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FIFA Club World Cup Schedule for iPhone Calendar, iPad Calendar, Google Calendar, and Mac Calendar

Here’s the FIFA Cub World Cup soccer schedule for your iPhone Calendar, iPad Calendar, and Mac Calendar. It will be updated as the tournament proceeds. The events show up in your regular Calendar apps so you don’t have to go to a website for the schedule and then waste time switching back and forth with your regular calendar. Have it all in one place. Fast and easy. Continue reading FIFA Club…

FIFA Club World Cup Schedule for iPhone Calendar, iPad Calendar, Google Calendar, and Mac Calendar

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Use ChatGPT for Easy Vacation Planning

Note: this page is optimized for iPhones and other mobile devices. If you are using a laptop or desktop computer, use this link and get a version optimized for those devices. ChatGPT is incredibly useful for vacation planning. Read on as ChatGPT helps me plan a three-day weekend in Santa Barbara, offering suggestions for hotels, restaurants, and attractions– all tailored to my liking. Note: the…

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Use ChatGPT for Easy Vacation Planning

Note: this article is optimized for reading on a desktop or laptop machine. If you’re using a mobile device, click here to get a version optimized for that. ChatGPT is incredibly useful for vacation planning. Read on as ChatGPT helps me plan a three-day weekend in Santa Barbara, offering suggestions for hotels, restaurants, and attractions– all tailored to my liking. Note: the screenshots here…

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Make your Mac's trackpad work the way YOU want

Tired of your Mac’s trackpad doing things you don’t expect? Learn how to adjust the settings for a smoother, more predictable experience.

Everybody’s Mac trackpad comes pre-configured exactly the same way– that is, Apple’s way. That’s not necessarily your way, and out of the box it’s much too easy to trigger trackpad actions accidentally. Here’s how to configure your Mac’s trackpad so it works the way you want it to. All of the trackpad settings are found in System Settings/Trackpad. (Note: screenshots are from macOS Sonoma.) The…

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Women's World Cup Soccer Tournament Schedule for iPhone, iPad, and Mac Calendar apps

Women's World Cup Soccer Tournament schedule for iPhone, iPad, and Mac calendars. Works with Google Calendar too. Updates automatically. Free.

The Women’s World Cup soccer tournament is here, and I’ve made an iCal-format Women’s World Cup tournament schedule which you can add to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac with just a couple of taps. Includes dates, times, teams, and TV stations. Updated with scores as games are completed. If you’re using Apple’s Calendar app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, use the green button below. Women’s World Cup…

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Leagues Cup Soccer Tournament Schedule for iPhone, iPad, and Mac Calendar apps

The 2023 Leagues Cup soccer tournament is here, and I’ve made an iCal-format 2023 Leagues Cup tournament schedule which you can add to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac with just a couple of clicks. Includes dates, times, teams, and TV stations. Updated with scores as games are completed. Updated with more games as they are announced. If you’re using Apple’s Calendar app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, use…

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NHL Playoff Schedule for iPhone, iPad, and Mac Calendar apps

NHL Playoffs calendar for your iPhone, Mac, and iPad. Also works with Google Calendar.

The NHL Playoffs have started, and I’ve made a calendar with all of the games, teams, times, and TV channels. Subscribe to the calendar and get updates as the playoffs move along (most of the games are not yet scheduled). Also, the calendar gets updated with scores and links to three-minute game recap videos as games are completed. (Get to the videos by tapping any game that’s already been played…

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USFL Schedule for iPhone, iPad, and Mac Calendar apps

Here's the USFL calendar for your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Google calendars.

The USFL is back, and I’ve made an iCal-format 2023 USFL Schedule which you can add to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac with just a couple of clicks. Click here to get it. The calendar also works with Google calendar (see below). Includes dates, times, teams, and TV stations. Updated with scores as games are completed. Opening Day is Saturday, April 15th, 2023. FYI. The listings for the games have…

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NCAA Women's March Madness Calendar for iPhone, Mac, and iPad

By popular demand, here's the NCAA Women's March Madness calendar for your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Works with Google Calendar too.

UPDATE Monday, March 13th, 2023: the play-in games (First Four) and the First Round are set, and the calendar has them. Second round games go March 19th and March 20th but the times have not been set. As soon as the info is available I’ll update the calendar. Final Four is March 31st, starting at 4:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (on ESPN). Championship is April 2nd, at noon Pacific Daylight Time (on…

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World Baseball Classic Calendar for iPhone, Mac, and Google Calendar

2023 World Baseball Classic calendar in ics format (for Mac and iPhone users), also in Google Calendar format. Dates, times, teams, TV.

The 2023 World Baseball Classic begins March 8th in Taichung, Taiwan. It will still be March 7th here in the USA and with games being played in multiple time zones it’s not easy to figure out when games actually start. I’ve created a calendar that integrates with your iPhone’s Calendar app (and/or your Mac’s Calendar app), as well as with Google Calendar in a browser, with everything you need to…

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How to add your COVID-19 vaccination record to your iPhone's Wallet, for Californians

Add your COVID-19 vaccination record to your iPhone's Wallet app, for quick, secure access. This article tells you how.

I am frequently asked about adding one’s digital COVID-19 vaccination record to an iPhone. If you’re in California this is really easy. Here’s all you need to do. First, go to the California Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record (DCVR) Portal. You can do this on your iPhone or on your Mac but the screenshots here are all from an iPhone. The State of California Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record…

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MLB playoffs calendar for iPhone and Mac Calendars

I've made another calendar: MLB Playoffs. Get it for your iPhone or Mac or Android device.

Here’s the MLB playoffs calendar for your iPhone and Mac Calendar apps. Subscribe and see updates as new information becomes available. Next year you’ll be pleasantly surprised to see the games appear automatically. The key is to “subscribe,” not to “import.” As of this posting we know everything up to and including the Divisional Playoffs round, but only the dates for the League Championship…

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NBA Playoffs Calendar for iPhone and Mac

NBA Playoffs Calendar for iPhone and Mac, updated as games are played and the schedule is announced. Subscribe and the NBA Playoffs will appear each year.

Here’s the 2022 NBA Playoffs Calendar for iPhone and Mac, hand-made* by me. It’s updated with the scores each time a game is played, and it’s updated as the schedule is announced. The events show up in your regular Calendar app so you don’t have to go to a website for the schedule and then waste time switching back and forth with your regular calendar. Have it all in one place. Fast and…

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Sneaky Prime Video scam

Crooked website, masquerading as Amazon Prime Video registration page, almost tripped us up. Would have been expensive.

When activating Prime Video on a TV, be careful how you do it! Recently I was helping someone set up Prime Video on her Apple TV. Anyone who’s done it before knows the drill: you click Prime Video on your TV screen, you click “Sign in,” and you see a screen with instructions: Go to amazon.com/mytvSign in or create an account (they mean “an Amazon Prime account”– and you are probably already…

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NCAA March Madness Calendar for iPhone, Mac, and iPad

NCAA March Madness Calendar for iPhone, Mac, and iPad

March 14th, 2022 Update: We had some issues with the calendar servers but those are resolved. The links here have been tested and they work. March 13th, 2022 Update: Calendar includes the First Four, and the entire first round. Teams, times, locations, TV. It’s all there. When information is available for subsequent rounds the calendar will be updated. Just subscribe and wait for the new stuff…

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Five Mac Safari shortcuts that you can't live without

Five Mac Safari shortcuts that you can’t live without

Safari on the Mac is a great web browser. Make it even more great by mastering these five essential shortcuts. ⌘-L Quickest way to the Smart Search* box? It’s ⌘-L. No matter where the cursor is, ⌘-L moves the cursor to the Smart Search box and selects everything in it. Perfect for copying the URL, also perfect for going somewhere else (because, with the URL selected, the next thing you type…

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2021 NFL Prime-Time Schedule for your iPhone, iPad, and Mac Calendars

Add the 2019 NFL Schedules to your iPhone, iPad, and Mac Calendars. Best NFL calendars on the web.

Note: you may have been subscribing to various NFL calendars via Scott Crevier’s southendzone.net site. That’s what I’ve been doing, until this year. Scott’s site is no longer providing calendars so I am stepping up here and providing this tiny sliver of the NFL Schedule– every prime-time NFL game, with teams and TV channels and times, whether on Monday Night, Sunday Night, or Thursday Night.…

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