Tag: Apple
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“The iTunes Store is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later” when trying to subscribe to Podcast
Currently (September 2023), Apple’s iTunes store seems to have a bug where it’s impossible to subscribe to new podcasts. However, there is a workaround. Find your desired podcast on the iTunes store. Click the “get” button, on the right side of the episode list, for any episode of the podcast. Switch to your library. The […]
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MP3 Songs on iPhone greyed out; “This song is not currently available in your country or region” error message
iPhone sync has always been a little wonky, but today I discovered this gem. A few audio tracks showed up on my iPhone but were greyed out; tapping them resulted in an “This song is not currently available in your country or region” error message. What worked for me was to turn off “Sync with […]
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iPhone: Can’t Enter Recovery Mode
I was just trying to factory reset an old iPhone 6S, following these instructions provided by Apple. However, try as I might, the phone would just reboot. Turns out my notebook’s USB port I was using to connect the iPhone 6S for doesn’t provide enough voltage and is thus ignored by the iPhone. I think […]
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Mac OS X: Time Machine Backup Slow / Stuck
I just noticed that my time machine backup (to a Synology NAS) was slow. As in… single-digit kilobytes per second, and then it got stuck completely. At first I thought this may be an issue with the Synology drive, but this turned out not to be true. In the log file of the Mac, I […]
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iPhone not recognized by iTunes – Can’t Sync
For a while now I’ve had the issue that, sometimes, my iPhone would not be recognized by iTunes and wouldn’t sync. Sometimes there was an error message; sometimes not. Most recently, I would just get the Windows’ sound you get when you connect a USB device twice in a row. The iPhone then charged, but […]