulging at the seams and needed a bit of a clean out!
So, I spent quite a bit of time getting rid of all sorts of files that didn't need to be kept. But, after all that work, my Mac showed that there was still a lot of 'Other' space filled up with who knows what. It was then that I realised that, in assisting clients with various problems, I had a few times done iTunes Backups of their devices. Some of these devices had quite large storage capacity and usage, meaning that I probably had a large amount of space being taken up with iTunes backup I no longer needed. Find out in this week's handy hint just what I was able to do the 'clear out' these un-needed backups, and free up about 40GB of space on my little Mac!! 
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