https://www.jimdeibele.com/categories/mac/ Recent content in Mac on Jim Deibele's Blog Hugo en-us Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:28:54 +0000 https://www.jimdeibele.com/posts/apple-show-me-the-deleted-messages/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:28:54 +0000 https://www.jimdeibele.com/posts/apple-show-me-the-deleted-messages/ <p>Are you diligent about deleting messages? I am, and it causes me grief when I try to find out what a message says.</p> <p>Look at this:</p> <p><img alt="Recent deleted messages" loading="lazy" src="https://www.jimdeibele.com/posts/apple-show-me-the-deleted-messages/deleted-messages.jpeg"></p> <figcaption>Recent deleted messages. Which one do I want?</figcaption> <br /> <p>To see what a deleted message says, I have to recover it. It&rsquo;s no fun doing that once, let alone a few times if you guess wrong.</p> <p>C&rsquo;mon, Apple. Fix this.</p> https://www.jimdeibele.com/posts/ping-logger-to-monitor-when-internet-is-down/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:58:32 +0000 https://www.jimdeibele.com/posts/ping-logger-to-monitor-when-internet-is-down/ <p>We have Ziply (formerly Frontier, formerly GTE) fiber at home and the other day I noticed that the internet wasn&rsquo;t reachable. The eero app said the internet was down.</p> <p><img alt="alt" loading="lazy" src="https://www.jimdeibele.com/posts/ping-logger-to-monitor-when-internet-is-down/eero.jpg">{#id} <img alt="Internet down in eero app" loading="lazy" src="https://www.jimdeibele.com/posts/ping-logger-to-monitor-when-internet-is-down/eero.jpg"></p> <figcaption>Internet down in eero app</figcaption> <p>I checked the box (Optical Network Terminal) in the box and it showed green.</p> <p><img alt="alt" loading="lazy" src="eero-2.jpg">{#id}</p> <p>After another minute or so, the connection resumed.</p> <p>I don&rsquo;t know how often this happens so I decided to monitor the internet connection from a server that&rsquo;s running 24/7.</p>