iPhone Tutorial and More : October 2013

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

I have been doing some research lately and seen that several people have been having issues where when they add a new appointment and put two alerts, in this case one for the day before and one for 5 mins before the appointment, it switches Alert 1 to Alert 2. Here is why:

If the appointment is less than 24 hours out from the time set then the alerts will reverse.

Example Appointment is set for January 1, 2014 at 10:00 pm. You are setting it on 12/31/13 at 11:00 pm. You want Alert 1 to be 24 hours ahead and Alert 2 to be 5 mins before. The calendar app will automatically put the 5 mins before Alert as Alert 1. The reason is because your appointment is occurring less than 24 hours away.

The Appointment must be at least 24 hours out or more.

Sending Pictures via MMS troubles.

Trying to send a picture message to an email address and it not working?

Here is the reason:

If you are sending a picture message to the email that is also your Apple ID it will not send to you inbox. The reason? iMessage. If you go into your send/receive settings on the phone (settings- messages- send & receive) you will see your Apple ID email checked. When you send the picture message Apple iMessage thinks you are trying to send an MMS and will send it to you as a MMS.

To get it to send to email you must use an email that is not associated with the apple id.

Friday, October 25, 2013

Apple - OS X Mavericks - See everything the new OS X can do.

Apple - OS X Mavericks - See everything the new OS X can do.:

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

ios 7.0.3 Update is available.

iOS 7.0.3

This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including:

• Adds iCloud Keychain to keep track of your account names, passwords, and credit card numbers across all your approved devices
• Adds Password Generator so Safari can suggest unique, hard-to-guess passwords for your online accounts
• Updates lock screen to delay display of "slide to unlock" when Touch ID is in use
• Adds back the ability to search the web and Wikipedia from Spotlight search
• Fixes an issue where iMessage failed to send for some users
• Fixes a bug that could prevent iMessage from activating
• Improves system stability when using iWork apps
• Fixes an accelerometer calibration issue
• Addresses an issue that could cause Siri and VoiceOver to use a lower quality voice
• Fixes a bug that could allow someone to bypass the Lock screen passcode
• Enhances the Reduce Motion setting to minimize both motion and animation
• Fixes an issue that could cause VoiceOver input to be too sensitive
• Updates the Bold Text setting to also change dial pad text
• Fixes an issue that could cause supervised devices to become un-supervised when updating software

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222>

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Why I Walk....

Normally I refrain from putting anything personal on this blog. This is primarily a tech source of reference but with what this month is, what this upcoming week is and this weekend I felt like I needed to do this.

I have been asked several times why I walk for Susan Komen. I don't have a family member who died of Breast Cancer so why? Its true my family has recently died of Heart Disease, Alzheimer's, and a few other things. So why Komen and why Breast Cancer?

I can do the PC response: I walk so no one else has to. I walk for my daughter. I walk for those who can't. And those who know me know these are all reasons that I believe in and are part of the big reason. But what is the big reason I walk?

These guys are why:

Yes I am a New Kids fan but there is more to it than that. This is not a sympathy play but an explanation. I grew up feeling like I was not good enough, wanted or would be anything. No matter how hard I tried, no matter what I did or how well I did I was always told it wasn't good enough it could have been better. IT SHOULD have been better. I was never thin enough, pretty enough, smart enough, strong enough, just never enough.

Then they came on the scene. Without knowing me, talking to me directly they spoke to me. They showed me that even when the whole world does not think you are enough, even though they all hate on you and put you down you can be anything. The girls loved the 5 bad boys from Beantown the rest of the world hated them. They can't sing, they can't dance is what the world screamed and yet there they stood doing their thing.

I became a huge fan because of that. Yes Donnie Wahlberg was and is fine. But his positivity became my anthem and I applied it to the best of my ability to my life. I was going to be good enough even if it was just for me. The haters and the rest of the world may not believe in me but I do.

When they left the scene I kept memories and the stories and never forgot. I kept going. I knew in whatever they did the 5 Bad Boys from Beantown did too. I knew they wouldn't stop, No More Games they were going to keep going.

As the years past I kept remembering and believing. The social networking media came about and fans like me connected. That's when I heard that one of these guys who helped me see my own worth lost someone special to him. Someone he loved dearly and I could relate. It seems like the few people that always believed in me are the one's that died of diseases like Cystic Fibrosis, Heart Disease, Alzheimer's, etc. So while I never knew him or his mom I knew the pain from the loss.

She is why I walk. He is why I walk. I still have never met him personally. I met Donnie just this year long enough to take the picture with him but never said a word. I knew my words could never say what I meant to say or express what he and them gave me without even knowing me. Plus I knew that there were others who needed the time to talk more than I did and that just this moment would be enough.

I may never meet them again. I may never have the chance to speak with them. But I can give back just a little of what they gave me. I can believe in a cure for something that took her from him. I can walk for that cure. I can raise awareness. I can do for those who can't.

I will walk every chance I get. I will bug my friends and family for donations to something they think is pointless and me just being a fan girl to. I will walk a week from today no matter how sick or tired or sore I am and every year after.

I will wear pink or a Komen shirt everyday this week. I will be as in your face as I can with my Think Pink and Breast Cancer Awareness Gear not just this month BUT EVERY MONTH. I will walk every year even if it means doing the walk in a wheelchair or with an oxygen tank tailing me. Even on my death bed you will find me on that road whatever State I am in figuring out a way to get my bed to roll down the path. I will remember not just the 5 bad boys from Beantown who showed me how to believe in myself but I will always Remember Betty. Because without her NKOTB wouldn't be NKOTB and I wouldn't believe in me.

So take a moment today, this week, next Saturday, or this month and Remember Betty and those like her who may have lost their battle but picked up a few new fighters against the War. Remember not just this month or this year but always because everyone deserves to be remembered. Everyone deserves to know their battles were not in vain and that their fight mattered. Everyone deserves to be believed in.

Remember Betty: http://www.rememberbetty.com

Susan Komen: http://ww5.komen.org

My Walk Site: http://nashville.info-komen.org/site/TR?px=10146927&fr_id=2925&pg=personal

Why do you walk?

Friday, October 18, 2013

Get Ready For iOS 7 – Make Your Own Parallax Wallpapers [iOS 7 Tips] | Cult of Mac

Get Ready For iOS 7 – Make Your Own Parallax Wallpapers [iOS 7 Tips] | Cult of Mac:

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IOS 7 wallpaper resizing will not...: Apple Support Communities

Other options till the fix comes out, in particular I love the
take a screenshot of the photo where it is in the photo gallery, and than set it, Let me know if this doesn't work and Settings > General> Accessibility > Reduce Motion

IOS 7 wallpaper resizing will not...: Apple Support Communities:

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How to Stop Automatic Wallpaper Resize and Zoom in iOS 7

How to Stop Automatic Wallpaper Resize and Zoom in iOS 7:

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Friday, October 11, 2013

'Blue screen of death' attacks some iPhone 5S owners | Apple - CNET News

'Blue screen of death' attacks some iPhone 5S owners | Apple - CNET News:

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

iPhone 5 and 5s personalized case

Anyone who knows me knows I have to have my @donniewahlberg skinit on my iPhone. I have done one for the last three or four years. I am also picky on my cases.

I went to skinit to see what options they have for is picky people and came across this case which has interchangeable switch plates that you customize. The case is 34.99 and comes with one switchplate. The extra switch plates are 19.99. You can make one for every mood!

Skinits website: https://www.skinit.com/pages/iphone5-infinity-cases

Simpsons Tapped Out Halloween

Its that time the Simspons Tapped Out game has updated for the Treehouse of Horrors:

Kill ghosts in your town and neighbours for goo, release gremlins in your neighbours Springfield and kill them in your own to earn personal prizes (see below update list to come)

Earn prices as a community doing the same as above:

Earn Kang and Maude:

The dolphin:

The ultra house 2, spaceship which releases kang and First Church of Lard Lad Donuts:

The zombie you can kill him and he comes out of the ground each time

The ghists, they have animal ghosts too

What a haunted place looks like. Tap to kill ghosts and earn goo.

The pumpkin house, house of evil (from last year) house of the gypsy which starts ghost quests, haunted mansion from last year, cemeteries from last year (pet and human) and the graveyard from this year.