Month: June 2010

It appears Apple is the only company around that doesn't use Microsoft Exchange. Apple's recently released iOS (not to be confused with Cisco's IOS) 4 apparently wasn't tested with Exchange at all. Many users are reporting slow e-mail sync, and apparently Exchange server admins are none too happy with the load these devices are putting on the Exchange server – much more than the old OS did. Of course, you cannot downgrade a device that has been upgraded to iOS 4. iPhone Operating Systems are signed by Apple at run-time and Apple refuses to digitally sign anything below iOS 4 now, … Continue reading Apple to iPhone Users: Please Install This Untrusted Configuration Profile

If you have upgraded your iTunes to version 9.2 you may have run into the problem that your computer no longer recognizes your iPhone/iPad/iPod. I had the problem on one computer, but not the other. When you connect the device it starts installing the driver, then it fails and iTunes never sees your device. After a fruitless 45 minutes on the phone with and Apple support technician that seemed to be new to Windows and who eventually hung up on me, and a web search that turned up nothing I decided to take things in my own hands. Here is how you … Continue reading How to fix the "Unable to install Apple Mobile Device USB Driver" problem