As I noted in my previous post, I’m a big fan of the Apple TV, but it’s not without it’s frustrations. Aside from the YouTube login problem, iTunes Match — which has so much potential — can be a little glitchy at times.
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The title says it all. We have an Apple TV (3rd gen) which I otherwise love, but… It won’t let me login to YouTube. Very frustrating, as I would love to be able to access my “Watch Later” list, etc. directly from the Apple TV.
Last night I had my old iPhone re-activated. It was our oldest son’s birthday and he wanted nothing more than a smartphone to replace his old “feature” phone. Since none of us are eligible for an upgrade, this was the cheapest path.
Bummed that Apple booted Google Maps from their latest iOS update? Don’t despair. Google has promised a dedicated Google Maps app, much like they did for YouTube, but what can you do until it’s available?
As a followup to my previous post about changing the e-mail signature on your iPhone, I wanted to point out that it’s also possible to configure Gmail (or Google Apps) to use different signatures when using the mobile vs. desktop interface.
Does your iPhone append “Sent from my iPhone” to your outgoing e-mails? While there are good reasons for alerting people that you’re writing from a mobile device, you might want to remove or modify the default message. If so, read on…
Every now and then I run across pdf documents on the web that I want to save into Evernote. My primary browser is Chrome and I have the Evernote Web Clipper installed. Unfortunately, that only snags to the URL and leaves the pdf behind.
If you use Evernote, you may be familiar with the ability to send items (as pdfs) to Evernote directly from the print dialog. Unfortunately, this option doesn’t always get installed when installing Evernote. Thus, you might have to do it yourself.