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GETTING iTUNES TO RECOGNIZE iOS DEVICES
If you’re having difficulty getting your iPad, iPhone, or iPod to connect to iTunes correctly, grab a USB cable and try this easy fix: bit.ly/ml152ask1. This should resolve general connection issues, as well as common “0xE” errors.
BEHIND THE IPAD PRO’S UNIBODY ENCLOSURE
Ever wondered how the 2018 iPad Pro’s enclosure is made and tested? Here’s all you need to know about the new versatile aesthetic bit.ly/ml152ask2.
HOW TO REDOWNLOAD MEDIA FROM iTUNES
If there’s a deleted app, book, movie, or TV show you’re suddenly wishing you hadn’t, here’s how to easily redownload them from the App Store, iTunes, and Apple Books: bit.ly/ml152ask3.
Can you help with my Bluetooth blues in macOS Mojave?
Sometime after I upgraded to macOS Mojave, my MacBook Pro’s Bluetooth stopped working completely. Its icon has a line through it, and there’s no information found about it in System Information. How can I fix this?
Try resetting the SMC in case that helps (see bit.ly/resetsmc). After that, check if the cause is a hardware failure: start up in Apple Diagnostics (bit.ly/appldiag), run its tests, and note the result code. This isn’t foolproof evidence that the hardware is good, but if you get a code that starts with NDL, that confirms that your Mac needs to be assessed at a Genius Bar or at least somewhere similar.
The next most probable cause is). In that mode, first open Disk Utility and run its First Aid feature on your Mac’s startup disk. Second, reinstall Mojave over the top of itself.
