Question : My child has used my Mac and MS Office on it to login to their Microsoft Account to be able to use my printer. Now, when I want to save something in MS Office on my Mac, it is connecting to my child’s school OneDrive…
How do I switch the account back to my own Microsoft Account ?
Answer : To switch the Microsoft Account from MS Office365 (mainly used for school and business accounts) to Office 2021 for Mac (mainly for private use), do this : – open Word – in the top menu bar, click on ‘Word’ – in the pulldown menu that appears, click on ‘Sign Out’
When done, the ‘Sign Out’ option will disappear from the pull down menu, and no ‘Sign In’ option will appear there… so you need to use a different route : – open Word – in the top menu bar, click ‘File’ – in the pull down menu that appears, click on ‘New from Template…’ – in the new window that opens, click on the ‘Sign In’ button top-left – now a login window will open where you can use various ways of signing in (if you have the MS Authenticator app on your iPhone, the easiest way is to select that option to login) – when logged in, your name and initials will appear in the place where the ‘Sign In’ button used to be
I have had a Ubigi SIM in my car for a few years now. Now I will be travelling to Asia this summer and I want to add an eSIM to my (rather recent) iPhone to have a far more interesting data plan than using my pan-european voice&data-plan outside of Europe… I’ve downloaded the eSIMs-app on my iPhone to search for and compare various eSIM providers… since Ubigi had one of the most interesting data-plans and I already have a Ubigi SIM in my car that I am very happy with, I decided to go for the Ubigi eSIM as well…
I was asked to install the Ubigi-app on my iPhone, which I already have (since I need it for my car’s SIM), so I can skip that step and proceed… only to find that in the Ubigi-app I do not get the option to add an Asian data-plan, I am only seeing options to upgrade European data-plans… I’ve looked on the Ubigi-website, but there is no mention of this problem, and I can’t seem to be able to connect to the Ubigi Helpdesk (maybe because it’s a weekend now).
What am I doing wrong ? And how can I fix this ?
Answer :
Yes, it’s odd that Ubigi didn’t consider this option when setting up their app… for now the only solution is to log-out with your current Ubigi-account (the one from your car’s SIM) and create a second/new Ubigi-account… just make sure to use a different eMail-address than the one you used for your car’s SIM… and then log-in to the Ubigi-app using that second Ubigi-account.
Yes, is a little bit of a hassle, especially since switching back and forth between the two accounts is needlessly time-consuming… but for now (until Ubigi adds this option to it’s app) this is the only way to get it to work… Just remember that as long as you are abroad, you are probably not with your car, and the other way around, so switching will only be needed when you step into the plane and when you return home…
Note : the option to create an extra eSIM on your iPhone is available on iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone SE 2 and all versions of iPhone 11 and newer (so all iPhones introduced from 2018 onwards) and all cellular-equipped iPad variations introduced since fall of 2018. A complete list of iPhones & iPads with eSIM capability can be found here.
When I am typing messages in Whatsapp I sometimes want to include emoji like the flag of my country… so I open the emoji list and I get overwhelmed by the number of flags available, so I pick the flag that looks like the one I want, only to find out after posting that it turend out to be the flag of another country… quite embarrassing honestly…
I live in The Netherlands, so this happens quite often, since our Dutch flag is nearly identical to the Luxembourg flag and in tiny emoji size is easily mixed up with the flags of Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Egypt…
Is there any way to always pick the correct flag ?
Answer :
Yes, there is, and it’s rather simple… just do this : – if Whatsapp is open, make sure the regular typing filed is available and the keyboard is visible – then just typ the name of the country you want in full (with or without a starting capital) – now in the text correction suggestions bar just below the typing field, the correct flag will turn up as a suggestion on the right – just click on that to insert it into your message
Is it possible to typ the ‘degree symbol’ ( the mini-version of the letter O or number 0 next to the top of a letter or number ) on your iPhone ? If so, how do I do that ?
Answer :
Yes, and doing so is rather straight forward – if you know where to look : – on your iPhone (in iOS) open an app that you can use to typ texts (like Notes, Mail or Whatsapp) – typ your text as usual until where you need the degree symbol – then long-press the number 0 key and a popup will appear where you can select the degree symbol, just click it to insert
I have troubles with my eMail on my iPhone, so I started to look for solutions in the iOS Settings.app ; I don’t know if this is relevant for the solution to my mail-problem, but I found that when I try to adjust the settings for Fetch New Data (in the Settings.app > Mail > Accounts > scroll down to bottom) is turned OFF, and when I click on it the entire Fetch New Data settings page is greyed out, so I can’t switch it back ON and have my mail checked automatically…
What is wrong ? How can I fix this ?
Answer :
Relax, there’s nothing wrong… it’s just strange that iOS isn’t telling you why the entire page is greyed out and how you can fix this… The thing is : your iPhone is in Low Power Mode (a.k.a. Battery Saving Mode)… (if you look closely, you will see that the battery indicator top right is yellow in stead of white or green) To fix this, do this :
swipe down from the battery indicator top right
in the window that opens, scroll down to the white tile with the battery (in yellow) and click on it
now the tile wil turn dark and the battery will turn white
if there is no battery-tile, then go to Settings.app > Battery and switch the slider at Low Power Mode to ON
to check, go to Settings.app > Mail > Accounts > Fetch New Data and you will see that you can now set everything as you like
I am working in Apple Maps.app on my Mac and now I have made a lot of Dropped Pins / Red Pins that I have gathered in a custom My Guides folder. I have just created another Red Pin that I also want to add to this custom My Guides folder, but when I do the exact same thing to add it as I did earlier, for some reason that is impossible for this Red Pin since the name of the custom My Guides folder is not appearing… the only option given is “New Guide” for some reason…
What is wrong ? How can I fix this ?
Answer :
This seems to be a bug in Apple Maps.app (especially Maps version 3.0) on macOS… To fix this, do this :
close Apple Maps.app on your Mac
then, open Maps.app on your iPhone
swipe un the pull-up window (with the Search field) so the More Info window fills the screen
scroll down to the Red Pin you want to add
if you don’t see it right away, you might need to dig a little futher by clicking on one of the “More” buttons (on the right, next to each chapter)
when found, click on the Red Pin and it’s info will open in a new window
then, click on the ‘three dots’/More-button and choose “Add to Guides” from the pop-up menu
now, the complete list of My Guides you have will be visible (even the ones you were not able to select on your Mac)
Click on the custom My Guides folder and you will be able to add the Red Pin to that custom My Guides folder
I have an old location that I had once looked up in Apple Maps which was marked with a Red Pin. Now I no longer need it, so I want to delete it. Normally I would do that by clicking on the Red Pin in Apple Maps.app on my Mac, so the More Info window would open with a Delete-button… but for this particular Red Pin there is no Delete button… (even though the Delete button appears if I do this same thing with any other Red Pin…)
It’s even worse… this Red Pin is in a My Places ‘folder’ also, and even though I get the option to delete it there, it will automatically reappear in the same My Places ‘folder’ instantly after being deleted…
I’ve searched the internet multiple times, but no-one seems to know how do fix this… a lot of people seem to have run into this or a similar problem, but the solutions given just don’t work for me…
Is there any fix for this ?
Answer :
There is a fix (but no guarantee it will work for all similar problems). Try this :
first, close Apple Maps.app on your Mac
then, open Apple Maps.app on your iPhone
swipe the Search field (or actually the pull-up screen) upward to fill the screen with the More Info window
now, find the Red Pin you want to delete : it may be in the Recents chapter, or in the Favourites chapter, or you may have to dig a little bit further to find older Red Pins
once found, slide the info line of the Red Pin from right to left ; now a red Delete button will appear from the right ; click it to delete the Red Pin
If you also want to delete the Red Pin from the My Places ‘folder’, try this :
in Apple Maps.app on your iPhone, swipe the search field upward to fill the screen with the More Info window
scroll down to the My Guides chapter and click on the My Places ‘folder’
you will now see the map, with the pull-up screen now named My Places (or any custom name you have once given to the ‘folder’)
if you don’t see the Red Pin you want to delete, swipe up the pull-up screen and scroll down until you see the Red Pin you’re looking for
then, slide the info line of the Red Pin from right to left ; now the red Delete button will appear from the right ; click it to delete the Red Pin
then, click the X-marked button top right to go back to the main view (back to the More Info window)
And if you want to delete the My Places ‘folder’ (or any of the My Guides ‘folders’) entirely, try this :
in Apple Maps.app on your iPhone, swipe the search field upward to fill the screen with the More Info window
scroll down to the My Guides chapter and find the ‘folder’ you want to delete (e.g. the My Places ‘folder’)
then, slide the info line of the folder you want to delete from right to left ; now the red Delete button will appear from the right ; click it to delete the ‘folder’
That’s it !
…to check if this has worked, open Apple Maps.app on your Mac and your ‘undeleteable’ Red Pin will now be gone… (if this solution works in your case too)
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