Following a password reset (specifically a Microsoft O365 account), Apple Mail was not happy. It recognized that the password had changed but wasn’t accepting the new password, even though we knew the password was correct…”Can’t connect to the account…Enter the password for user…Unable to verify account name or password…”
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ReportPundit Review & Use Cases for Shopify Stores
The reporting features in Shopify are painfully lacking. Part of me dislikes how resourceful we are as entrepreneurs, because that means we will find a way when Shopify is lacking features and solutions they should really have. I’m not excited to rely on / pay for a 3rd party app, especially when it seems like … Read more
Coursera Page Not Found Error: “We were not able to find the page you’re looking for”
Are you encountering the following perplexing error when trying to visit Coursera.org or a Coursera course: “We were not able to find the page you’re looking for”? This is what worked for us.
“%@” Notifications Pop-Up Prompt on Apple Mac OS
“%@” Notifications Notifications may include alerts, sounds, and icon badgets” If you’ve randomly been asked by MacOS if you’d like to “Allow” or “Don’t Allow” notifications for “%@”, you’re not alone. One of my users saw this pop-up notification seemingly out of the blue. They had been specifically running MacOS Catalina 10.15 for many months … Read more
Screening & Taking Live Phone Calls on Zoom Live Streams – A D.I.Y. Budget-Friendly Guide to Talk-Show Style Phone Guests
To add interactivity to our Zoom live stream events at the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania, we like to take phone calls from live viewers on the air, similar to a radio-talk show. The way it works; A call comes in, I screen the call, alert the hosts and then we put … Read more
How to Record Zoom Gallery View instead of Active Speaker View
Zoom defaults to “Active Speaker” view when a meeting is recorded to the cloud. For smaller meetings and classes, you might instead want the “gallery view” so you have a better view of everyone in the meeting. Good news! For cloud recordings, you can change the default recording view from “active speaker” to “gallery … Read more
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
Fortune Cookie: Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. I reacted negatively at first to this, like it was encouraging me to not take chances and be mediocre. Then I realized small victories lead to larger successes. Breaking down goals and aspirations into smaller, more manageable steps makes stepping a lot easier. … Read more
How to Add a Bookmark in BBEdit (for FTP/SFTP Connections)
Bookmarking your FTP/SFTP settings in BBEdit makes re-connecting to servers a lot easier, especially when you include the “Path”, which means you will get dropped back into the same directory each time. 1. Start by opening BBEdit and clicking File->New FTP/SFTP Browser. 2. For the connection settings, enter your SFTP server, username and password. Optionally, … Read more
Keep being creative, creative people.
To my creative friends: I once heard advice to start every day by creating something — anything! You’ll feel better knowing you created and be better able to take on the less creative, monotonous things you have to do throughout the day. I’m sharing this now, because I feel like it is … Read more
How to Save Space on your Mac by removing Messages and Photo Attachments – Text/SMS
If you send and receive a lot of text messags, especially ones with images and photographs, you may find that your Mac Messages application is taking up a LOT of precious space. Here are options for recovering storage space that is being used by your text messages and photo attachments: Turn on automatic deletion of … Read more