Adobe Digital Editions not recognizing NOOK

In the past I’ve encountered times where I will open Adobe Digital Editions, connect my NOOK to my PC, and find that ADE doesn’t recognize it. Here’s the work around I’ve found that works:

Open Adobe Digital Editions.

Connect your NOOK to your PC with a USB cable.

If you’re on a Mac, you’ll have to have the Android File Transfer Tool installed and open it.

If you’re on a Windows machine, you’ll find the NOOK folder in Windows File Explorer.

With Adobe Digital Editions opened, and Android File Transfer Tool or your File Explorer opened; Right click on the title you’d like to move, and from the details menu click Open in Finder, or the equivalent on Windows — likely open ‘folder/directory”.

With the Finder window or File Explorer window containing the Adobe Digital Editions content in it open, and the Android File Transfer Tool or Windows Explorer window with the NOOK folder visible, drag and drop the content from the ADE window to the NOOK folder.

With that, I was able to see it in my library on my NOOK.

Pixel 7 Pro does not connect to MacBook Pro

UPDATE

This is the fix I found:

Quit Google Drive — or any cloud storage (Dropbox etc) you may have running at boot.

Close — as in full close/quit — Google Chrome.

I’m not sure if it’s a Google issue or some system level conflict with Mac OS, but hopefully it gets fixed soon. But… it’s been about a year or more now I’ve been dealing with this.

I'm finding the same issue is true for the Pixel 8 Pro as well.

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For months I was unable to get my MacBook Pro (M1, 2021) to mount my Pixel 7 Pro using the Android Transfer Tool. I could get numerous Barnes & Noble NOOK’s (which run Android) to connect with no issue.

The solution: Quit Google Drive. Simple as that. Now, I might give it several seconds after you click the menu bar icon, click the settings gear, and click quit. Otherwise you might still encounter failed mounting.

Source: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/196346342/pixel-7-file-transfer-not-working-mac?hl=en

Physical security keys for Apple ID: A lesson in the need for meticulous notes

Always fond of a service enabling the use of physical key 2FA to protect my accounts, I was thrilled to see Apple ID now has the option. I set a task reminder in my calendar to set it up, and something I expected to take 5 minutes became probably a 45 minute to hour long ordeal.

I attempted to set up the keys on my iPad but kept getting prompted for a PIN to unlock my security key. Confused, I switched to the MacBook to find the same prompt. This led me down a forum rabbit whole in which some folks say a whole bunch of users accidentally set a PIN and don’t realize it thanks to bad wording by sites, and the only way to fix it is to reset the key which means having to re-set up a bunch of accounts to work with the key again.

But one other user, having spoken to Yubico support said it’s likely a false request. No pin had been set up, but the service prompts for one, and the work around is to use the Yubico Key Manager application on you desktop or laptop to turn of the FIDO2 interface.

While I was ecstatic to finally set up the increased protection with the keys, I was left with a strong warning that I need to be keeping better ( SECURED ) notes on which services I have making use of the keys. Ideally a singular note with a rundown of everything.

Google Store Error [ OR_PTHA_02 ]

I thought it would be worth sharing my experience with an error on the Google Store as I was unable to find any documentation online for such an error.

Having been offered a promotional deal on a Nest Hub, I followed the directions to place the order and received the following error:

An unexpected error has occurred. Please try again later. [OR_PTHA_02]

The solution was simple enough, but might not be immediately obvious. Especially considering the price is $0

Simply choosing the “Add payment method” and selecting a payment method you have stored is enough to get the checkout to complete.