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User Privacy & Data Protection Standards in new Apple iPhone, iPad and Mac Operating Systems

I had been planning for a long time but never implemented Google Analytics for my Apple iOS Apps to get accurate data about my app usage. I thought it was more work to implement analytics in the app with a framework using cocoa-pods, which would, in a way, slow down my app performance.

But with the news that Apple is taking privacy and data collection seriously, with online ads for Safari Browser on Mac and system-wide privacy settings on Apple iOS 14 for iPhone, I am happy that I never implemented a third-party analytics framework or added an ad network to generate revenue from my apps. My apps are already paid, and I don’t want to mess up user experience with impromptu in-app advertisements.
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January 9, 2021

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Mandar Apte

Apple, Apple iOS, Apple iPadOS, Apple macOS, Personal Experience
Using iCloud features to sync iPhone messages with Mac.
Prerequisites:
1. 1. I assume you have added your primary and same Apple ID / iCloud Account on your respective Mac and iPhone.
2. You have enabled iCloud Sync for Messages App on your iPhone and Mac in iCloud Settings.
3. You are using the latest release of the macOS operating system, the newest iOS operating system and the Safari Browser.
Once the above prerequisites are met, we can proceed further…

Note: You can autofill security codes from your iPhone to Safari on Mac. This is Safari’s only feature.

To set up Text Message Forwarding on your iPhone, follow the below steps:
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January 3, 2021

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Mandar Apte

Apple, Apple iCloud, Apple iOS, Apple iPadOS, Apple macOS, Apple watchOS, Tutorials
Here is how to fix the error: ‘The operation can’t be completed because an item with the name “Photos Library” already exists.’

This error appears when completing the action of copying or moving a file or folder to any destination. It explains that a file with the same name already exists in that destination folder. It may be a hidden file even if you have deleted it.

I suggest you follow the steps below to eliminate this error and problem.

Note: First things first, before moving forward backup your Mac with Time Machine

Step 01: Open Finder and go to the destination folder where you are copying files or folder
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December 29, 2020

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Mandar Apte

Apple, Apple macOS, Tutorials
How can you still receive calls when bedtime and sleep mode (Do Not Disturb) are turned on on your Apple iPhone and Apple Watch?

I just activated the Apple iOS Bedtime and Sleep features for my iPhone and Apple Watch.

But you may notice one thing: once your Sleep time starts, your iPhone stops ringing for incoming calls.

So here is how to turn off the silent incoming call feature…

Step 01: Go to your settings app on your iPhone
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December 6, 2020

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Mandar Apte

Apple, Apple iOS, Apple watchOS, Tutorials
Apple Music Error [Solved] – Some items, including “Song’s Title”, were not copied to the iPhone “John Appleseed’s iPhone 11 Pro” because they could not be found.

After I started syncing my Apple Music to my iPhone via the Finder app, I repeatedly received an error.

The error was ‘Some items, including “Song’s Title”, were not copied to the iPhone “John Appleseed’s iPhone 11 Pro” because they could not be found.’
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October 28, 2020

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Mandar Apte

Apple, Apple iOS, Apple macOS
Programmatically identify iPhone devices that have a notch or safe area.

Since the iPhone X, Apple has released various sizes of iPhones with a notch.

So, Identifying new iPhones that have a notch or don’t is a new problem for every Apple App Store App Developer. Apple just released in 2020 with iPhone 12, Pro, Pro Max and Mini, which are not similar in screen dimensions to previous generations of iPhone 11.

After reading and surfing the web, I found two helpful articles that will guide you to solve this problem: one post on Stack Overflow and another article by @cafielo.

However, the code shared in both articles above was incompatible with new Apple iOS versions 13 and 14.

So I rewrote those code that may be compatible with Apple iOS 13 and 14 operating system.
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October 22, 2020

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Mandar Apte

Apple, Apple iOS
How to import iTunes Music Library into Apple Music after a clean install of macOS Catalina on your new computer while keeping intact play counts and star ratings for respective songs and albums.

After releasing the new macOS Catalina or any other Mac operating system, I sometimes prefer a clean install of the latest operating system on my iMac / MacBook / MacBook Pro or Mac Pro.

I back up all of the current user home folders on external storage, such as an external hard disk or solid-state drive.

Once the operating system is installed on ‘Macintosh HD’ and an admin user account is created on Mac, it’s time to start transferring data from the external drive to Mac’s user home folder.

Once you have an account setup, follow these steps to transfer music.

Step 01: Copy your old ‘iTunes’ folder to your user’s Music folder located at e.g. User > Music > iTunes

Step 02: Hold down the ‘Option’ key while opening the Apple Music app from the dock or application folder. You will be presented with a dialogue box called ‘Choose Music Library. ‘ Now click on the ‘Choose Library’ button.

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October 19, 2020

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Mandar Apte

Apple, Apple macOS, Tutorials
If your Mac intermittently drops the TP-Link Router’s Wi-Fi Network Connection, here is a fix.

I know it happened to me when I purchased a new TP-Links router. But after setting up the router with my ISP (Internet Service Provider), my Mac / iMac / MacBook / MacBook Pro / MacBook Air / Mac Mini started dropping connection intermittently every 5 minutes or every 2 minutes.

After trying everything, here is a list of settings I used to get a stable connection from my router to my Mac.

Step 01: Sign in to your Router’s Admin Page

Step 02: Navigate to Wireless or Advanced > Wireless > Wireless Settings

Step 03: Uncheck ‘Smart Connect’. i.e. Disable the Smart Connect Feature.
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October 2, 2020

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Mandar Apte

Apple, Apple macOS, Hardware, Reviews, Tutorials
Resolve Cloudflare’s ‘Invalid Domain’ error while adding a new site.
Background:

Cloudflare is a good web service that provides CDN, Caching, HTML – JavaScript – CSS Minifying and security from DDOS attacks free of cost.

However, you must add your domain to Cloudflare to use this service.

Interaction is simple. At the top of your dashboard’s navigation bar, there is a prominent button called ‘Add Site’. Clicking it transfers you to the next page, where you can copy-paste your website’s URL.

If you are getting an error like ‘Invalid Domain’ while adding your website to Cloudflare, use this trick to bypass this error.

If you are copy-pasting the URL with the http suffix, then you will get an error:
```
// You will get error
http://yourdomain.com
```
Then you have to enter your domain without http or www, and It should look like this:
```
// Success
yourdomain.com
```
The ‘Invalid Domain’ error should be resolved by now.

I hope it helps.

Thanks & Regards
Mandar Apte
August 31, 2020

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Mandar Apte

Cloudflare, Tutorials, WordPress
Stop email notifications for WordPress Theme and Plugin Updates.

With the WordPress 5.5 release, you may have experienced new random daily emails you may have received for every WordPress self-hosted theme and plugin update.

Here is how to stop email notifications for theme and plugin updates:

Copy the code below in your domain theme’s functions.php file… It will look something like this…
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August 28, 2020

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Mandar Apte

Tutorials, WordPress