Tag: bugs

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macOS Mojave 10.14.4 breaks G-Suite Account Access in Mail.app

UPDATED:
Add the accidentally deleted “Two-Factor Authentication” bit.

With the release of macOS Mojave 10.14.4, another bug that was originally introduced in 10.14.4 beta. This bug also presents in macOS 10.4.5 beta, iOS 12.2 and iOS 12.3 beta.

Google-hosted G Suite account with Two-Factor Authentication enabled will not be able to log in properly.

When adding a G Suite account you will get a message:

Enter the password for the account “(null)”.
Google requires completing authentication in Safari.

In macOS 10.14.4, to authenticate Google Accounts, Safari opens in Private Browsing Mode.

This bug had been reported multiple times by Apple Developers and Beta testers since the release of macOS 10.14.4 beta 1.

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110,479 7-Workout Week

This must be a record with the Activity Awards on the iPhone.

Let’s do the math here:

110,479 week
110,479 x 7 days
773,353 days

1,461  days in 4 years – including February 29 on the fourth year.

(773,353 / 1,461) x 4 = 2,177.325 years

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Video: OS X 10.9.3 Find My Mac Hides “Users” Folder

In OS X 10.9.3, turning on Find My Mac will result in “Users” folder to be hidden.

disappearing_users_folder-poster

MP4 version

According to many reports, iTunes 11.2 must also be installed in addition to “Find My Mac” enabled in OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 for this bug to execute.

To make the “Users” folder visible again until next reboot,

login as an administrator, launch Terminal.App and type the command:

sudo chflags nohidden /Users

Type in your password when prompted. If you do not have a login password for your admin account, leave it blank.
By the way, why didn’t you assign a password to your admin account? Set a password already.

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Goodbye Path, for now.

The headline: Path Uploads Your Entire iPhone Address Book to Its Servers

The reactions: Delete Path from iPhone (iOS device)

Email service@path.com and request to delete your Address Book data from Path servers.

Hi (First Name of Path User),

Thanks for getting in touch with us! I have erased your contacts and their information from our servers.

On behalf of the team, I’d like to apologize for any privacy concerns that you may have had. Our current release of Path for Android requests permission to access your address book. In the next iOS release, we will have this same permission request added.

Until the update is released for iOS, selecting “Add Friends” will display the names of contacts that you have stored on your phone. But now that you’ve opted out of contact uploading, we will never re-store this data on our servers.

Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to help you. I’m more than happy to address any further questions or concerns that you may have.

Best,
(First Name of Path Service Personnel)

That’s simple enough.

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iPhone OS 3.0 Beta: What happened to the icon?

I’m pretty sure it’s one of the bugs in the iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5. For some reasons, the Calculator icon is permanently replaced with Yahoo! App icon.

I tried uninstalling Yahoo! App and restarting the iPhone but it remained. It’s not a showstopper, but it just a little bit bothering me. So I restored my iPhone Software.

Calculator with Yahoo! icon.

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Mac OS X: Invisible Home Folder

UPDATE:
I still don’t know how it happened, but I realized that I could toggle the invisibility bit.

One weird thing happened on my MacBook Pro, and I just recently noticed it. I am not really what really caused it, but there are some theories about it.

My Home folder seems to be “invisible” under the Finder. I can see it through the terminal, and through the side bar.

I’m combing through the usual places for clues and solutions.

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Rants: Windows Home Server

A few weeks ago, I received the Windows Home Server HP MediaSmart Server EX475 and had the time to use it. It is now actually running in an office as a backup server.

My first impression of Windows Home Server was positive, until I actually get into the system a little bit more. Three things immediately came to mind:

  • How in the world can I rename the Windows Home Server? I can’t find it anywhere.
  • How in the asdf can I assign the workgroup for the home server? There’s no option for this either.
  • Most importantly, there’s no way to configure the RAID. This worries me because it seems to be set at RAID 0. YIKES! Then comes the article from AnandTech about possible data corruptions (http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=413).

Of course, there has been some murmur in Microsoft camp. According to Knowledge Base #946676, data corruption may occur, and Microsoft is taking their sweet time. They expect to release the bug-fix sometimes in June 2008.

I am now backing up the content of the Windows Home Server to another “server” in that office.

Windows Home Server still needs a lot of work.