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iPhone Woes
That is what you get when your shiny new iPhone doesn’t do what it is supposed to do. Almost everybody knows that the iPhone is a beautiful device that 
does what is does quite nicely. Of course, even the mighty iPhone acts up from time to time. Sometimes software bugs make photos disappear. Other times, bad advice makes important information disappear. I have a client who called me after he went to the Apple store. His contacts and calendar went missing. As it turns out, the genius at the genius bar decided to disable his Google account. You guessed it: his contacts and calendar lived in his Google account. After shaking my head in disbelief, I quickly fixed the problem.
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of a person with an iPhone problem and a clueless tech support person. As is my policy, I have changed the names to protect the guilty. Any resemblance to real life situations is purely coincidental. Or is it? Maybe a little bit of both. I hope you enjoy my goofy attempt at geek humor. I welcome you to express your opinions and share your frustrating experiences in the comments below. If you enjoyed this post, please feel free to share it with others. Thank you for stopping by. Craig Herberg
Unhelpful tech support guy: Technical support. How may we humiliate you?
Unsuspecting tech woes victim: I just bought a new I phone. Can you help me with it?
Unhelpful tech support guy: Of course. What seems to be the problem?
Unsuspecting tech woes victim: Whenever I get a call, I can’t hear the other person talk.
Unhelpful tech support guy: Are you holding it up to your eye?
Unsuspecting tech woes victim: My eye?
Unhelpful tech support guy: Of course. Why do you think they call it an eye phone?
Unsuspecting tech woes victim: I had no idea. Thank you so much.
Unhelpful tech support guy: Any time. Thank you for calling technical support, where a stupid answer is only a phone call away.
work.” In fact, they do just work – after somebody sets them up properly – until they don’t! Sometimes printers stop working after a software update. Other times, a network connection will mysteriously die. To keep your Mac running smoothly, you will need some Mac tips. Unless you are technically skilled, your best tip might be the name of a good Mac person. Your second best tip might be the location of your local Apple store.
ess to communicate calls to your football team, so the other team can’t pick up your signals. That is a great idea. Just make sure to secure it, because a laptop with a good antenna can pick up your wireless signal from a great distance. According to 
we need to do. It is always better when you can fix the problem yourself. Sometimes turning off your router and modem for a few minutes fixes the problem. On the other hand, calling your internet service provider is never fun, and often aggravating. Sometimes, they try many different things, then an hour in, state that there is an outage. Gee, thanks for wasting my time.
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actually do. For example, banks and credit card companies sell or rent your information to “trusted affiliates.” Frequently, becoming a “trusted affiliate” means having money to buy the list. Certainly, some websites are quite lax with security measures. Without a doubt, you should take steps to protect your privacy. In fact, a great first step is going to the 
develop, yet few have. For example, some seek to blame others, rather than trying to solve the problem. Because of this approach, real problems never get solved. Perhaps, their thinking is that blame is the problem. Frequently, this philosophy is called the 
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