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Fixing Wifi Problems on MacOS (Yosemite / Sierra) – Connected to Wifi But No Internet…

February 16, 2017 by TomBoyNI

MacOS users : Bookmark this page on your phone – someday it will save you a bucket load of hassle!

Recently I have experienced a few problems with the Sleep / Wake function of one of my drives that then causes MacOS to restart.

Unfortunately sometimes that still does not wake up the drive and it needs powered down and restarted, then MacOS needs Shut down, left for a moment and restarted. Thankfully that process seems to be sorting out the hard drive issue, however it also seemed to bring another problem with it.

Following the shut down and restarting of the computer it appears that the wifi has connected without issue, but I have no internet connection. Nothing. No Internet, no email, no connections of any kind. No amount of restarting, rebooting or waiting would solve it. No amount of disconnecting the wifi rescanning, trying to connect to the iPhone as a hotspot would bring my internet activiites back to life. So how do you fix it?

IOS 10.2 – The Important Stuff – The New Emoji…

December 14, 2016 by TomBoyNI

For us in the UK, who aren’t yet getting the TV app for our iOS devices, the most important update in relation to the newly released iOS 10.2 is without a doubt – Emoji.

And if you are curious what all these new emoji are, wonder no more because here they are…

? Rolling On The Floor Laughing

? Face With Cowboy Hat

? Clown Face

? Lying Face

? Drooling Face

? Nauseated Face

? Sneezing Face

? Prince

? Mother Christmas

? Man In Tuxedo

? Shrug

? Face Palm

? Pregnant Woman

? Man Dancing

? Selfie

? Hand With Index And Middle Fingers Crossed

? Call Me Hand

? Left-Facing Fist

? Right-Facing Fist

? Raised Back Of Hand

? Handshake

? Black Heart

? Gorilla

? Fox Face

? Deer

? Rhinoceros

? Bat

? Eagle

? Duck

? Owl

? Lizard

? Shark

? Shrimp

? Squid

? Butterfly

? Wilted Flower

? Kiwifruit

? Avocado

? Potato

? Carrot

? Cucumber

? Peanuts

? Croissant

? Baguette Bread

? Pancakes

? Bacon

? Stuffed Flatbread

? Egg

? Shallow Pan Of Food

? Green Salad

? Glass of Milk

? Clinking Glasses

? Tumbler Glass

? Spoon

? Octagonal Sign

? Scooter

? Motor Scooter

? Canoe

? First Place Medal

? Second Place Medal

? Third Place Medal

? Boxing Glove

? Martial Arts Uniform

? Person Doing Cartwheel

? Wrestlers

? Water Polo

? Handball

? Fencer

? Goal Net

? Juggling

? Drum With Drumsticks

? Shopping Trolley
Enjoy!

Trouble Installing Kodi on the Amazon Fire Stick?

June 3, 2016 by TomBoyNI

If you are one of the many peolple experiencing issues installing Kodi on the Fire Stick at the moment when using ES File Explorer, I am here to sort your woes out straight away, and quickly.

(This seems to be happening when people are upgrading their Kodi to the new 16.1 – it is nothing to do with the upgrade so don’t be worrying about that, it is just how ES File Explorer or Amazon (more likely) are now dealing with the requests to download via their software).

I am presuming that you have got as far as the Kodi Download page, but when you are clicking on the ARM link nothing is happening, right?

So here’s what you do to get going back on your merry way…

Click on the link once, it doesn’t matter if you click more than once, all you will notice is a spinning arrow in the top right corner of the screen for a spilt second.
Now move your cursor down to the bottom right of the screen where you will see three vertical dots. Select them and click.
Trouble Clicking ARM Link for Downloading Kodi to Amazon Fire Stick – The Solution
Now you will have an option to ‘Open’ or something very similar.
Click that and continue on installing Kodi!
Sit back, watch and enjoy!

Photography : What do focal lengths mean? Focal Length v Zoom?

March 12, 2016 by TomBoyNI

Today I found this great little image which I feel I really must share.

It explains focal length and what different camera lenses see. For me me this was quite tricky to get my head round but it was explained perfectly to me in the following way.

Our eyes see things, in focus, with a lens equivalent of 50mm (and an approximate field of view of 50 degrees – the mm focal length of the lens and degree of field of view although the same are not related). Our peripheral vision picks up more (a lens equivalent of about 10mm), but the actual in focus part of the world we see is captured at an equivalent of 50mm.

The following images shows what each lens will capture in relation to what we see…

This is our view of a beach. It incorporates about 130 degrees of a field of view and represents our entire vision (although in reality the periphery will not be as focused.)

Field of View of the Human Eye - approximately 130 degrees — Field of View of the Human Eye – approximately 130 degrees

Instagram Update Allows Multiple Account Switching!

February 17, 2016 by TomBoyNI

In case you aren’t aware or haven’t checked Instagram have just released an update that allows you to easily log in and switch between multiple accounts.

And the best part about it is that it works and works well.

Just go to ‘Settings’ then ‘Add Account’ from there you just click on the account you are looking to post too and away you go.

I was waiting on this for a long time and am thrilled it is finally here. Good work #Instagram

iOS 9.1 now available – Activates Apple News App for the UK

October 23, 2015 by TomBoyNI

If you live in the UK, are an Apple user and have updated your gear to iOS9 you have probably been left wondering where on Earth is this news app I heard all about?

Apple released it to the US in iOS9 but to ensure it worked, allegedly, the rest of the world had to wait. (Workarounds did exist such as changing your phone’s region).

Well now the wait is officially over. Download and install iOS9.1 and you will be greater by that nice new shiny News app sitting right there on your homescreen!

Add iCloud Drive to your Home Screen on iOS9

September 21, 2015 by TomBoyNI

Putting iCloud Drive on your Home Screen iOS 9

If you use iOS9 and iCloud, it is really easy to have the icon for your iCloud Drive pop up on your home screen, just follow these simple steps and enjoy some easy App convenience.

Open Settings on your iPhone.
In Settings select iCloud.

3. If you are already logged in to your iCloud account you will see the account name and how much storage you have left. Select iCloud Drive to continue.

4. Flick on the Show in Home Screen option…

5. Job Done, check out your Home Screen, it is there!

iOS9 Software Update Failed : An Error Occurred Downloading iOS 9.

September 16, 2015 by TomBoyNI

The web is frantically reporting the following error :

iOS9 Software Update Failed : An Error Occurred Downloading iOS 9.

iOS9 Software Update Failed : An Error Occurred Downloading iOS 9.

At the moment there seems to be nothing you can do to get this update over the air other than keep trying.

In the meantime make sure your phone is backed up and all your important data saved by either preforming an iCloud Backup or a iTunes Backup, preferably both!

When you have got yourself backed up get yourself over to iTunes and try the software update from there, it is currently downloading without issue for me and numerous other users are reporting the same…

Try iTunes : iiOS9 Software Update Failed : An Error Occurred Downloading iOS 9. — iOS9 Software Update Failed : An Error Occurred Downloading iOS 9.

Text Message Crashing Apple iPhones – Here’s the fix!

May 27, 2015 by TomBoyNI

The original article can be found here : http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/this-single-text-message-is-crashing-people-s-iphones-here-s-the-fix-1295019

This is not written by me but seems to be serious enough that it deserves a share!

This single text message is crashing people’s iPhones.

A new bug is a massive pain in the iMessage

Apple’s iMessage platform has been subject of a new bug that shuts down your entire iPhone after receiving the message “effective. Power لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣh ॣ ॣ 冗”.

The second half is Arabic and if you’re not currently in the iMessage with a person it’ll send your phone into a reboot no matter what it’s doing – it’s proved very frustrating for some users and it’s not certain what the long term effects are.

Here’s the fix: head into your Settings app, then the Notifications tab, Messages and then switch off the slider called “show on local screen and under “alert style when unlocked” choose “none”.

It’s a pretty simple fix but it means if you’re sent any more pesky iMessages you’re not going to be sent into the reboot again.

Over and over

We contacted Apple for some comment on the matter and the response suggested Apple can’t see the problem on their end, but that’s apparently not the case for many people who have taken to the internet to confirm the bug,.
Hundreds of forum users are reporting the issue. JoeyTheBoey on Reddit said, “I have an un jailbroken iPhone 6 and it resprings my phone, but only if I’m not in the messages app, then it will show the message notification badge when I get back in.”

Jjc123cj on Reddit said, “Don’t test this on your iPhone 6! I sent it to myself and now my messaging app crashes when I try to open it ):”

Apple News on Twitter has spoken to Apple’s Senior Engineers who admitted they know there is a problem. and are hard at work trying to fix it.

Apple iPod Classic (7th Generation) 160 GB Unboxing

April 29, 2015 by TomBoyNI

As I am sure you are no doubt well aware Apple discontinued their iPod Classic Range towards the end of 2014 siting lack of component parts as the main reason. Since that announcement the price of any remaining iPod Classics shot through the roof so much so that a poor condition example would have easily fetched more than the cost of a brand new item when they were readily available. Mint in box / Sealed examples often fetched more than £1000 as Apple fans and annoying overly rich hipsters grasped out to shady resellers and greedy ba£$%!ds on the likes of gumtree who hoovered up all remaining stock and put these ridiculous price tags on the items!

This trend has now taken a turn for the better and Apple have begun to regularly issue Refurbished Items on their official Store priced at a bargain £162 GBP. The eBay traders are now having to wise up with their prices, but forget them, get yourself over to Apple and pick one up where you will benefit from 1 years Apple Warranty and the option of upgrading the warranty with AppleCare, which co-incidently I picked up on eBay for a mere £15 GBP.

The Refurb items will sell out quickly so have a look on your choosen AppStore for an app called ‘RefurbMe’ with this you can set up alerts to push to your phone the second new items come on the Refurb Store. In the UK this is normally around 2300 – 0100 hrs so expect a late night / early morning bing and be prepared to get ordering straight away.

I am not going to even bother with the likes of a review for the iPod, it is an icon and needs no introduction, just know that this beast holds so much music you’ll never listen to it all and it even plays videos. Oh and this is the old 30 PIN connector so hopefully you haven’t chucked out all of you old tech just because the lightning adapter appeared!

This article was written on 29/04/2015 and at this point Apple were regularly releasing Refurb’d iPod Classics on the UK Certified Refurbished Store. I placed my order on 02/04/2015 and they have come back into stock approximately 4 times since then. Obviously this could cease at any point without warning and let’s be honest it will stop sooner rather than later as I doubt many are returned and refurbished on the grand scale of things, so if you are interested in one get an alert set up and be ready to Click on Buy asap!

iPod Classic (7th Generation) 160GB Certified Refurbished Unboxing Gallery :

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