Mobile Phones

Jody has a Mac and a Samsung Galaxy Android Phone. He used to be able to sync the calendar on both with no problem. But lately, he's been having issues with the built-in Mac calendar and the Android Calendar program. Leo says it's possible that Jody's Calendar hasn't been syncing to iCloud, which is what Apple does before syncing to other devices. Apple may have logged him out before an update. Also, make sure it's not requiring 2-factor authentication now. Look into the iCloud settings and make sure that the Calendar is syncing. 

Harry wants to know if his smartphone can be hacked and would he know if it was? Leo says yes, and no. Smartphone operating systems are very sophisticated, but Android is more open source and, as such, could be more vulnerable. If anything, your smartphone knows where you are at all times, and as such, so does your phone company. And police can get that data by a simple request.

But unless you're a celebrity, a politician, or a member of a "three-letter agency," it's extremely unlikely you'll get hacked. Just don't download suspicious apps from questionable sources.

Dan's Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra keeps defaulting to cellular preferred, instead of WiFi preferred. But instead, he's missing calls and texts as a result. He uses T-Mobile. The cellular is a bit sketchy in his area, so he'd rather use WiFi Calling. But the phone won't let him. Leo says that if he gets out of range of the WiFi, it'll immediately go to cellular. Dan says it stays that way, though, when he's back home. Try rebooting the phone. Often that fixes the problem. 

Bob wants to know where Windows Media Player stores his music files on his old computer. He has no idea. Leo says you can use the manage file memory command. Ideally, it'll be in the music folder. Then, to start using iTunes, you can add the folder into the iTunes Library. But make sure you check the "let me manage my music" option in iTunes settings. Once that's done, you can connect your phone via USB and then sync. You may also have to convert them to mp3 because your phone won't play WMA files. What's a lot easier is to use iMazing.