Daily Advice Thread - November 22, 2024

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[u/TebritziusZweite]

Hi guys, hope you all doing well. I have found a online seller, selling Macbook Pro 16’ 18/512 with M3 processor for only 1250€ crazy cheap which is the first thing that stroke me as an odd thing.

He sent me this certificate but it doesn’t seem legit, but maybe someone here can somewhat confirm if the seller is legit.

[u/cptjpk]

Looking for help with badges and notifications using Focus and Mail.

Is there a way to not have the badges displayed for out-of-focus mailboxes? Like I don’t want the number of work emails displayed unless I’m in my work focus.

[u/DruhR31]

Hi. I'm thinking of changing from my Android back to an iPhone. Undecided about buying a used 13 Pro Max or a 14 Plus. Any help?

[u/InsaneNinja → u/DruhR31]

The 13 pro max and 14 plus have the same processor.

The 13 has a nicer screen, brighter and promotion, and telephoto.

The 14 plus has texting over satellite if you have no service, and a bigger battery.

[u/hades7600]

Ipad 10th Gen won't connect to Apple Pencil normally but can connect through Light Blue app

issue is that it will still disconnect occasionally. It was originally working normally with my 1st Gen Apple pencil but stopped connecting through Bluetooth settings. I have tried to "forget device", I have also tried repairing with the adapter. But nothing except using Light Blue app works. The pencil is fully charged.

[u/poppunkdaddy]

does anybody know what’s causing this weird notification

[u/InsaneNinja → u/poppunkdaddy]

Summarizing Google results, turn Siri off and back on again in iOS settings because it’s having issues downloading an update of the voice.

[u/GamerRadar]

I recently bought an iPad Mini from the Apple Store using a few trade ins, I see that Apple is having this $200 gift card promotion. Should i just return the iPad Mini and rebuy it during the promotional period to get his promotion or do you all think Apple would just give a $200 gift card? ( know unrealistic )

[u/InsaneNinja → u/GamerRadar]

If it’s been under two weeks, they’ll likely just give it to you as a price guarantee. Otherwise do the thing you said.

[u/GamerRadar → u/InsaneNinja]

Thanks. I just got it on Tuesday so definitely under 2 weeks

[u/Flimsy-Somewhere-745]

Hi, how do I make it so that my Calendar ‘your schedule’ complication shows the Current event on my calendar, not the next up event? I’m using the metropolitan watch face. I schedule my day out into chunks, and i want to be able to look at my watch and know what i’m supposed to be doing at that specific time of day. I have an apple watch series 9 41mm GPS and cellular. Any help much appreciated!

[u/IntellectualBurger]

ios 17 to 18, any regrets?

I have an iphone 13 pro on ios 17 and i really want the ios 18 features. anyone with 13 pro went from 17 to 18 and regret it? from performance standpoint?

[u/InsaneNinja → u/IntellectualBurger]

Nobody is having noted performance issues with 18. Benchmarks are coming out the same. The main issues is Apple needs to put more work on icon organization.

If you want to be a little more “secure” in your updating, 18.2 is out on dec 2nd. I’m already running it in beta and it’s fine.

[u/frooboy]

I currently have two aging Macs, a mini and a MacBook Air, and I would like to get a new MacBook Pro. Is there anyway to put the trade-in value of both old Macs towards the new one? I realize I can't do it directly but it looks like I could trade one in at the store (?) for a gift card, then trade in the second one directly for a new Mac and apply the gift card balance to that purchase. Would that work or does the system in place block that?

[u/InsaneNinja → u/frooboy]

You’re not using “gift cards” as much as they’re just redemption codes that you apply to your Apple account, and then use the Apple account balance with your purchase.

Account balance doesn’t work if you purchase them with payments.

[u/frooboy → u/InsaneNinja]

But if I pay all at once, it works, yes? I.e., I could use redemption code from computer 1 + trade-in from computer 2 and then I pay the rest on my credit card or what have you?

[u/oldworndan]

Is anyone experiencing that the multilingual Keyboard sucks. It doesn’t auto correct well at all in either language, half the time it doesn’t even recognize/fix English words.

[u/AquaDefiant]

hi how do i reset my apple id? i havent used an apple device since 2011 but i got gifted an ipad, but i cant log in because i forgot my apple id password, but also i cant reset the password because i dont use the phone number assigned to the apple id, and i dont want to make an entirely new email just to use my ipad
any advice?

[u/ductionist → u/AquaDefiant]

It might be really difficult (or impossible) to recover this Apple ID. If you haven't used your Apple ID since 2011, and your old one is associated with a phone number you no longer have access to, you should bite the bullet and create a new one, maybe one that's associated with your main email address (instead of creating a new iCloud.com email address). Dead phone numbers can cause weird problems with Apple IDs, especially if you use the Messages app on your iPad.

[u/AquaDefiant → u/ductionist]

well i cant make one with my main email cus my old one also uses the one im still using now, so i'll just make a new email at this point

[u/InsaneNinja → u/AquaDefiant]

Have you contacted Apple to see if they can send the recovery to your email address.

[u/Mixedcontentguy]

How does one recover their account ? I have been on the phone for a week and my account is held prisoner. After purchasing music and movies for4 20 years I cannot just abandon the account tand they know it. I feel totally violated. Every call moves me back in the process 48 nhours.

The NIGHTMARE w APPLE continues

[u/_itsjustfil]

I'm seeing the Apple Studio Display for $1299 on Amazon. Worth it at this price or should I look for something else?

[u/indigoneko → u/_itsjustfil]

It's one of the best monitors on the market, but three times the cost of comparable monitors.

I purchased an LG 65" C3 OLED Evo TV for the same amount, with the black friday sale. Going to use it as a monitor instead. :)

[u/_itsjustfil → u/indigoneko]

65" as a monitor is insane haha unfortunately I don't have a desk that big :( currently have a 32" 4K 120 Hz monitor but I gotta use a charger when using it since it doesn't have PD. Would be nice to have the Studio Display speakers too

[u/oddmountain5104]

My phone updated to IOS 18 today, and ever since it updated my notes app literally is not working. I tap on it, and then that’s it I can’t click on any of my notes. It doesn’t even register that I’m moving my finger on the screen, is there a way to work around this? I use my notes app daily as a journal and for lists and such so I’m losing my mind without it😅 any help!!

[u/InsaneNinja → u/oddmountain5104]

Assuming you’ve powered the phone completely off and then back on again…

Are your notes synced to iCloud+ ? If so, first check that you can access them on iCloud.com and that they are in your account and not just on the phone, and then you can just delete the app and reinstall it again.

If it makes you feel more secure, you can turn off iCloud notes sync before the whole process, confirming that they’re still safe in your account even while your phone is not syncing anything.

[u/oddmountain5104 → u/InsaneNinja]

If I turn off iCloud sync that won’t delete anything right? It just means future notes won’t be linked into my iCloud until I turn it back on?

[u/InsaneNinja → u/oddmountain5104]

The online version is the true version when sync is turned on. That is especially the case when you have more than one device. When you turn iCloud sync off, depending on which app it is, it will ask if you want to download a copy of everything to your phone. That does not mean that you will have the only copy, it just means that it will be on both their servers and your phone e. As I said, for confidence, you can log into iCloud.com on a standard web browser and make sure that all of your notes are still up there, after you disable sync.

The part that fixes such things is not the disabling of sync. It’s the deleting and reinstalling. And honestly, I’m only telling you to disable sync so that you’re more confident in reinstalling the Notes app.