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Apple
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Shared Household Contact List on iCloud
Read more: Shared Household Contact List on iCloudSomeone on Apple’s support discussion group claimed “this can’t be done.” Apple explicitly supports shared calendars, but not shared contacts. They probably haven’t figured out how to deal with two people updating things at…
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Kohl’s doesn’t really do Apple Pay after all, I suppose
Read more: Kohl’s doesn’t really do Apple Pay after all, I suppose[Update: Kohl’s has distributed new credit cards that actually work with Apple Pay]. Kohl’s and Apple have been merrily posting all sorts of stuff about how Apple Pay now works with Kohl’s charge card.…
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A Jaded Look at Home Financial Software
Read more: A Jaded Look at Home Financial SoftwareI started doing personal finances (especially taxes) on a venerable Heath H89 I picked up back in 1980. I graduated to Macintax in ’85 using a borrowed Mac 512. I started online banking in about ’89 with CheckFree…
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iBank and Moneydance fail
Read more: iBank and Moneydance failI’ve been looking for a substitute for PC Quicken that I could run on my Mac. I figured, “How hard can it be to create something with the features I need?” Too hard, I…
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Time for Linux?
Read more: Time for Linux?With international abuse being poured upon Windows 8 – experienced Windows users can’t even figure it out – perhaps it’s time for the General Public to start using Linux. The “desktop friendly” versions like…
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Filling up iPad Storage
Read more: Filling up iPad StorageBiscuit gave me a 64G iPad for Christmas – that was three months ago. Since then I’ve been on a mission to use up at least HALF of the iPad’s storage space. There’s no…
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