549: Embrace The Action Button

Topics: -Jerry was recently studying for the Apple Device Support Exam when he discovered Handoff was not working properly. -Handoff and Universal Clipboard are features of Apple's Continuity. -Eventually, signing out of iCloud on both devices and signing back in corrected the issue. As an aside, he had to turn off ScreenTime in order to sign out of iCloud. -An alternative solution, via this YouTube video resolved Universal Clipboard for most by running this command: defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist ClipboardSharingEnabled 1 -Joe is very happy with the new iPhone and the Max size. -He talks about the new Action button. His three favorite actions are easier ways to activate the flashlight. the camera, or begin a voice recording. -Jerry goes for the larger screen just to avoid enlarging the default font size. -Do you use the Always-On display? -As people "surrender to the cloud", there is less of a need for local storage solutions. -Promise and OWC are two common options that we see out in the field. -A new topic arises - how much do we want to rely on cloud storage? -A marketer leaves Joe a poem after multiple attempts to reach him. -Jerry & Chat GPT create a reply. -After the closing bell, Joe gives us the results of the YouTube advice he followed from Jerry. Alternative solutions for fixing Handoff: Disable Handoff in System Preferences Open Terminal and run: rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist Keychain Access → delete "handoff-own-encryption-key" Restart in Safe Mode (hold Cmd+R to do that) System Prefs → Enable Handoff Reboot

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