michaelporter

joined 1 year ago
[โ€“] michaelporter@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks to everyone for responding, especially @gdbir@lemmy.world who realized where my problem was.

Can I just say that the speed and volume with which people responded far exceeded my expectations? I was worried the smaller population here would be a hindrance, but apparently we're working with quality not quantity ๐Ÿ˜Š

[โ€“] michaelporter@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

THANK YOU! That worked. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

[โ€“] michaelporter@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not for me! I don't get a prompt.

[โ€“] michaelporter@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Okay, I feel your pain ๐Ÿ˜Š I'm not one of those users, I think. If you're on Apple Mail, they make it pretty easy to figure out which email was used to send to (see pic).

But without a message in the inbox, you'd have to know to check the list of hidden emails in System Settings. Having done a lot of family tech support myself, I can see a problem there.

The only upside is that technically uninclined folks would probably not know how to set up the email in the first place ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

[โ€“] michaelporter@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tried a couple of sites, it didn't work. Nothing happened on clicking, other than activation the insertion cursor.

[โ€“] michaelporter@lemmy.ca -4 points 1 year ago

Okay, I tried going to a couple of sites and clicking in the email field, as described in the Apple support article. Nothing happens. Turned off all extensions, still no joy.

Can't say I'm surprised, it seems like online instructions for almost everything are outdated, flawed, or just plain wrong.

 

Request for advice at the end of this!

I want to use a throwaway email, using iCloud's Hide My Email, in a web form.

How it is (I think):

  • Open System Settings (which always seems to default to Appearance, for some reason)
  • Click on Name/Apple ID
  • Click on iCloud
  • Click on Hide My Email
  • Click "+"
  • Fill in a label (I usually just put the URL)
  • Click Continue
  • Click Copy address
  • Go back to web form and paste.

9 steps! Or 10, depending on how you're counting.

How it should be:

  • I click or right-click on the email field in the web form
  • My Mac asks me if I want to create a new email, I click yes (A new email is created, filled in, and registered in my list of email aliases, with no further input from me)

2 steps.

Apple really likes to suggest that things "just work" so they hide things. I think they've lost their way with respect to usability. Sorry, ranting.

Request(s) for advice

Is the quick method already possible somewhere in the UI, and I'm just missing it? If it isn't already there, does anyone have a solution, say a script for a service, that would accomplish this?

I would appreciate any advice, instructions, or even just commiseration on hidden UIs. Thanks ๐Ÿ˜Š