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Re: sky high?!....AT&T raising DirecTV satellite and U-verse TV prices...... - 3 months ago
These price increase are pretty typical. Comcast and Verizon play the same games. I have had T-Mobile cell service for over 10 years and there has never been a price increase. When they eliminate a plan current users are always able to keep their old plan. I also qualify for senior service with unlimited everything at $30 a month. Cable companies are supposed be regulated by the communities theyby heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: Is Apple TV+ (the streaming service) only available on Catalina? Can't get it to work on Mojave - 7 months ago
There is something wrong, it works fine for me on Firefox. If you keep having problems you should call Apple Support.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: Is Apple TV+ (the streaming service) only available on Catalina? Can't get it to work on Mojave - 7 months ago
Apple TV+ is a paid subscription service, like Netflix. It works fine through a web browser on Mojave. If you don't have a subscription I doubt it would work on Catalina either. There are a lot of free trials going around you can sign up for. I got a 1 year free subscription when I bought my new iPhone recently. I think there are also free promos of 1 to 3 months that just require an Apple ID.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: 2 year old Roku, and no more HBO Go after July 31st? - 7 months ago
QuoteDeusxMac Quoteheap1 Until Roku gets HBO Max, if you own a Chromecast or an Apple TV streaming media device you can use the mobile app on your phone to cast it to your TV. If you have an Apple TV, you can get HBO Max on it; no need to “cast it” with a “mobile app”. That's good to know. At this point I thought there were only versions out for IOS and Android. Of course if you have anby heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: 2 year old Roku, and no more HBO Go after July 31st? - 7 months ago
Until Roku gets HBO Max, if you own a Chromecast or an Apple TV streaming media device you can use the mobile app on your phone to cast it to your TV.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: Bluetooth keyboard is lagging - 8 months ago
I have never had any problems with Bluetooth headphones or speakers on Mobile devices, both Android and iOS. On my 2012 MacMini and my 2013 MacBook Pro devices that have Bluetooth 5 are unusable. Has Bluetooth improved at all on newer Macs?by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: Mojave update issue - 9 months ago
I don't know if this is your problem or not, but after creating a copy of Mojave using Carbon Copy Cloner on an external drive, I could not update the cloned drive anymore. The only thing I could do was to update the original drive, then use carbon copy cloner again to update the cloned drive.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Free Mask scam from Flexispot - 9 months ago
Don't order the supposed free mask offer from flexispot , it's a scam. First of all they aren't really free. They started out as a $6.00 handling charge that has now gone up to $8.00. The 10 masks you get for this price are completely worthless and unusable. The straps on the mask snap off immediately because they are sewn on so poorly. I should have realized from the reviews this product has thaby heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: Anyone using Zelle? - 2 years ago
I would think twice before using Zelle, especially for large transactions. Below are a couple of links to articles from the NY Times and Tech Crunch concerning the dangers of using Zelle.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: Can I use an iTunes Gift card to set up a new iTunes account? - 2 years ago
As far as I know there isn't any obligation to have a payment method attached to an iTunes account. I have never had one for mine. Certainly any iTunes gift card could be used as a form of payment if purchases are made with the account. The only thing I am not sure of if there is any age requirement for an iTunes account.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: PSA - When Amazon misses a “guaranteed” delivery date - 2 years ago
In the Boston area and probably a lot of other places Amazon uses its own delivery service which I am sure saves them a substantial amount of money. Of all the delivery services they have to be the worst. I am sure they pay their drivers a lot less than either UPS or Federal Express. Although there are some good drivers that work for Amazon a lot of them could care less and just throw packages ouby heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: time to say good-bye?!....this Amazon series hasn't premiered yet but renewed for Season 2......'Sense8' wrap-up movie premiere date...... - 2 years ago
I am waiting for season 3 of Man in the High Castle to come out on Amazon. It was supposed to premiere at the end of 2017.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: Now that is how you do live TV! - 2 years ago
Plex has plug-ins for all the networks, including NBC. I checked and it is already available there. It works like on demand but without all the commercials. Quotespace-time Quoteheap1 If you use or install Plex you can watch it without commercials. I use TiVo and I could skip commercials, but I did not record it. Say I install Plex, how can I watch this now?by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: Now that is how you do live TV! - 2 years ago
If you use or install Plex you can watch it without commercials.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: Today’s techno irony: local team’s AWAY game blacked out. - 2 years ago
It's been that way for a long time. In Boston when ESPN is broadcasting a Red Sox game it is often blacked out locally. This is because of contract obligations with NESN that broadcasts all the Red Sox games, both home and away in the Boston area..by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: grocery store coupons - 3 years ago
Most supermarket chains now have mobile apps you can use that are tied to your savings card or phone number. I guess the advantage is that all the discounts are digital, so you don't have to cut out coupons. However, I am not sure it makes the whole process any easier.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: Help request for a GPS - 3 years ago
I used to use a Garmin GPS. However recently I have been using Google Maps on my Android phone. I find this much better and easier to use than Garmins, which are a pain in the ass and aren't worth the additional price since most people already have a smartphone they can use. I have also found that Google Maps uses very little data from your cell plan.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: Comcast (Xfinity) mobile phones - 3 years ago
Unless they have changed the terms of service recently you have to buy a phone from Comcast to sign up for their service. For me, this kills any deal they are offering.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: iCloud Spam and Phishing emails - 3 years ago
Quotehal it seems that other are doing it Ok, maybe that will work. I was trying to set it up in Gmail instead of iCloud.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: iCloud Spam and Phishing emails - 3 years ago
Importing into Gmail doesn't seem to work with an iCloud account. I keep getting an error message when I try to set it up. I think this feature is limited to email servers that are compatible with Gmail's Gmailify, which iCloud isn't.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: iCloud Spam and Phishing emails - 3 years ago
Quotehal Calling a drone at apple is not gonna do a damned thing. Simply run your icloud email account through your gmail account and that spam will vanish. Go to gmail prefs and choose to have it collect your icloud email. In Mail prefs, choose to stop getting mail from the icloud account. That should fix you right up. That's a good idea. The only difficulty is that I have alias email addreby heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: iCloud Spam and Phishing emails - 3 years ago
I tend to doubt calling Apple would do any good. Their protocol is to foreword spam and suspicious emails to abuse@icloud.com and phishing emails to reportphishing@apple.comby heap1 - Tips and Deals
iCloud Spam and Phishing emails - 3 years ago
Does anyone have the the same problem I have? I seem to get between 5 and 10 phishing and spam emails a day from iCloud mail. I always forward these emails to Apple but it doesn't seem to do a lot of good. The ironic thing is that I also have both Gmail and Yahoo email accounts and I rarely get any phishing emails in those accounts. This has become a bad problem in the last 6 months and Appleby heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: What is your thoughts on iOS 11? - 3 years ago
Quoterz Looks like I have 253 32-bit apps. One of them is VLC... I hope there's some kind of update available for it... it's what I use to watch movies in formats that Apple doesn't seem to want to support natively.The mobile version of VLC has been 64 Bit since version 2.2.1 almost 4 years ago. The computer version is also 64 Bit.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: ATT U-verse internet nightmare... - 3 years ago
With Comcast you can put their router in Bridge mode which allows you to use your own router disabling the Comcast one. Of course the best thing to do, as long as you don't have their crappy phone service, is to buy your own modem and save the $10 a month rent that Comcast charges.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: AppleTV over Roku, Chromecast for Mac Mini screen mirroring? - 3 years ago
I don't know if this would work for your setup but Chromecast also does screen mirroring on a Mac. The only requirement is that you have to use either Chrome or Beamer , a $20 shareware app. There might also be other apps that do mirroring on Chromecast. However Beamer works well with both Chromecast and Apple TV.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: So now that I got an Android phone, please tell me what to do with it - 3 years ago
I can tell you some of my must have apps for Android. That doesn't mean that you"ll feel the same way. One of the nice things about Android is that unlike iOS, it is much more customizable. I always replace the built in launcher with Nova Launcher. It is amazing how many things you can do with it. There is a free version and a paid version which adds a few extra features which probably aren'by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: I found this BestBuy gift card on my desk, and I can't find much to buy there - 4 years ago
One thing good about Best Buy is that they will match prices from online retailers including Amazon, NewEgg, B&H Photo, Walmart, and other stores.by heap1 - Tips and Deals
Re: Two factor Authentification on iOS 10.2 - 4 years ago
Quotesekker I agree that Apple is trying to force 2-factor authentication on its services. My issue with Apple is the way they have implemented this to only work with Apple Mobile Devices and Computers, then hiding this from people in some obscure footnote. There is absolutely no technical reason to do this. It works exactly the same way as your bank that sends you a text message with a code to yby heap1 - Tips and Deals
Two factor Authentification on iOS 10.2 - 4 years ago
Maybe this has already been discussed, but I have had it with iOS!! Apple has made it into a user unfriendly nightmare, worse than anything Microsoft. After upgrading to 10.2 on an iPAD Air 2, during setup Apple insisted that I turn on 2 factor authentication for my iCloud account. Since I use this with Google with no problems why not do it for iCloud. Of course Apple doesn't tell you that itby heap1 - Tips and Deals