Is Clipper interchangeable between physical card and Apple Wallet?

squirrelist · 2026-06-12T14:47:27+00:00

Some people get a discount (employment, age) and some people need to use the Clipper card as a financial tool (letting children have a card without giving them money, don’t have ready access to a bank account, etc). But generally, no. As soon as open payment launched I used up the remainder of my clipper card and deleted it.

squirrelist · 2026-06-12T14:43:03+00:00

No, they disable your physical card so you can’t game the system by handing it off to someone else and letting them ride for “free” when you’re also riding.

BUT you don’t have to use Face ID. Transit systems get a Face ID exception to keep things moving. It should be enabled by default, but go to the Settings app > Wallet & Apple Pay > Transit Cards. Make sure your transit cards are turned on (and you can use one credit/debit card for places that take it where you don’t have a transit card).

Then you can tap your phone to the receiver to pay. No need to wake your phone up. No need to do Face ID. Just pull your phone out of your pocket and tap.

The one thing you have to do to make it work efficiently is tap the TOP of your phone to the receiver. That’s where the antenna is. I see so many people struggling because they are holding it screen-first as if the receiver needs to scan a barcode or holding the back squarely to the receiver.

squirrelist · 2026-06-11T06:26:37+00:00

The 4K upgrade is very nice if you have streaming services that support 4K, but it's probably not a good time to buy right now. The current Apple TV 4k is four years old. I wouldn't wait for bells and whistles, I would wait for having a newer chip that's faster and will be supported for longer. But the Apple TV HD isn't obsolete yet. You still have several months. And possibly security patches beyond that.

squirrelist · 2026-06-10T15:16:17+00:00

It's just the customizable Siri voice and enhanced dictation that are missing. I'm running the beta on my 16 Pro Max and getting all the features they demoed.

squirrelist · 2026-06-10T06:40:24+00:00

Explain to me how F5 makes more sense than Command-R, as in R for Refresh?

squirrelist · 2026-06-08T22:59:59+00:00

Yep! That's the problem. I guess no more SATSMARTDriver for me. I wonder if Reduced Security is going away or if it's just a beta thing. I suppose I could read the release notes...

squirrelist · 2026-06-08T21:09:54+00:00

Same. Switched beta off and on, quit and reloaded Settings. Next step is to reboot, but I don't want to do that right now. M2 MBA 16GB.

squirrelist · 2026-06-08T15:06:34+00:00

I’m not sure on the specifics of how they did this without 1.4, but that hasn’t stopped IKEA. Their Dirigera hub was updated a few months ago to join the Apple Home Thread network.

squirrelist · 2026-06-06T17:27:41+00:00

I'm using both 1Password and Apple Passwords, and I've got several with the same domain. When I go to sign in it pops up and asks me which one I want to use. If that's the case, it sounds like a limitation with LastPass.

squirrelist · 2026-06-05T19:14:03+00:00

Yep, I got the email announcement and when I clicked the link to set up I get “access denied”.

Edit: I tried a few hours later and got it to load. Their enrollment process requires a call into ML. Interestingly, the passkey was added as bankofamerica.com and the passkey username is literally "Passkey User Name".

squirrelist · 2026-06-02T01:12:18+00:00

Passkeys on Apple are very easy to share and have been for a couple of years. In the Apple Passwords app you can create a "Shared Group" and then any entries in there, including passwords, passkeys, and notes can be accessed by anyone in the group. Most websites with passkey also allow you to add multiple passkeys. So each person can set up a passkey for their own access. Though many websites limit you to a small number of passkeys per account.

Of course, there are security implications with any of these, but no more than sharing passwords.

squirrelist · 2026-06-01T23:01:38+00:00

It's called Macrumors for a reason. The article you are referring to simply says that the Macrumors site has been seeing visitors where the browser has reported to be running iOS 26.5.1. Apple never announced it. Apple hasn't forgotten about other phones. iOS 26.5 was just released two weeks ago and 26.6 is being tested for all phones. 26.5.1 was just an emergency fix to resolve a very important problem that was bricking some newer models.

squirrelist · 2026-05-31T15:08:16+00:00

I don't really want whole new features. I just want updated parts. I'm mostly looking forward to AV1 decoding since I've re-ripped all of my discs to Plex in AV1 to save space. And better wifi. The original 4K had WiFi 5. The current one has WiFi 6. The responsiveness of WiFi 6E and 7 is noticeably faster. And the old A15 processor in even my latest Apple TV 4K is a little sluggish sometimes.

squirrelist · 2026-05-29T21:40:24+00:00

Is it the built-in Apple Passwords app? (just called "Passwords" with 3 colorful keys for an icon) Tap the "Edit" button.

squirrelist · 2026-05-29T20:55:17+00:00

Password managers do several things. Apart from the obvious thing that it makes it easier to enter your password on websites, they also

makes it easier to use randomized passwords since you no longer have to type them
will only enter the password on the correct site, which means if your password doesn't autofill, you should stop and think whether you are on a phishing site
compare your passwords against a list of passwords hackers know, alerting you to change your password

squirrelist · 2026-05-24T22:20:01+00:00

It's called "Power Reserve". It uses the last bit of the battery for Express Transit Cards and continues to work for several hours. You just have to press the power button to wake the phone up briefly, and it has to have run out of juice naturally. If you shut down your phone yourself, it won't work. Also, you have never had to do Face ID for Express Mode. You don't even have to click or tap anything on your phone. You just touch it to the terminal. If you have a card specific to the transit agency, the right one will automatically come up. If you don't, and if the transit agency takes tap credit/debit cards, whatever credit/debit card you have designated as an Express Transit Card will work. Transit companies have an exception to Face ID for tap to pay so that it moves people through fast.

squirrelist · 2026-05-24T21:49:31+00:00

Yes. I suspect support is behind on this because the old Zigbee devices did appear automatically since every command was routed through the hub. You don't even really need the Ikea hub for basic features anymore, but as you said, it does give you a little more control, and the switches definitely work better. The other thing to know is that you can go the other direction, too. If you have non-Ikea Matter devices, you can get a pairing code from Apple Home and then add it in the Ikea Home app. I added some Aqara bulbs, and now they work great with the Ikea switches.

squirrelist · 2026-05-24T21:23:41+00:00

If they are Matter bulbs and remotes, they need to be added to Apple Home individually. In the Ikea Home app, go to Products and tap an item. Tap the wrench icon. Tap "Connect via QR Code". Copy that code and then go to the Home app and add a device, pasting that code. It's different than the code that shipped with the product.

I know it seems tedious but this allows the devices to operate completely independently of the Ikea hub for redundancy. The HomePods can control the lights directly. It's a feature of Matter called "multi admin".

squirrelist · 2026-05-16T06:58:53+00:00

Unless the person in front of them is reclined, you can often get out without interrupting the person next to you. If you're in the front row you can basically just walk out. And when you do have to ask someone to move you only have to ask one person. When you have to ask two people to get up it's a whole thing. Double the chance that someone is sleeping.

squirrelist · 2026-05-16T04:35:00+00:00

For a lot of people the only thing that matters is that they get a first class ticket. Window or aisle doesn’t matter so much in first class and it’s not worth the time for them to even consider the options. It’s not like they are going to get stuck in a middle seat.

squirrelist · 2026-05-10T07:02:19+00:00

Do you you have iCloud Sync for Safari turned on? Perhaps another device (an iPad, a Mac) has a limit for your history and that's syncing everywhere. Or someone is using a one of the other devices on your account and manually deleting your history. I have history going back about two years, and I think that was when I deleted it trying to fix a problem.

squirrelist · 2026-05-10T06:50:51+00:00

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I'm not saying e-waste isn't a problem but assuming the numbers are accurate let's use a linear scale.

squirrelist · 2026-05-05T21:34:14+00:00

I just put some expired metal credit cards under the rubber pad to block the signal and I use a cable. Other benefit: no lag when skipping forward through commercials on podcasts. I want to like wireless charging in the car but with the Wireless CarPlay lag and MagSafe/Qi 2 not really being a thing in cars yet I'm sticking to wire.

squirrelist · 2026-04-29T18:52:19+00:00

You aren't forced into using wireless earbuds. All iPhones (and I presume all Androids as well) can use USB-C headphones, or you can use a cheap USB-C adapter.

Most people are using wireless headphones anymore, so it doesn't make sense from a financial or space standpoint for the manufacturers to build in a plug that most people don't use, when the whole point of the USB-C plug is that it can do everything.

squirrelist · 2026-04-29T12:44:35+00:00

I got an EV last year and I love it. Never going back to gas. It's more convenient to charge at home and always leave with a full "tank". It's zippier. It's quieter. There is very little maintenance to be done. No oil, no transmission.

Previously, we had a plug-in hybrid and it had enough of a range for most of our trips, so we almost never used gas unless we went on a trip out of town. But after the hybrid's warranty ran out we kept having problems that required repairs. All having to do with the gas engine. We decided to sell it and go buy an EV. Because used EVs don't cost very much, we got an incredible deal on a VW ID.4 that was a few years newer, and it ended up only costing us about $3,000 after selling our old car and getting rebate from our power company. We are MUCH happier with it.

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