Background I have a very large Apple Music library—27,000+ tracks—and every 6–12 months, Music on my Mac would gradually slow to a crawl. Eventually, even a simple edit could take 10–15 seconds to process. When this happened, both Music and AMPDevicesAgent would consume huge amounts of CPU, sometimes hovering around 99%. My usual solution was […]
Fixing a Corrupt Apple Music Library on macOS (Without Losing Your Data)
Apple Music on my Mac recently started hanging on “Saving Library,” forcing me to Force Quit the app. At the same time, play counts from my phone stopped syncing, my Smart Playlists weren’t updating, and nearly every change I made to my music triggered several seconds of the dreaded spinning beachball.It was pretty clear that […]
U-Turn vs Right Turn on Red: Who has the right of way?
In Clark County, Nevada, there is a constant battle between cars executing a lawful U-turn on a green light or green left turn arrow, and cars attempting to turn right on red. Usually in such circumstances both drivers end up yelling at the other to learn the law. So who DOES have the right of […]
Legal Risks of Helping Adult Children with Car Purchases
I recently met with a parent who believed they were helping their child—but the unintended consequences could be financially devastating. To help their adult son obtain financing for a vehicle, the parents purchased the car in their own names. Although the son no longer lived at home, he had exclusive possession of the vehicle and […]
Title Theft Monitoring Can Help Protect, but Not Prevent Title Fraud
A topic that has come up lately with clients is the question of “title monitoring” and whether it is worth it. In light of elaborate scams and how common identity theft is, the quick answer is that it is it always worth it to monitor your title, but know what you are paying for is […]
