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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1677332" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Join me for the <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cgimtcpddo8oaij661nqu0e9l1s" target="_blank">Mac-Forums Sunday Chat</a> this week. 7:00 p.m. Central Time as usual. As usual look for the forum roundup, some IOS 9 - related information, perhaps a tip / trick or two and whatever else comes to mind.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Show Notes </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Welcome to our newest member, <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/members/361263.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">Music4ibc</span></a></span></span><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">When you update to IOS 9 you may be told that a backup has never been done. This seems to mean than no backup has been done since IOS 9 was installed on the device. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="color: #E4AF09"><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/apple-desktops/328116-login-imac-changing-kext-file.html" target="_blank">Danger Will Robinson </a> </span>Member <strong>yves.hertoghs</strong> is experiencing issues where his Mac will not boot after after attempting to replace a USB-related kext. This was done in an effort to update a program. The idea may have been based upon information from the web. These types of changes should only be done as a last resort (especially those provided by Apple /affecting basic functions) and with some understanding of an escape procedure in case things do not go well. </span></span><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">If your <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/18/how-to-fix-slide-to-upgrade-error-ios-9" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">IOS update is stuck on slide to upgrade</span></a> heres a possible fix from 9 to 5 Mac</span></span><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">"if your device is protected with Find My iPhone, you are in more trouble and should likely seek official Apple Support. However, before the first step, try logging in to iCloud.com and removing your device from the Find my iPhone portal.</span></span><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Connect your iPhone or iPad to a computer. Open iTunes.</span></span></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Choose your device in the iTunes window. You may have to force restart (hold power and home button for several seconds) to reboot the iOS device. This should make it show up in iTunes as usual.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Restore from a backup made before iOS 9. If you haven’t got a recent backup, make a backup now and then restore from that."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"></li> </ol><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">The Hacker News has several suggestions for<a href="http://thehackernews.com/2015/09/ios9-privacy-security.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09"> settings you may want to change / check in IOS 9 to better protect your information</span></a>. They are not suggesting IOS 9 is insecure merely that these are settings that need to be checked to give yourself the best options. It includes information ion enabling the 6 digit passcode option. Go to Settings>Touch ID and Passcode. It will walk you through the process. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">With advent of IOS 9 ad blocking software has become a hot trend in the iTunes App Store. Three of the five top paid apps were ad blockers. One developer has<a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/09/popular-ad-blocker-pulled-ios-app-store/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09"> pulled their app after spending 36 hours in the top spot</span></a> “. After Peace spent 36 hours in the top slot, Arment decided to pull his app today.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">“I’ve learned over the last few crazy days that I don’t feel good making one and being the arbiter of what’s blocked,”” Arment is <a href="http://www.imore.com/how-to-get-refund-itunes-app-store" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">offering a refund</span></a> to anyone who downloaded Peace.</span></span><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #E4AF09"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="color: #454545">Kirk has some thoughts about the general issue of ad blocking / trackers. Although there is a need for ads some of these have become very intrusive— <a href="http://www.mcelhearn.com/how-to-use-content-blockers-ad-blockers-in-ios-9/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=42463003be-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-42463003be-298436589" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">http://www.mcelhearn.com/how-to-use-content-blockers-ad-blockers-in-ios-9/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=42463003be-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-42463003be-298436589</span></a></span></span></span><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Kirk McLaren’s <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/2984207/streaming-media/ask-the-itunes-guy-managing-itunes-libraries-and-the-case-of-the-haywire-music-volume.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09"> Ask The iTunes Guy</span></a> column in MacWorld mentions an issue which some iPhone users are having where their music will start playing at normal volume then drops to half volume. Skipping to the beginning of the song causes the volume to return to normal. The problem may then recur if you skip forward. It seems that this may be the result of the running of the Facebook app at the same time. If you are experiencing this issue, try shutting down Facebook temporarily to see if that solves the problem.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">On the Kirksville website Kirk looks at <a href="http://www.mcelhearn.com/apples-bloated-website/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=42463003be-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-42463003be-298436589" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">how long some pages on the Apple site take to load</span></a> for users that have slower connections. Most web designers suggest that a page should load in under 10 seconds. On his connection the El Capitan page took 1.5 minutes to load 32 GB. Obviously, this is a potential problem for many sites that load lots of ads, auto-playing video etc.</span></span><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="color: #e4af09"><a href="http://www.mcelhearn.com/how-to-shuffle-music-in-the-ios-9-music-app/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=42463003be-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-42463003be-298436589" target="_blank">Enabling Shuffle Play in the IOS Music app</a></span> When you’re in the Music app, pull down on the display the see a Shuffle All control appear from the top of the window. Tap that, and you can start shuffling. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #E4AF09"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/389110/tiny-ios-9-tricks/" target="_blank">Cult of Mac has several IOS 9 tips</a>:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #E4AF09"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Tell Siri to remind you about what you’re looking at</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">If there’s something on your screen you’d like to be reminded about, like a website, doctor’s appointment or email, you can now ask Siri to “remind me about this” and she’ll automatically create a reminder by scanning the page for all the info.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">When searching for restaurants and other vendors in Apple Maps, there’s now an indicator that shows whether they accept Apple Pay.</span></span><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">If your Wi-Fi network is super-slow, you can have your iPhone automatically switch to faster LTE speeds by going to Settings >> Cellular >> Wi-Fi Assist.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1677332, member: 131855"] Join me for the [URL="https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cgimtcpddo8oaij661nqu0e9l1s"]Mac-Forums Sunday Chat[/URL] this week. 7:00 p.m. Central Time as usual. As usual look for the forum roundup, some IOS 9 - related information, perhaps a tip / trick or two and whatever else comes to mind. [B] Show Notes [/B] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Welcome to our newest member, [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/members/361263.html"][COLOR=#e4af09]Music4ibc[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]When you update to IOS 9 you may be told that a backup has never been done. This seems to mean than no backup has been done since IOS 9 was installed on the device. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#E4AF09][URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/apple-desktops/328116-login-imac-changing-kext-file.html"]Danger Will Robinson [/URL] [/COLOR]Member [B]yves.hertoghs[/B] is experiencing issues where his Mac will not boot after after attempting to replace a USB-related kext. This was done in an effort to update a program. The idea may have been based upon information from the web. These types of changes should only be done as a last resort (especially those provided by Apple /affecting basic functions) and with some understanding of an escape procedure in case things do not go well. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]If your [URL="http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/18/how-to-fix-slide-to-upgrade-error-ios-9"][COLOR=#e4af09]IOS update is stuck on slide to upgrade[/COLOR][/URL] heres a possible fix from 9 to 5 Mac[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]"if your device is protected with Find My iPhone, you are in more trouble and should likely seek official Apple Support. However, before the first step, try logging in to iCloud.com and removing your device from the Find my iPhone portal.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Connect your iPhone or iPad to a computer. Open iTunes.[/FONT][/COLOR] [LIST=1] [*]Choose your device in the iTunes window. You may have to force restart (hold power and home button for several seconds) to reboot the iOS device. This should make it show up in iTunes as usual. [*]Restore from a backup made before iOS 9. If you haven’t got a recent backup, make a backup now and then restore from that." [*] [/LIST] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]The Hacker News has several suggestions for[URL="http://thehackernews.com/2015/09/ios9-privacy-security.html"][COLOR=#e4af09] settings you may want to change / check in IOS 9 to better protect your information[/COLOR][/URL]. They are not suggesting IOS 9 is insecure merely that these are settings that need to be checked to give yourself the best options. It includes information ion enabling the 6 digit passcode option. Go to Settings>Touch ID and Passcode. It will walk you through the process. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]With advent of IOS 9 ad blocking software has become a hot trend in the iTunes App Store. Three of the five top paid apps were ad blockers. One developer has[URL="http://www.wired.com/2015/09/popular-ad-blocker-pulled-ios-app-store/"][COLOR=#e4af09] pulled their app after spending 36 hours in the top spot[/COLOR][/URL] “. After Peace spent 36 hours in the top slot, Arment decided to pull his app today.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]“I’ve learned over the last few crazy days that I don’t feel good making one and being the arbiter of what’s blocked,”” Arment is [URL="http://www.imore.com/how-to-get-refund-itunes-app-store"][COLOR=#e4af09]offering a refund[/COLOR][/URL] to anyone who downloaded Peace.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#E4AF09][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#454545]Kirk has some thoughts about the general issue of ad blocking / trackers. Although there is a need for ads some of these have become very intrusive— [URL="http://www.mcelhearn.com/how-to-use-content-blockers-ad-blockers-in-ios-9/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=42463003be-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-42463003be-298436589"][COLOR=#e4af09]http://www.mcelhearn.com/how-to-use-content-blockers-ad-blockers-in-ios-9/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=42463003be-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-42463003be-298436589[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Kirk McLaren’s [URL="http://www.macworld.com/article/2984207/streaming-media/ask-the-itunes-guy-managing-itunes-libraries-and-the-case-of-the-haywire-music-volume.html"][COLOR=#e4af09] Ask The iTunes Guy[/COLOR][/URL] column in MacWorld mentions an issue which some iPhone users are having where their music will start playing at normal volume then drops to half volume. Skipping to the beginning of the song causes the volume to return to normal. The problem may then recur if you skip forward. It seems that this may be the result of the running of the Facebook app at the same time. If you are experiencing this issue, try shutting down Facebook temporarily to see if that solves the problem.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]On the Kirksville website Kirk looks at [URL="http://www.mcelhearn.com/apples-bloated-website/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=42463003be-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-42463003be-298436589"][COLOR=#e4af09]how long some pages on the Apple site take to load[/COLOR][/URL] for users that have slower connections. Most web designers suggest that a page should load in under 10 seconds. On his connection the El Capitan page took 1.5 minutes to load 32 GB. Obviously, this is a potential problem for many sites that load lots of ads, auto-playing video etc.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#e4af09][URL="http://www.mcelhearn.com/how-to-shuffle-music-in-the-ios-9-music-app/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=42463003be-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-42463003be-298436589"]Enabling Shuffle Play in the IOS Music app[/URL][/COLOR] When you’re in the Music app, pull down on the display the see a Shuffle All control appear from the top of the window. Tap that, and you can start shuffling. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#E4AF09][FONT=Helvetica][URL="http://www.cultofmac.com/389110/tiny-ios-9-tricks/"]Cult of Mac has several IOS 9 tips[/URL]: [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica][B]Tell Siri to remind you about what you’re looking at[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]If there’s something on your screen you’d like to be reminded about, like a website, doctor’s appointment or email, you can now ask Siri to “remind me about this” and she’ll automatically create a reminder by scanning the page for all the info.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]When searching for restaurants and other vendors in Apple Maps, there’s now an indicator that shows whether they accept Apple Pay.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]If your Wi-Fi network is super-slow, you can have your iPhone automatically switch to faster LTE speeds by going to Settings >> Cellular >> Wi-Fi Assist.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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